Water & Sanitation

EU intervention in water and sanitation covers basic infrastructure, support to water and sanitation policy development, capacity building and integrated water resource management. This topic covers a wide range of issues relevant to the sector, such as water and climate change, integrated water resource management, river basins development, sector policies, financing water and sanitation and other challenges.

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Basic drinking water supply - Basic Sanitation - Education and training in water supply and sanitation - Infrastructure for Watershed and basins management - Integrated Water Resource Management - Irrigation & agro hydro infrastructures - Sanitation - large systems - Supply and sanitation - Transboundary water management - WASH - Waste management - Water basins management - Water conservation - Water geopolitics - Water information - Water policies - Water scarcity - Water supply - large systems

The United Nations World Water Development Report 2016: Water and Jobs

Brussels UNESCO uploaded a new Document | 27 September 2016

wwdr2016.pdf 19.06 MB

The World Water Development Report (WWDR) is the reference publication of the UN System on the status of freshwater resources worldwide. The WWDR 2016 focuses on ‘Water and Jobs’ and seeks to inform decision-makers, inside and outside the water community, about the importance of the water and jobs...

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Group: UNESCO
Peat Destruction, Soil Subsidence and Flooding in South East Asia

Lea Appulo posted Information | 23 September 2016

Agricultural production in vast regions of South East Asia will be lost in the coming decades as a result of flooding of extensive lowland landscapes. The main drivers of peatland destruction are palm oil and pulp for paper plantations that require drainage.

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Why are wetlands so important for waterbirds and people?

Lea Appulo posted Information | 23 September 2016

Why are wetlands so important for waterbirds and people? In order to ensure the survival of millions of waterbirds migrating between Europe and Africa every year, and sustain the health of local communities, we are identifying and protecting a critical network of wetlands that are increasingly...

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Why are wetlands so important for waterbirds and people?

Lea Appulo posted Information | 23 September 2016

Why are wetlands so important for waterbirds and people? In order to ensure the survival of millions of waterbirds migrating between Europe and Africa every year, and sustain the health of local communities, we are identifying and protecting a critical network of wetlands that are increasingly...

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Group: Biodiversity for Life
Launch of the World Water Development Report at the European Parliament - September 28

Brussels UNESCO created a new event | 22 September 2016

28 Sep

From 28 September 2016

On September 28, 1-3pm, the World Water Development Report will be launched with the MEP Water Group and the EU Council at the European Parliament. The development of the WWDR, coordinated by the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP), is a joint effort of the UN agencies and entities which make...

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Group: UNESCO
Act now on wetlands for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030)

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 16 September 2016

All major global policy agreements conclude: wetlands are vital ecosystems in the landscape and are indispensable to achieve a sustainable and secure world. This policy brief sets out the link between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – and, in particular, the Goals on Zero Hunger, Clean...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Act now on wetlands for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030)

Lea Appulo posted Information | 14 September 2016

All major global policy agreements conclude: wetlands are vital ecosystems in the landscape and are indispensable to achieve a sustainable and secure world. This policy brief sets out the link between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – and, in particular, the Goals on Zero Hunger, Clean...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Act Now on wetlands for Agenda 2030

Lea Appulo uploaded a new Document | 14 September 2016

sdg-policy-brief-wetlands-international-online-version_3.pdf 6.39 MB

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Extreme flooding predicted in Mali’s Inner Niger Delta

Lea Appulo posted Information | 14 September 2016

Bamako, Mali – The latest OPIDIN flood forecasting bulletin released by Direction Nationale de l’Hydraulique and Wetlands International predicts extremely high floods in the Inner Niger Delta, Mali. New figures indicate that the coming annual Niger River flood is likely to become the highest such...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Sanitation, wastewater management and sustainability: From waste disposal to resource recovery

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 6 September 2016

-sanitation_wastewater_management_and_sustainability_from_waste_disposal_to_resource_recovery-2016sanitation_wastewater_management_and_sustainabilit.pdf 11.75 MB

This book distils some of the latest thinking and experiences on how to make sanitation and wastewater management more sustainable; and on how they can contribute to broader societal sustainability. In particular, it focuses on the idea of sanitation and wastewater management as resource management...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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