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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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Women working in vegetable garden, Madagascar
28 November 2022

Handbook for Scaling Irrigation Systems

The demand for more efficient use of land and water resources to enable farmers to produce food using climate-resilient...
A pupil of Lokiel Primary School, Uganda washes her hands
24 November 2022

Sanitation and Water for All: Handbook for Parliamentarians

Last month, Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) launched the “Water & Sanitation: Realizing Human Rights and Achieving Sustainable...
Mountains and glaciers
21 November 2022

“Get serious about water” say Water and Climate Leaders

The statement urges heads of state and government to take more integrated water and climate action to replace the...
Women in field, agriculture with solar powered water tanks
17 November 2022

Rome Water Dialogue

The Dialogue is designed to consider how water resources shall be used to achieve social, economic and environmental objectives...
Image of a storm from space
14 November 2022

Space4Youth Essay Competition

UNOOSA and SGAC want to give a voice to and promote young people's ideas on the use of space...
A fisherman standing in his boat while fishing at in a lake, India.
10 November 2022

Global Workshop on Source-to-sea Management

The workshop will gather experts and policymakers from the freshwater and ocean communities, as well as from transboundary basin...
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07 November 2022

Themes set for UN 2023 Water Conference

Special accreditation for non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders is now open This second and final round of special accreditation...
Logotype COP 27, Egypt 2022
03 November 2022

‘COP27’ at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

On 14 November, the event will host a ‘Water Day’. Discussions will cover all issues related to sustainable water...
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31 October 2022

UN-Water Summit on Groundwater, 2022

On 7-8 December 2022, the UN-Water Summit on Groundwater will be the culmination of a year-long campaign on the...
Boy drinking water using his hand.
24 October 2022

Report: State of the world's drinking water

The report is a comprehensive survey of what we know about the links between water, health, and development, with...

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