The Danube Floodplain project is organizing a "Floodplain under pressure" webinar to bring your attention to this incredibly important and unique ecosystem.
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is convening its working group on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and working group on Monitoring and Assessment under the Water Convention in a meeting on 26-28 April.
South Africa was the first of seven countries to kick-start a global consultative process to agree on the values of water in a bid to ensure more equitable use of water as it's becoming a limited resource.
International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year to commemorate the movement for women's rights. For 2018, International Women’s Day comes on the heels of unprecedented global movement for women’s rights, equality and justice. This has taken the form of global marches and campaigns, including #MeToo and #TimesUp in the United States of America and their counterparts in other countries, on issues ranging from sexual harassment and femicide to equal pay and women’s political representation. In this context, the UN theme for the 2018 International Women’s Day is “Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives”.
This year, GWP marks the International Women’s Day by highlighting quotes from women water champions. Drawing on the global theme for this year: Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality, we are asking women in the water community to answer the question: How can the water sector step it up for gender equality?
Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Water and Sanitation together with the Country Water Partnership held the 3rd edition of the National Water and Sanitation Forum (FNEA).
Since its establishment in 2003, GWPEA has strived to promote the knowledge and application of IWRM as a proven approach to manage water security and resilience to climate change
The World Economic Forum (WEF) engages the world's foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. It takes place in Davos, Switzerland on 22-25 January.
