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24 Sep 2020 REDMOND WA, United States

Microsoft Announces Ambitious Water Stewardship, Advocacy Plans

Microsoft has announced a commitment to be water positive in its operations by 2030. The corporation described its intension to reduce its water intensity, or water used per megawatt of energy consumed, and to replenish water used in water-stressed regions of operations in a 21 September blog by its President Brad Smith...

7 Sep 2019 STOCKHOLM, Sweden

World's Poorest Suffer Under Weak Government Systems, Funding Gap: GLAAS Report

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UN-Water have published the most recent version of the UN-Water Global Assessment and Analysis of Sanitation and Drinking-Water 2019 (known as the GLAAS Report).The survey of 115 countries and territories reveals that weak government systems and lack of human resources and funds continue to hamper the delivery of water and sanitation (WASH) services in the world’s poorest countries and that efforts to ensure adequate services for all have been undermined...

26 Mar 2019 NAIROBI

Google, UNEP Partnership Will Make Water Data Globally Accessible

Water scarcity is widely considered to be the next major issue impacting the world over the coming years. One way to start tackling the problem is by getting a better understanding of current conditions. Google has partnered with UN Environment and others to provide free and open data on the natural resource around the world...

19 Mar 2019 GENEVA, Switzerland

"Leaving No One Behind": 2019 United Nations World Water Development Report

The United Nations World Water Development Report 2019 (WWDR), launched March 19 with the theme "Leaving No One Behind", argues that fulfilling the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation for all can also significantly contribute to the achievement of the broad set of goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: from food and energy security, to economic development and environmental sustainability...

6 Dec 2018 KATOWICE, Poland

WaterAid Calls For COP Recognition Of WASH As Part Of Climate Change Adaptation

Sudan, Niger and Pakistan are the top 3 countries with the most threatened water supply, based on new analysis by Water Aid of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative measures of access to water, climate patterns and water usage rates.UN Water has estimated that 3.6 billion people lived in water-scarce areas in 2016, a number expected to increase to around 5 billion by 2050...

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31 Jan 2017 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands

“UN-Water” – a World Water Day Campaign

UN-Water, a coagulation of United Nations agencies, has declared that World Water Day (22nd March, 2017) is “all about wastewater, and how we should be reducing and reusing it rather than letting it go down the drain”, encouraging individuals to “download your inspiration” and “share what you are doing” ( www...

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27 Oct 2015 NEW YORK, NY, United States

UN Human Rights Chief Urges Governments to End Discrimination in Water and Sanitation Access

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has called on governments around the world to acknowledge safe drinking water and sanitation as human rights, in order to prevent discrimination and inequality in accessing these services.In a new policy brief, "Eliminating Discrimination and Inequalities in Access to Water and Sanitation," released this week, Hussein warned that until water and sanitation are acknowledged as basic rights, “there will be no accountability for the deprivation and denial suffered by millions, and no meaningful progress in international efforts to expand safe access...

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4 May 2015 NEW YORK, NY, United States

Financing Key to Achieving Water, Sanitation SDGs: UN

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on water and sanitation will require concerted and combined efforts from countries around the world to mobilize adequate funding from all sources -- public and private, domestic and international, according to a UN report released last week.The report, "A compilation of aspects on the means of implementation: water and sanitation," details some of the actions and conditions needed to meet the proposed SDG 6 – “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all -- and SDG 17 -- “strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development” in the context of water and sanitation...

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1 Apr 2015 NEW YORK, NY

Author Says UN Water Development Report Not All “Doom and Gloom”

Richard Connor, the lead author of The United Nations World Water Development Report 2015, released on Mar. 20, has spoken out about media depictions of his findings. He points out that much of the report focuses on how institutional and policy frameworks can, and must, protect and promote water security and that the report is not all “doom and gloom”.

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4 Feb 2015 NAIROBI, Kenya

UN Sounds Alarm Over Health, Ecological Impacts of Wastewater

Unregulated liquid waste discharges pose a serious threat to human and ecological health, UN-Water warned in a new report released on February 2nd.The Rapid Assessment Report on Waste Water Management revealed that only 20 percent of wastewater is being treated globally, and rapid industrialization and population growth are making the problem worse...

27 Jan 2015 ZARAGOZA, Spain

CEO Water Mandate Provides New Guidance for Business on Human Right to Water, Sanitation

The UN Global Compact’s CEO Water Mandate, a public-private initiative designed to assist companies in developing, implementing and disclosing water sustainability practices, is offering new guidance for companies on how to address the human right to water and sanitation in their business practices...

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23 Jan 2015 ZARAGOZA, Spain

Achieving Water, Sanitation SDG Will Require Investment in Science and Technology

Countries will have to invest in science and technology if they are to meet the proposed Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on water and sanitation by the 2030 deadline, delegates heard during the UN-Water conference in Zaragoza, Spain this week.However, technology cannot solve all the problems in the water and sanitation sector; corruption, bad governance, poor pay for water facility operators and technicians, broken infrastructure and limited finances will all hinder any advancements made by implementing new technologies, conference speakers warned...

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