UN-Water 2030 Strategy
<p>The UN-Water 2030 Strategy represents a collective way forward to address the water and sanitation challenges over a ten-year period with necessary focus, urgency, effectiveness and coherence. As the
UN Water
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2012 UN-water status report on the application of integrated approaches to water resources management
The Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development marks 20 years since the historic Earth Summit that was instrumental in laying the foundations and charting the course for contemporary
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Water toolbox: a contribution to Rio+20
As a contribution to the Rio+20 process, this water toolbox is an output from the UN-Water conference on ‘Water in the Green Economy in Practice: Towards Rio+20’. The objective of this document is to provide
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Water for cities: responding to the urban water challenge
<p>The objective of World Water Day 2011 is to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems.
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Climate change adaptation: the pivotal role of water
Water is the primary medium through which climate change influences Earth
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Water Issues: contributing to the success of the eighteenth and nineteenth sessions of the Commission on Sustainable Development
UN-Water and the United Nations Secretary-General
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Clean water for a healthy world
UN-Water is dedicating World Water Day 2010 to the theme of water quality, reflecting its importance alongside quantity of the resource in water management.
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Transboundary waters: sharing benefits, sharing responsibilities
All transboundary water bodies create hydrological, social and economic interdependencies between societies. They are vital for economic development, reducing poverty and contributing to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.
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Status report on integrated water resources management and water efficiency plans
This report aims to illustrate progress made on meeting the target to "develop integrated water resources management and water efficiency plans by 2005, with support to developing countries, through actions at all levels' agreed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in 2002, through the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPoI). The report is based on a survey covering 104 countries of which 77 are developing or countries in transition and 27 are developed (OECD and EU member states).
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Coping with water scarcity: challenge of the twenty - first century
Water scarcity affects all social and economic sectors and threatens the sustainability of the natural resource base. In addressing the issue of water scarcity, an inter-sectoral and multidisciplinary approach needs to be taken to maximize the economic and social welfare benefits of new policies. It is also essential to take into account development, supply, use and demand, and to place the emphasis on people, their livelihood and the ecosystems that support them.