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22 September 2022

Africa Online Summer School

The school provides a synthesis of several aspects of hydro-environmental engineering. The main objective of the school is to...

15 September 2022

UN 2023 Water Conference: second global online stakeholder consultation

The United Nations, with support from the Governments of Tajikistan and the Netherlands, will host the UN 2023 Water...

13 September 2022

SDG 6 country acceleration case studies

A core part of UN-Water’s role is to support countries to accelerate progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6...

09 September 2022

SWA launches “Developing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Finance Strategies: A Guide”

Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) is launching a new report, titled “Developing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Finance...

08 September 2022

UN Biodiversity Conference - part two

The delayed 2020 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15/COP-MOP10/COP-MOP4) is being held in two parts. The online high-level segment took place...

05 September 2022

UN Climate Action: “Net-zero commitments are falling far short”

Commitments made by governments to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions are falling far short of what is required...

29 August 2022

Webinar: UN 2023 Water Conference and use of national data

On 14 September the UN-Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 (IMI-SDG6) will host a webinar on the UN...

29 August 2022

Space4Water Stakeholder Meeting

The Space4Water project was born out of an agreement signed in 2016 between the United Nations Office for Outer...

23 August 2022

Sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties of the Protocol on Water and Health

The sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health, held on 16-18...

22 August 2022

IAHR Young Professionals Congress: Call for abstracts

The International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) Young Professionals Congress give young professionals, researchers and students the...

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