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21 December 2017

ECLAC publication about water-food-energy nexus in Costa Rica

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) now launch a publication about the water-food-energy nexus in...

18 December 2017

UN Environment launch pollution report

The report states that freshwater bodies, on which billions of people depend for water, food and transport, are heavily...

14 December 2017

OECD Water Governance Initiative

The meeting gathered more than 70 practitioners, policymakers and representatives from major stakeholder groups. Delegates were updated on Water...

12 December 2017

Integrated monitoring: 75 countries share experiences for way forward

The purpose of the workshop was to provide a platform, for countries and United Nations entities, for sharing experiences...

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11 December 2017

UN Heads call for assistance to address linked climate change, biodiversity and desertification threats

“We are calling for the establishment of a new Project Preparation Facility to bridge this gap and promote an...

07 December 2017

International workshop on water scarcity

The workshop aims to accelerate actions to address water scarcity and thereby reduce the related health, social, economic and...

04 December 2017

Too much and too little water in northern Ghana

With too much water for part of the year, not enough during the rest, an irrigation technology may be...

30 November 2017

The youth movement for water

The Parliament is an initiative of the International Secretariat for Water (ISW) - Solidarity Water Europe (Solidarité Eau Europe)...

27 November 2017

World Bank launch report on the new economics of water scarcity and variability

A new World Bank report looks at how the increasing number of droughts and floods impact farms, firms and...

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24 November 2017

Call for Water Professionals to Fill Out Survey on Constructed Wetlands

To address challenges of untreated wastewater and to increase recycling and safe use, UNU-FLORES researchers are creating a central...

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