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26 Oct 2021 NEW YORK NY, United States

Water Efficiency And Accountability For Equitable Distribution

UN-Water Expert Group warns that the pressure on freshwater resources will not relax Fair distribution will benefit those in greater need.

6 Mar 2021 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Biden administration reengages US with “flawed” UN Human Rights Council as Wall Street bets on water futures

In another reversal of Trump-era policy, US secretary of state Antony Blinken has announced the intention of the Biden administration to “reengage immediately and robustly” with the council.The Trump administration withdrew from the UNHRC in 2018 citing entrenched bias against Israel and concern at the council’s willingness to admit nations which were themselves frequent abusers of human rights...

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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...

30 Jun 2020 ACCRA, Ghana

Ghana Accedes To Water And Watercourses Conventions For Transboundary Cooperation

Ghana has confirmed accession to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention), becoming the third African country and 44th Party to join the Convention, managed by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Ghana also has become a Party to the Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (Watercourses Convention)...

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”...

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 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...

7 Jul 2018 New YORK, NY

World Is Not On Track To Meet SDG 6: UN-Water

The world is not on track to reach United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) on Water and Sanitation by the deadline set for 2030, according to a new report from UN-Water, the United Nations entity tasked with coordinating 30 UN organizations’ activities relating to water and sanitation...

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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14 Apr 2015 DAEGU

Turkmen President Urges UN Water Strategy

Speaking at World Water Forum VII, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov voiced an initiative for developing a UN water strategy. The president said water problems today cannot be considered in isolation from global development plans, environmental and food security and the creation of an integrated system of sustainable energy.

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