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26 March 2018

Chad first African country to join the Water Convention

The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes serviced by UNECE has, since its...

22 March 2018

UN-Water and IISD team up on SDG 6 information

If we continue to develop on our current path, some five billion people will be living in areas with...

22 March 2018

Groundwater: making the invisible visible

Globally, invisible groundwater resources are under increasing pressure due to human activities and climate change. Our response to this...

22 March 2018

2018 Stockholm Water Prize Laureates

During the World Water Day celebrations in Stockholm (Sweden) on March 22, the 2018 Stockholm Water Prize Laureates was...

19 March 2018

UN World Water Development Report 2018: Nature-based Solutions for Water

In 1986, the State of Rajasthan (India) experienced one of the worst droughts in its history. Over the following...

19 March 2018

UN Chronicle: The Quest for Water

The articles explore important issues such as ecosystems in the global water cycle, the threat that climate change poses...

16 March 2018

It's time for the 8th World Water Forum

The World Water Forum is one of the world’s biggest water-related event and is organized by the World Water...

Handover of the Outcome Document of the Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Water.

15 March 2018

High-Level Panel on Water outcome document

In April 2016 the United Nations and the World Bank Group convened a High Level Panel on Water (HLPW)...

14 March 2018

Launch of the Water Action Decade

The event, led by the President of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Miroslav...

13 March 2018

World Water Day 2018 - Nature for Water

Environmental damage, together with climate change, is driving the water-related crises we see around the world. Floods, drought and...

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