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Impacts of climate change, State of Acre, Brazil, 2021

17 June 2022

Progress report on regional preparatory process of Latin America and the Caribbean for the United Nations Water Conference 2023

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) recently published a Progress report on regional preparatory process...

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13 June 2022

UN 2023 Water Conference – First Online Stakeholder Briefing

In its resolution 73/226, the United Nations General Assembly decided to convene in New York, from 22 to 24...

09 June 2022

World Water Week - release of the 2022 programme

World Water Week 2022 - 23 August to 1 September - will be a hybrid event for the first...

06 June 2022

Digital learning: Innovative financing for water security through an IWRM approach

The Global Water Partnership (GWP) is inviting people to start a ‘learning journey’ on ‘Innovative financing for water security...

02 June 2022

High-Level Symposium on Water at 2022 UN Ocean Conference

The High-Level Symposium on Water, to be held on Monday 27 June in Lisbon during the UN Ocean Conference...

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30 May 2022

UN-Water Summit on Groundwater, 2022

The UN-Water Summit on Groundwater will be the culminating event of the 2022 campaign “Groundwater: making the invisible visible”...

26 May 2022

UN 2023 Water Conference: Special Accreditation for Non-Governmental Organizations and Other Stakeholders

The United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade...

23 May 2022

WMO State of the Global Climate 2021 report

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) State of the Global Climate 2021 report was launched on 18 May 2022. WMO’s...

19 May 2022

7th IAHR Europe Congress

The 7th Europe Congress of the International Association for Hydro-environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) will take place in Athens...

16 May 2022

IWA-WHO Water Safety Conference 2022

Co-hosted by the International Water Association (IWA) and World Health Organization (WHO), the Water Safety Conference 2022 will be...

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