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5 Apr 2022 DAKAR, Senegal

9th World Water Forum Adopts Blue Deal

Dakar Declaration another milestone on the Road to New York 2023.

24 Feb 2022 NEW YORK NY, United States

The Sahel, Somalia Face Food Shortages In "Lean Season"

Conflict, extreme weather and COVID-19 restrictions have put immense pressure on The Sahel and Somalia. Experts warn of widespread food crisis in coming months

12 Feb 2022 NEW YORK NY, United States

Humanitarian Crisis In Syria Expands

UN Relief Coordinator calls on Security Council to address growing humanitarian crisis in Syria. Early recovery programs needed to address water and food shortages, restore sewage systems and repair health care facilities.

11 Feb 2022 NEW YORK NY, United States

Mideast Faces Dangerous Collapse

UN Middle East peace process official addresses UN Security Council and warns that region faces irreversible collapse and widespread instability; calls for two state solution.

29 Sep 2021 NEW YORK NY, United States

Guterres Warns Of Conflict Caused By Water Crisis

Secretary-General warns UN Security Council of the possibility of increasing climate-related conflict 

17 Mar 2021 New YORK NY, United States

“If you don’t feed people, you feed conflict”: Guterres

Conflict reduces access to vital resources like water and electricity, and also drives hunger.

UN Secretary General briefs Security Council.

10 Nov 2020 NEW YORK NY, United States

Conflict And The Environment Are Deeply Interlinked: Guterres

The United Nations Secretary-General has called for better management of natural resources and ecosystems to pave a path towards peace in war-torn societies and help crisis-affected countries boost sustainable development.“Not only do natural resources underpin the delivery of many basic services, such as water or electricity, but they can also be used as a platform for trust building and benefit sharing between divided groups,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a 6 November message marking International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict...

3 Nov 2020 NEW YORK NY, United States

Millions Impacted By Floods And Landslides In East Africa Since June

At least 3.6 million people have been impacted by floods and landslides across large parts of East Africa since June 2020, a new UN report has revealed.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) observed that many of these people have already been facing conflict, violence, COVID-19 and a desert locust upsurge...

1 Sep 2020 NEW YORK NY, United States

Funding Partnership Will Support 3.7 Million Sudanese With Water And Food Security

The Green Climate Fund, the government of Sudan, and the United Nations Development Programme have approved new funding for innovative climate resilience with a focus to promote agriculture, health and food and water security.The five-year project totalling approximately US$41.1 Million USD will introduce new climate-resilient farming practices and training as well as provide funding for rehabilitation of land for sustainable use, construct infrastructure for water storage, build wells and deliver equipment...

29 Jul 2020 New York, United States

The Climate Emergency As A Danger To Peace

“The climate emergency is a danger to peace”, Miroslav Jenca, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas told the Security Council 18 July, as he called on peace and security actors to play their role and help speed up implementation of the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change...

18 May 2020 TORONTO, Canada

Understanding Environmental "Push Factors" Behind Human Migration

While current interventions related to global migration caused by land degradation, water pollution, or changing climate, remain focused on response mechanisms, an understanding of drivers or so-called “push factors” of migration is limited, according to new research.Global migration has been increasing since the 1990s...

12 May 2020 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Did Iran Cyber-attack Israel Water Infrastructure?

Article updated 29 May.An attempted cyber attack on water command and control systems in Israel in April has been blamed on Iran. The Iran link was first reported by Fox News in the US, quoting unnamed United States government Department of Energy sources. US officials have declined to comment further...