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1 Apr 2021 NEW YORK NY, United States
Valuing "Blue Gold", Our Most Precious Resource
UN report emphasises the need to broaden the notion of the value of water beyond monetary concepts of price and cost. Supply and sanitation services, the economy, the environment, cultural values and hydraulic infrastructure examined.
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...
15 Jul 2020 NEW YORK NY, United States
UN Launches SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres joined UN-Water Chair, Gilbert Huongbo 9 July in the launch of the Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) Global Acceleration Framework. SDG 6, one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, calls for clean water and sanitation for all people...
10 Jun 2020 EBENSBURG PA, United States
Unconventional Water Resources: From The Fringes To The Mainstream
OOSKAnews Voices is a series of guest columns written by senior participants in different parts of the international water community. In this article, Renee Martin-Nagle examines unconventional water resources (UWR). Martin-Nagle is President and CEO of A Ripple Effect plc, Treasurer of the International Water Resources Association and a Visiting Scholar at the Environmental Law Institute...
16 Apr 2020 WASHINGTON DC, United States
Investing In Water Access To Address Coronavirus
The World Resources Institute (WRI), a global research non-profit organization, has called for immediate implementation of solutions to increase water supplies and access for the most vulnerable, to address the spread of coronavirus throughout the world.An 8 April blog emphasises that nearly 1 billion people live in conditions that frequent handwashing is difficult or impossible, saying that governments must “take steps to not only expand water access now to control COVID-19, but to create resilient communities by addressing the root problems of water insecurity...
15 Apr 2020 GENEVA, Switzerland
UN-Water Collates Member And Partner Statements On COVID Pandemic
While there is no single United Nations entity dedicated exclusively to water issues, over 30 UN organisations carry out water and sanitation programmes, reflecting the fact that water issues run through all of the UN’s main focus areas.UN-Water, which coordinates the efforts of UN entities and international organizations working on water and sanitation issues, has brought together water and sanitation-related information from UN-Water Members and Partners in the light of the coronavirus global emergency to ensure the most up-to-date information, resources and guidance as they become available...
26 Mar 2020 NEW YORK NY, United States
Guterres: "The Solution Is Clear"
In a World Water Day address, United Nation Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described water as "the primary medium through which we perceive the effect of climate disruption, from extreme weather events, such as droughts and floods, to glacial melting, saltwater intrusion and sea level rise". The United Nations’ World Water Day 2020 focused on “Water and Climate Change”...
29 Sep 2019 NEW YORK NY, United States
UN-Water Highlights Climate Change Impacts On Water Stresses
A new policy brief from UN-Water, the interagency mechanism that coordinates the efforts of United Nations entities and international organizations working on water and sanitation issues, highlights that climate change increases variability in the water cycle and makes extreme weather events more frequent...
22 Sep 2019 STOCKHOLM, Sweden
Increased Ambition, Investment And Action Required In Pursuit Of SDG 6 Goal
The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and 23 co-signing entities have called for “wise and resilient water management [that] offers a pathway for integrated and transformative action that leverages synergies across the global agendas.”An open letter from multilateral institutions and NGOs, in advance of the United Nations Climate Action Summit (New York, September 21 to September 23, 2019), reiterates the lack of global progress on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 and cites UN-Water’s SDG6 Synthesis Report (2018)...
28 Jul 2019 GENEVA, Switzerland
UN Water: Policy Brief On Climate Change Crisis
Describing the linkage between water challenges and climate change, a new UN Water Policy Brief calls for increased investment in improved hydrological data, institutions and governance, education and capacity development, risk assessment and knowledge sharing.Released July 12, the paper emphasizes the impact of climate change on the variability of the water cycle: weather events create an unpredictability of water availability which, in turn, affects water quality and quantity and further threatens biodiversity and sustainable development...
19 Jun 2019 GENEVA, Switzerland
"Water Diplomacy Talks" - Danilo Turk, Chair of the Global High-Level Panel for Water and Peace; "We Are All Water Diplomats"!
Dr Danilo Turk, Chair of the Global High-Level Panel for Water and Peace (GHLPWP) speaks with David Duncan, Publisher, OOSKAnews in this (LINK) “Water Diplomacy Talks” audio interview. The Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace was launched in 2015 with the task of developing a set of proposals aimed at strengthening the global framework to prevent and resolve water-related conflicts, facilitating the use of water as an important factor of building peace and enhancing the relevance of water issues in national and global policy making...
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...