's José setting up interactive group work! We will be discussing #source2sea systems, priority flows, and altering activities. Participants will be able to apply the first steps of the S2S approach to their own systems, at any scale!
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We leverage knowledge & convening power to strengthen water governance
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SIWI's #SourceToSea expert tells
"If #oceans stop cooling the planet and capturing CO2 – that won’t just impact coastal communities, it will impact everybody."
Investment in #BlueCarbon is needed to protect marine ecosystems.
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New #GLAAS report‼️ Clearest-ever picture of where acceleration is needed to ensure water & sanitation for all by 2030.
🚽25% of countries are on-track with national sanitation targets.
🚰75% of countries don’t have the finances to implement WASH plans.
unwater.org/news/new-glaas
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🏁One day left to go for the Global Workshop on #Source2Sea Management!
Join us tomorrow
📍 Geneva, Switzerland & Online
🗓️ 14 – 16 Dec 2022
To know more👉 bit.ly/3iZ1Gfr
#watercooperation
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As global leaders gather in Montréal, Canada for the #COP15, we shed light on how biodiversity can be part of the answer to challenges like #WaterSecurity and #ClimateChange.
But only if we protect and restore it. 💚
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Countries are moving twice as fast to achieve #water🫧for all than #sanitation🚽for all. Those that do well on sanitation have 3⃣things in common. Find out what they are in the upcoming #GLAAS report on 14 December: buff.ly/3SKnWWB
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When we invest in water it has a catalytic effect on other areas such as health, education, agriculture, job creation and many other areas.
Together we can and must get #Goal6 on track!
#SDG6 #WaterFacts 📘 buff.ly/3dlpyav #UN2023WaterConference
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#ClimateChange-induced 'intensification of precipitation' (image⬇️) may impact #Groundwater in various ways:
-More variable/reduced soil moisture & longer/more frequent droughts
-Flush faecal microbial pathogens / chemicals through shallow soils to the water table
#WWDR 2022
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As global leaders gather in Montréal, Canada for the #COP15, we shed light on how biodiversity can be part of the answer to challenges like #WaterSecurity and #ClimateChange.
But only if we protect and restore it. 💚
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Water Science Policy, with support from UNESCO, is running a #photography #competition, and you are invited to take part! All you have to do is send in 5-10 photos which tell your story of ‘water, partnerships and cooperation’. For more information: bit.ly/3iE2ki2
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⚠️ The problem
Open defecation pollutes the environment + threatens Human Rights
🚾 The solution
...is not simple. Reducing rates of open defecation improves groundwater health BUT unsafe sanitation can pose an even greater threat
➡️ siwi.org/latest/revisit #HumanRightsDay
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For #HumanRightsDay we are asking: where does the water go?
⚠️ Poorly managed sanitation can have dire consequences for human rights
✅ Safely managed sanitation that is resilient to events like flooding protects groundwater and human rights
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It Is #HumanRightsDay tomorrow.
We can protect groundwater and realise rights through safely managed sanitation.
Groundwater and human rights expert Dr. Jenny Grönwall explains how interdependent #WASH, groundwater and our human rights are ⬇️
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Chris Clapp from tells us:
🚽 How to re-potty train the world
💚 How sanitation can threaten the human right to a healthy environment
🌊 Why source to sea management is the answer
🔗 siwi.org/latest/safely- #HumanRightsDay
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⚠️ The problem
Groundwater, a source of drinking water for many, is polluted with faeces and more
🚽 The solution
Safe sanitation reduces pollution of groundwater, protecting the human right to water and sanitation and the human right to a healthy environment
#HumanRightsDay
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It is urgent that we take the protection and restoration of our #biodiversity at heart in our #Climate strategies.
1 in 5 countries worldwide are at risk of #ecosystem collapse.
Read more about biodiversity #COP15 happening NOW ➡ cbd.int/conferences/20
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Applications for official side events at the #UN2023WaterConference are now open!
🔄 Share in your networks and be part of #WaterAction
⏳ Deadline 13 Jan 2023
Apply Now ➡️ sdgs.un.org/conferences/wa
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World leaders, scientists and advocates are gathering in Montreal, Canada for .
Human behaviour is driving biodiversity loss.
Check out this visual guide to biodiversity crisis in numbers from the to understand what is at stake ⬇️
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Groundwater may be out of sight, but it must not be out of mind.
The Summit on Groundwater 2022, is taking place today and tomorrow (7 + 8 Dec)
📍 HQ & online
🔗 Live stream link: groundwater-summit.org/about-gws-regi…
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The focus of this year's #WorldWaterDay was groundwater, and making the invisible more visible.
The Groundwater Summit (7-8 Dec) marks the end of a year of putting this precious but unseen resource in the spotlight.
🔗 groundwater-summit.org
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Applications for official side events at the #UN2023WaterConference are now open!
🔄 Share in your networks and be part of #WaterAction
⌛ Deadline 13 Jan 2023
Apply Now ➡️ sdgs.un.org/conferences/wa
Let's get #Goal6 on track!
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1 day and 04 hours to the summit on groundwater 2022, .
The finishing touches are being made to the venue that will receive all the guests who will be attending the summit to #MakeGroundWaterVisible.
#GWSummit22
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Want to hear #water stories? 👂
Check out 's podcast series about the world of water.: from water management and computer modeling to water availability and planning at the intersection of poverty and rights.
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At the last Stockholm Hub on Environment, Climate and Security high-level meeting, SIWI, , & discussed how to build resilience and prosperity in the face of #ClimateChange.
Inputs from the Hub will feed into policy.
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#GreenWater - the water hosted in soil after rain falls, available to roots - is not considered enough when we talk about soil and crop quality.
Why does it need attention?
SIWI's project #TIARA is building the business case on the ground.
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Happy Birthday Prof. Malin Falkenmark 🎂
Her impact on the world of water cannot be overstated
Her relentless championing of youth and education will ensure that her knowledge will be used for generations to come
Read more about her legacy ➡️ siwi.org/latest/a-legac
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Water as Part of the Climate Solution
insideclimatenews.org/news/28112022/
A study from Sweden summarizes the enormous role water plays in climate mitigation, from wetlands that take up carbon to untreated wastewater that emits methane
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Few more days to go for the Global Workshop on #Source2Sea Management.
📍 Geneva, Switzerland & Online
🗓️ 14 – 16 Dec 2022
Don’t forget to register 👉 bit.ly/3CsRzFD
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Happy #WorldSoilDay!
Healthy soils are the foundations of life.
🐛 Soil contains least 1/4 of all living organisms on the planet
🔬 Only 1% of the biodiversity below ground has been explored
🚜 Regenerative agriculture can change this
Find out how ➡️ bit.ly/3QH5gpD
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95% of the food we eat comes from our #soils.
But there are so many more reasons why we need to cherish the ground beneath our feet...
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Over 70% of water use is in #agriculture.
On #WorldSoilDay we want to shade light on the work that #farmers around the world do to adapt to a climate that is too dry, too wet or both.
Find out how SIWI advocates for investing in rainfed agriculture.
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Soil is where food begins, but ONLY if there is water.
This #WorldSoilDay, we reflect on the research and expertise that shows how #water stored in soil could hold the key to food security.
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95% of investment in #agriculture goes to irrigation based farming when 95% of food production in the region is actually rainfed.
For #WorldSoilDay, we highlight the expertise that shows how water stored in soil could hold the key to food security.
siwi.org/latest/a-brief
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Why does investing in #BlueCarbon ecosystems matter?
#Ocean and coastal areas play a critical role in climate mitigation and we must invest in their protection & restoration to safeguard our lands, homes and lives says SIWI's to
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The UN-Water Summit on Groundwater is on 7-8 December 2022, in Paris and online.
Join the event - to define actions towards more sustainable use of this vital natural resource.
See the full programme👉groundwater-summit.org/about-gws/
#MakeGroundwaterVisible
#GWSummit22
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As a key collaborator on the new report "The essential drop to Net-Zero", of insists that #freshwater is at the centre of the four crises the world faces:
🌪️ climate
🏥 global health
🌽 food security
🌿 ecology
#Water4Climate
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What can we learn from #COP27?
As puts it "The efforts of the #water community paid off" but much more needs to be done to implement action and tackle the #ClimateCrisis.
"Water is on the agenda. Now it’s time to make it count."
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SIWI's CEO Torgny Holmgren was invited to speak at the Opening ceremony of the World Ocean Week in Xiamen, #China, in November.
He brought SIWI's expertise on #WaterGovernance and highlighted the importance of a holistic #SourceToSea approach.
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