UN World Water Development Report 2025
<p>For billions of people, mountain meltwater is essential for drinking water and sanitation, food and energy security, and the integrity of the environment. But today, as the world warms, glaciers are
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Compendium of water quality regulatory frameworks: which water for which use?
Water quality issues are complex and dynamic in nature and need urgent attention and action. Improving efficiency of water use requires regulatory frameworks that better reflect how different water uses
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Eliminating discrimination and inequalities in access to water and sanitation
The report provides guidance on the practical implications of taking a human rights based approach in the context of water and sanitation service delivery. It highlights the obligation of state actors
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Wastewater management
As the timeframe for the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) nears completion, minds are turning to the Post-2015 Development Agenda. This is accompanied by the realization that the focus on drinking-water
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A Post-2015 global goal for water
UN-Water has released a paper, titled ‘A Post-2015 Global Goal for Water: Synthesis of Key Findings and Recommendations from UN-Water.' The publication discusses: a dedicated global goal for water; a
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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.