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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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13 March 2025

Global events for World Water Day 2025

To maximize attention on the critical issue of rapidly melting glaciers and their impact on billions of people’s lives...

10 March 2025

Call for Proposals: Youth-Led Flood and Drought Management Projects

Young people are crucial in tackling climate challenges, yet they remain underrepresented in decision-making. This competition empowers youth to...

07 March 2025

2026 United Nations Water Conference: Special Accreditation (First Round)

The United Nations has opened applications for special accreditation to the 2026 UN Water Conference, inviting non-governmental organizations (NGOs)...

03 March 2025

2026 United Nations Water Conference: organizational session

The session is a key part of the preparatory process for the 2026 United Nations Water Conference, to be...

03 March 2025

UNESCO: Webinar on Land Subsidence

Aquifer-system compaction and land subsidence due to groundwater pumping is increasingly affecting larger regions and with greater consequences worldwide...

27 February 2025

WHO: New Guidance on Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance

WES is disease surveillance using samples from sewage, or other environmental waters impacted by human wastewater. WES has potential...

24 February 2025

UNECE: Data for Climate Action - How National Statistical Offices Can Contribute

The report addresses the growing demand for accurate climate data to inform policy, measure progress, and engage stakeholders. The...

Nile water intake plant. New water purification plant and pipeline pumping clean water to 70,000 in Juba town and to 30,000 in internally displaced people’s (IDP) camp. The Juba pipeline construction project is now complete and in the testing phase, which takes water from the Nile River and transports it to the water treatment plant more than one kilometre away. After the water is treated and disinfected, it is then pumped almost four kilometres uphill to the reservoir tank up in the Jebel mountains, whic

20 February 2025

WHO, WaterAid, and UNICEF Launch Webinar Series on Safely Managed Sanitation

Building on the outcomes of the Global Summit to Accelerate Progress Towards SMS (held in June 2024 in Nepal)...

17 February 2025

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 –...

13 February 2025

World Drought Atlas

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

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