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Water Action Agenda takes shape in Stockholm flowing on from landmark conference

·August 22, 2023·2 min read

World Water Week is taking shape from Monday in Stockholm, Sweden. This is an annual gathering of thousands of organizations and individuals – Government experts, UN officials, scientists and academics – who come together to rethink how water is being managed. Serious challenges loom Among them is the President of...

UN Water Conference: ‘we need a renewed sense of action’

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·March 27, 2023·3 min read

On the sidelines of the historic Conference – held at UN Headquarters from 22 to 24 March – the SDG Media Zone is an informal setting for experts and senior officials to discuss a wide range of topics related to water. On the first day of the Conference, Conor Lennon...

New agenda sets sail with bold action as UN Water Conference closes

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·March 26, 2023·4 min read

The Agenda sets out a series of action-oriented game changing commitments, from making smarter food choices to re-evaluating water as a powerful economic driver, and part of the Earth’s cultural heritage. Water-secure future for all The conference, and its 2,000 participants, forged an “ambitious vision”, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres...

UN Water Conference: reducing cross-border tensions

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·March 25, 2023·3 min read

During the UN Water Conference, held at UN Headquarters between 22-24 March, Two countries joined the Convention, against the backdrop of a growing global water crisis, in which climate change, pollution, and rising demand are posing challenges for developing and developed countries alike. On Thursday Nigeria became the 48h country...

Origami hummingbirds to make a splash at UN Water Conference

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·March 19, 2023·4 min read

In an ancient Peruvian folktale, a hummingbird fetches water to put out a forest fire, one drop at a time. The other animals look on and laugh at her. Then, the little bird replies, “I’m doing what I can.” The tale inspired UN-Water, which coordinates the world body’s work on...

5 Things You Should Know About the UN 2023 Water Conference

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·March 19, 2023·6 min read

Water is at the core of sustainable development. It supports all aspects of life on Earth, and access to safe and clean water is a basic human right. However, decades of mismanagement and misuse have intensified water stress, threatening the many aspects of life that depend on this crucial resource....

LDC5: UN conference calls for more inclusive and fair digital transformation in world’s least developed countries

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·March 6, 2023·5 min read

On Monday at the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), a series of roundtable discussions saw global leaders, ci confront two of the most fundamental hurdles facing LDCs: how to make better use of science, technology and innovation (STI), and how to promote structural transformations that can...

INTERVIEW: Turn the tide on water crisis with game-changing commitments, urge co-hosts of UN conference

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·February 28, 2023·8 min read

Bringing together Governments, institutions, banks, businesses, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), youth, women, indigenous peoples and many other stakeholders from around the world, the UN 2023 Water Conference (22 to 24 March) will seek to find game-changing solutions to the multifaceted global crisis of ‘too much water’, such as storms and floods;...

UN conference concludes with ‘historic’ deal to protect a third of the world’s biodiversity

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·December 20, 2022·2 min read

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework also aims to cut food waste in half. COP15 was originally set to be held in Kunming, China, in October 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ‘Strengthen the web of life’ The Framework, and its associated package of targets, goals and...

COP27 begins a ‘new era to do things differently’, UN climate change chief declares as pivotal conference gets underway |

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·November 6, 2022·7 min read

“Today a new era begins – and we begin to do things differently. Paris gave us the agreement. Katowice and Glasgow gave us the plan. Sharm el-Sheik shifts us to implementation. No one can be a mere passenger on this journey. This is the signal that times have changed,” Mr....

COP27: What you need to know about this year’s big UN Climate Conference |

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·October 28, 2022·13 min read

The Secretary-General has said COP27 must deliver a “down-payment” on climate solutions that match the scale of the problem, so, will leaders deliver? UN News will keep you informed during the two weeks of the conference officially kicking off on Nov 6th, but before our multimedia team heads for the...

‘Game changer’ ideas on water and sustainability, centre-stage ahead of major water conference |

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·October 25, 2022·5 min read

The results emerging from roundtables on governance, capacity development, data and information, innovation and financing, will be shared with national representatives on Tuesday, at a preparatory meeting for the UN 2023 Water Conference, taking place in March. Noting that the world stands at a watershed moment, the President of the...