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Water flows through the news every day. Many stories about climate change, economics, politics, culture and leisure have a water-related dimension. Explore what UN-Water’s Members and Partners are doing around the world on water.

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19 August 2024

South Sudan moves towards UN Water Convention

Situated in the Nile River basin, landlocked South Sudan faces severe challenges, including catastrophic floods, droughts, and significant development...

15 August 2024

UNITAR event: Pathways to Resilience: Advancing Solutions for Global Freshwater Quality

Entitled Pathways to Resilience: Advancing Solutions for Global Freshwater Quality, the event side event explored the multilateral and environmental...

12 August 2024

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024

On the launch of the report, IFAD President and UN-Water Chair Alvaro Lario said: “The fastest route out of...

08 August 2024

Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA) Assembly 2024

GWOPA is an international network created to support water operators through Water Operator’s Partnerships (WOPs), peer support exchanges between...

05 August 2024

9th Africa Water Week: Placing Water and Sanitation at the Heart of Achieving Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want

Africa Water Week is co-organised biennially by the African Union Commission (AUC), the Secretariat of the African Ministers’ Council...

01 August 2024

UNICEF/IRC: Accelerating Sanitation and Water for All (ASWA) podcast series

The series features candid conversations with youth activists, government representatives, UNICEF experts and partners from Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria...

Plastic waste on beach, fishingboats in the background

29 July 2024

IIASA report: Drowning in waste: pollution hotspots in aquatic environments

The research, focusing on waste management systems, identified Africa, China, India, and South Asia as major hotspots for municipal...

24 July 2024

WHO and UNICEF joint webinar on monitoring climate resilient WASH

In response, WHO and UNICEF have launched a review to identify indicators for enhanced national and global monitoring of...

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22 July 2024

IAHR: Practical Flooding Risk Assessment for Development Projects

IAHR’s Water Monographs are a series of mid-sized publications that bridge knowledge gaps, summarize existing knowledge, and publicize recent...

18 July 2024

SDG 6 Country Acceleration Case Studies

Cambodia, Czechia and Jordan were selected for this year’s case studies, with three being published every year since 2022...

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