The following article was written by UNA Coventry volunteer Promise Siweku. Introduction The Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDGs) number 6 of the 17 goals aims to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Sanitation and water are fundamental … Continue reading →
Water insecurity is increasingly a cause of social and political instability threatening peace and security at all levels. The Geneva Water Hub aims at better understanding and preventing water-related tensions between competing uses, between public and private actors, and between … Continue reading →
The video below shows a press briefing on the 2023 Global Water Security Assessment by members of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment, and Health (UNU-INWEH) in Canada and others. It was held concurrently with the UN Water … Continue reading →
In 2022 more than 40,000 people died from drought in Somalia. A third of Pakistan was inundated after catastrophic floods. Droughts have caused agricultural yields to fall sharply in parts of Europe and China. According to the IPCC, half the … Continue reading →
Refill is a grassroots movement run by individuals who want to stop plastic pollution by making it easier to reuse and refill a bottle of water instead of buying a new one. It was apparently started in the UK by … Continue reading →
Water insecurity is increasingly a cause of social and political instability threatening peace and security at all levels. However, the actual level of international water cooperation leaves much to be desired. In addition, water problems are becoming ever more central in the armed … Continue reading →
World Toilet Day is a day to raise awareness and inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis – a topic often neglected and shrouded in taboos. Today, 2.4 billion people are struggling to stay well, keep their children alive … Continue reading →
In 1993, the United Nations General Assembly officially designated March 22 as World Water Day. World Water Day is coordinated by UN-Water in collaboration with governments and partners. Themes 2018: World Water Day – Nature for Water – Coordinators: CBD, UN Environment, UNESCO 2019: World … Continue reading →
Sustainable Development Goal 6 is to ensure access to water and sanitation for all. UN-Water coordinates the efforts of over 30 UN entities plus other international organizations who work on water and sanitation issues. Water-related issues run through all of the … Continue reading →
Clean, accessible water is essential to live a healthy life, and there is sufficient fresh water on the planet to achieve this. But due to bad economics or poor infrastructure, every year millions of people, most of them children, die … Continue reading →