A partnership between United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) was established in 2005 to advance water governance in thematic areas such as water supply and sanitation, integrated water resources management, transboundary waters, climate change adaptation, integrity, gender and human rights. The main purpose of the partnership - The Water Governance Facility...
Unconventional water resources may either be generated as a product of specialized processes such as desalination, need suitable pre-use treatment, and/or pertinent on-farm management when used for irrigation, or need a special technology to collect/access water. Examples of such water resources/sources include, but are not limited to: desalination of seawater and highly brackish groundwater; groundwater,...
As a member of the global initiative known as Agenda for Change, WaterAid has the ambition of promoting the collaborative behaviours required by all actors working in the global WASH sector for sustainability to be achieved. Sustainable services is a cornerstone of their new global strategy and WaterAid addresses the sustainability crisis through targeted action...
Water related disasters, like floods and droughts, are a major impediment for development. Annual economic losses from water-related disasters are comparable with the annual flow of development aid. There are 25 targets related to disaster reduction in 10 of the 17 SDGs, and water is explicit or implicit in those. An United Nations University - Institute for...
While the world population grew from 2.5 billion in 1950 to over 7.5 billion today, the irrigated area doubled and water withdrawals tripled. Agricultural productivity grew thanks to new crop varieties and fertilizers, fuelled by additional irrigation water. World food production outstripped population growth. And the greater use of water for irrigated agriculture benefited farmers...
The UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP) is the only intergovernmental programme of the UN system devoted to water research, water resources management, and education and capacity building. Since its inception in 1975, IHP has evolved from an internationally coordinated hydrological research programme into an encompassing, holistic programme to facilitate education and capacity building, and enhance...