The objective of the Conference is to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assess the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development, and...
Geneva, 17 March 2012 – The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (UNECE Water Convention), adopted in Helsinki, Finland on 17 March 1992, celebrates...
In July 2010, the United Nations recognized the right to universal access to water. Currently, nearly 900 million people worldwide lack access to improved water sources, over 300 million of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa.
As it did...
The UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP) together with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) has initiated a new Project on "Groundwater Governance" financed by the...
Brief summary of the Symposium
The objective of the 6th International Symposium of the European Water Resources Association, co-organized with the Department of Civil and Enviromental Engineering of Catania University and with the Italian...
The International Conference on “Transboundary Aquifers: Challenges and New Directions” took place from 6 to 8 December 2010 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
The International Conference on "Transboundary Aquifers: Challenges and New Directions" took place from 6 to 8 December 2010 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
Objective
Most of the first WFD River Basin Management Plans (RBMP) have now been submitted to the EC in Brussels, and are at an early stage of implementation, but it is clear that we need different approaches for the 2nd round of RBMP, to be...
Project overview International Office for Water (Oieau, as Secretariat of the International Network of Basin Organisations), the African Network of Basin Organisations (ANBO), Ecologic and various African transboundary basins have developed,...
The primary objectives of the forum are:
To exchange knowledge and “know how” about adaptation strategies and measures;
To understand the state of the science on climate adaptation tools;
To provide American drinking water...
The primary objectives of the forum are:
To exchange knowledge and "know how" about adaptation strategies and measures;
To understand the state of the science on climate adaptation tools;
To provide American drinking water utility...