🚰 Although we see progress, there are still around 2 billion people worldwide without access to safely managed drinking water services. Among them, 771 million people cannot access even basic drinking water services.
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#Mangroves provide jobs, animal habitats, firewood, erosion protection, & carbon capture.
In Ghana, up to 30% of #mangroves have disappeared. With #PROBLUE_Oceans we are working with the Government to protect & restore mangroves.
WATCH: wrld.bg/n91e50OJBqK
#WorldOceansDay
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8 out 10 people without basic water services live in rural areas.
Learn how information systems are a key building block to achieving sustainable rural water services delivery: wrld.bg/S8i150OIcc7
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How can traditional approaches to water storage planning and management evolve to meet the urgent needs of the 21st century?
Find out #WhatTheFutureHasInStore for water💦: wrld.bg/kPHr50OMblf
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Protecting #Rivers & other #freshwater #ecosystems 🌊 is key to supporting #biodiversity 🐟🌿
Cooperation over #transboundary waters can contribute to these efforts.
Read our @ciwaprogram blog for more 📝
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#BuildBackBiodiversity #BiodiversityDay2023
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How do we transition from “wastewater treatment” to “resource recovery”?
Let’s stop viewing #wastewater as a problem, and instead, recognize it as a potential solution➡wrld.bg/5g1T50OMQC5
#Waste2Resource
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💧Improving water usage practices
🤝🏿Institutional #cooperation
♀️ Ending #Gender-based violence (GBV)
These factors are key to ensuring #Water #Security and mitigating #conflict in the #LakeChad basin.
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When it comes to financing, studies show that a lot of water utilities’ assets are unsuitable for collateral.
A new course by & shows why it is critical for utilities to be creditworthy & how to get there: wrld.bg/WMpM50OM8Pc #SDG6
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The global water storage gap is growing & expected to widen.
But integrated approaches can optimize water storage & provide resilience in a thirsty world💧
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#WhatTheFutureHasInStore
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In East Asia & Pacific in FY21, thanks to support from :
💧2.43 million people gained access to improved water sources
💧1.33 million people gained access to improved sanitation
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In #Jamaica, Kerry Ann’s vigilance is helping to keep flood-prone communities safe. Find out how she’s helping millions of Jamaicans avoid the dangers of flash floods and threats to life & property: wrld.bg/C35F50OKM6s
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Water has an important role in early childhood nutrition:
✔️Water determines disease environments and the ability to utilize nutrients for healthy growth
✔️Water impacts the supply of food and nutrients
✔️Water influences livelihoods
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Join and the in reimagining the world of #transboundary waters in #Africa with a modern tech approach 🛰️🧑🏿💻💧
From #CloudComputing to using #AI to better understand basin dynamics, find out more by registering below 👇🏿
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New financing for the Tunisia Sanitation PPP Support project will support improved water supply and sanitation services for an estimated two million direct beneficiaries👇🏽
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Improving water supply & sanitation services is a top priority in #Tunisia. The Tunisia Sanitation PPP Support project, backed by the @WorldBank, focuses on infrastructure rehabilitation, operation & maintenance, & institutional strengthening.
Read more: wrld.bg/k9OL50OKrBK
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We need more financing in the #water sector in order to achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable water for all. 🚰
This utility creditworthiness course is a step in the right direction: wrld.bg/xN1r50OLWSs #SDG6
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At a global level, South Sudan ranks 7th out of 165 countries in terms of proportion of country pop. exposed to river floods in a year.
Better mgmt of flood risks & drought impacts are key to the country's #WaterSecurity.💧
Read our immersive story: wrld.bg/IrRl50OIySr
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2/3 of rural households in #Tajikstan lack piped water. In 90% of these households, women & girls are responsible for water collection.
Thanks to a project, 50,000 households in the country's Vose District are now connected to running water.🚰
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🤝Enable
📝Plan
💰 Invest
💪Control
These are the basic elements of the #EPIC Response Framework, an approach to help governments manage floods & droughts in a holistic manner.
Report: wrld.bg/MSkv50OF2bN
#DesertificationAndDroughtDay
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Safely managed water, sanitation and hygiene are crucial for preventing disease and protecting human health.
But billions of people around the world still lack access to these services.
It's time to accelerate action towards a water-secure world.💧🌍
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Decades of wastewater discharges have left #Colombia’s Bogotá River severely polluted.
Dive into our 360° VR experience to learn how we’re helping transform the river into an environmental asset:
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#WaterSecureColombia
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Investing in the ocean reduces poverty & protects climate, supports jobs & #foodsecurity.
With #PROBLUE_Oceans, we are increasing financial, technical & knowledge support to countries implementing the Global #Biodiversity Framework.
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Mary Kooneka’s home in Malawi has no running water. So she frequents the limited-hours neighborhood kiosk, with cash to cover costs.
That was until e-cards + automated 24-hr kiosks started serving thousands in Lilongwe. How #IDAworks to streamline #WASH: wrld.bg/GlJA50OIzeO
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Climate change is accelerating internal migration, caused by sudden & slow-onset impacts which will become more severe over time.
Read the #WDR2023 for policy recommendations for #BetterMigration ➡️wrld.bg/I7LQ50OIyXi
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Climate change can have devastating impacts on vulnerable communities. That's why we support communities and vulnerable populations to build resilience and adapt to climate impacts. wrld.bg/j0hT50OIh1A #ClimateActionWBG #InvestInPeople
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The is transforming lives in #Bangladesh through investments in water, sanitation & hygiene.
150+ women entrepreneurs are receiving access to finance to market & sell menstrual hygiene products in their communities: wrld.bg/7BYL50OKLTe
#MHDay2023 #WeAreCommitted
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Rice farmers in rural #Zambia typically have no income when rice season is over or during periods of drought.
Find out how a project is changing farmers’ lives in rural Zambia: wrld.bg/VHmt50OIyJF
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The #8billion #Film4Climate initiative from C4C + the Resilient Foundation is now live on YouTube!
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Watch 4 films by young Sahelians telling stories of resilience in the face of climate crisis + join the #grassroots storytelling movement today! 🌍 🎥
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💧Water security is the bedrock of Senegal🇸🇳’s development & key to its socio-economic development goals.
In the face of #ClimateChange, population growth, & recovery from the pandemic, how can the country address water challenges? wrld.bg/8ra650OIkjI
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Introducing…the Tide Turners App.
One digital product to limit plastic pollution in the ocean 🌊
Download the app today to be part of the solution: wrld.bg/TVrF50OGhoT #WorldEnvironmentDay #TurnTheTide #OceanPlastic
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As countries develop long-term decarbonization and adaptation plans, it’s crucial to screen for climate and disaster risk.
Learn about World Bank Climate and Disaster Risk Screening Tools: wrld.bg/XLYM50OIh6K
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The world is losing fresh #water even as demand for it grows.
Our report, #WhatTheFutureHasInStore, explains how countries and communities can build resilience: wrld.bg/hIMI50OIijj
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Learn how potential lenders in the #water sector evaluate financing decisions & discover the key factors impacting financial creditworthiness.
Take this course: wrld.bg/YGqG50OIfei #watersanitation #watersecurity
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Surface water pollution is aggressive, but largely reversible once we stop abusing nature.
Groundwater pollution is slow & hidden, but with no less serious consequences.
Once damaged, it takes far longer to recover.
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In the #HornofAfrica, regional integration efforts are needed for #cooperation on #transboundary #water resources💧e.g. partnerships like , & the Groundwater for Resilience (GW4R) project.🤝🏽
Read 's report 👉🏾 wrld.bg/mOOy50OIcWQ
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Our #UtilityOfFuture team was at the Danube Water Conference #2023DWC to discuss how the new #UoF Center of Excellence can 💪🏽empower 💧water & sanitation utilities to accelerate universal access.🚰
Learn more: wrld.bg/lKrU50OJmpR
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90% of all natural disasters are water-related.🌩️🌊 🔥
If we are to achieve climate and development goals, water must be at the core of adaptation strategies.💧
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Investing in the #CircularEconomy is a pivotal solution to #BeatPlasticPollution that could reduce the annual volume of plastics entering our oceans by 80%, generate savings of USD 200 billion/year, & create 700K net additional jobs.
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