During the upcoming 2021 European Development Days, two virtual High-Level Panel Sessions on WASH (June 15) and Transboundary Watersheds (June 16) will be hosted. Organised by the European Commission, the … Read more

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Food system transformation is needed to address the hundreds of millions of people without adequate access to water or food for a healthy life. Nutrition and malnutrition are inextricably linked … Read more

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The World Bank recently launched an online and self-paced learning course on “Water Utility Financing”. The course is primarily designed for water sector professionals to understand why adequately financed utilities … Read more

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The International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) host online global forum 5 – 7 July, 2021. The online Forum is a new series of virtual events aimed at … Read more

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Sanitation and Water for All (SWA)  launch new briefing paper on ‘Strengthening gender equality in access to water, sanitation and hygiene’. The gender briefing paper explores actions that can be … Read more

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a short user consultation survey on AQUASTAT, the FAO global information system on water resources and agricultural water … Read more

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From 24 May – 4 June 2021, the International Water Association (IWA), will be hosting the Digital World Water Congress. This virtual event will focus on a variety of issues … Read more

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Earlier this year, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) released a report on the state of large water storage dams. The report provides an overview of … Read more

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More than one fourth of the global population lives in countries experiencing high water stress, and the prospect of facing severe water scarcity at least one month a year is … Read more

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launches a new Water Report “Guidance on realizing real water savings with crop water productivity interventions”, that includes clear and … Read more

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The International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) launch the inaugural IAHR Online Forum, a new series of virtual events aimed at bringing together the community of hydro-environment professionals … Read more

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Universal access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, a human right enshrined in the 2030 Global Goals, can only be reached if countries monitor and address affordability, according to … Read more

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Sanitation and Water for All (SWA), Global Water Partnership (GWP), UNICEF Water and WaterAid co-convened a Climate Webinars Series to strengthen knowledge of and capacity to integrate water, sanitation and … Read more

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On 22 April, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) host the webinar “Joining efforts to turn satellite water data into actionable information for farmers”. Achieving food security in the future … Read more

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During the High-Level meeting on water last month, a Water and Climate Coalition was launched. “We are seeing a growing amount of disasters. And many of those disasters are related … Read more

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The Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance – a global network of public operators and their partners – led by UN-Habitat, convene the 4th Global WOPs Congress from 18 — 29 … Read more

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During the month of April, Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) is organizing 3 webinars to strengthen partners’ knowledge of and capacity to integrate water, sanitation and hygiene and climate … Read more

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From the 7 to 9 June 2021, the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) will host the online conference “One Water, One Health: Water, Food & Public Health in a Changing … Read more

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The Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation is organizing the Fourth Human Rights Youth Challenge and invites youth aged between 16 – 24 to … Read more

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