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UNICEF 2025 Global Outlook: Prospects for Children in 2025 - Building Resilient Systems for Children’s Futures

In this new report, new and intensifying crises for children – including climate change, conflict and economic instability –...

World Drought Atlas

Through maps, infographics, and case studies, the World Drought Atlas illustrates how drought risks are interconnected across sectors like...

IUCN: One quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction

The IUCN co-authored study, which was published in “Nature”, the world's leading multidisciplinary science journal, in January 2025, recommends...

Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) adopted at UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15)

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) was adopted at the conclusion of the 15th Conference of Parties to the...

WMO: 2024 is the hottest year on record

Throughout 2024, a series of reports from the WMO community highlighted the rapid pace of climate change and its...

World Wetlands Day 2025

World Wetlands Day 2025, on 2 February, centres on the theme: “Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future.” This year’s...

Abstract Submission for XIIth IAHS Scientific Assembly, 5-10 October 2025

The XIIth Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS 2025) will take place in Roorkee, India...

IAHR Launches Global Water Awards to Celebrate Excellence in the Water Sector

The International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) has introduced the Global Water Awards to honour outstanding contributions...

International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation - launch event

The High-Level Plenary Opening will feature remarks from key figures, including Dr. Ko Barrett, WMO Deputy Secretary-General, and Dr...

‘Glacier Preservation’ - World Water Day 2025 campaign launches

Today, glaciers are melting faster than ever due to climate change. For billions of people, meltwater flows are changing...

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