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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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29 January 2018

ISO focus on water and sanitation

The latest edition of ISOfocus aims to raise awareness of the critical state of water resources around the world...

26 January 2018

7th Economic and Social Council Youth Forum

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum , to be held on 30-31 January 2018 at United Nations...

22 January 2018

IHE Delft publication on water innovations

The innovations are not just of a technological nature; they include new educational programmes and research findings - and...

18 January 2018

High-Level Conference on International Decade for Action

The Conference is organized by the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan in order to facilitate the implementation of...

15 January 2018

World Toilet Day 2018: When nature calls

Where there is a lack of sanitation, human waste often returns to the environment untreated, affecting human health and...

15 January 2018

Global workshop on transboundary water cooperation

The workshop will bring together professionals from all over the world working on transboundary water cooperation to discuss how...

11 January 2018

FAO guide to land degradation assessments

A new manual from FAO, Land Degradation Assessment in Small Island Developing States provides a simple and structured way...

08 January 2018

Frontiers 2017 - emerging issues of environmental concern

Environmental change too often becomes environmental degradation in the form of air, water and soil pollution; deforestation, soil erosion...

05 January 2018

IFAD’s rural solutions

As natural resources become more scarce, herders who migrate seasonally have to travel long distances to find water and...

02 January 2018

UNU policy brief on accelerating implementation of SDG 6

The findings of the brief state that: • Effective national enabling environments that accelerate SDG implementation are built on...

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