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Chair at #UN2023WaterConference Preparatory Meeting:
"Let us ensure this Conference is the beginning of a new era [...] The world is watching. The poorest and most vulnerable people cannot wait any longer. Our planet cannot wait."
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An integrated water resources management’ approach is essential for human resilience against climate change, protecting services and resources through national action plans.
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Water and sanitation services for millions of people are intensely vulnerable to extreme weather events – such as floods, heatwaves and droughts – which are becoming more frequent and severe all over the world.
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The Menstrual Health and Hygiene Resource Package helps project staff integrate menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) initiatives into their WASH projects, mainly in schools and health care facilities.
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A extra-terrestrial view of subterranean water - space-based technologies, from earth observation to navigation satellite systems, are providing new data for the sustainable management of groundwater.
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⏱️There is no time to waste.
Now is the time to get serious about water as an imperative for #ClimateAction.
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Let's get #Goal6 on track! #WaterAction
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📢Join us at #COP27!
Attend the IHP event on 'Groundwater-based solutions for water security in a changing climate'.
🗓️14/11/2022
⏰11:15-12:15 (EGY)
Venue▶️UNESCO Pavilion (Green Zone)
Follow online👉unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist
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#COP14 will convene Contracting Parties, youth, civil society & observers to advance #wetlands action for people & nature 🌽💧🌊
Follow COP from 5-13 Nov to mobilize ambition and action to #ActForWetlands ➡️ buff.ly/3TyFC8u
Let's get #Goal6 on track!
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As we celebrate World Science Day for Peace and Development today, read what Water Without Borders student, Adrienne Teske, said on the occasion :
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The growing #ClimateChange impacts have adverse effects on the water cycle.
The Integrated Water Resources Management approach provides smart water management and practical adaptation measures to respond to boost climate resilience communities.
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We can reduce water stress by safely reusing it after treatment, by water-saving tech at home and in businesses, and with less water intensive diets and shopping choices.
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Climate change affects rainfall and temperature, which impacts on water resources. In dry regions, where surface water and groundwater are already scarce, competition for water will intensify.
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Poverty, gender inequality, poor health, climate change are deeply intertwined with water, sanitation & hygiene.
Clean water and sanitation are not privileges: they are fundamental human rights.
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Join us at the #COP27 event "Achieving Climate Change adaptation and mitigation through Water Resilience” co-organized
🗓️ 12 November 2022
⏰ 15.00 to 16.30 EET
📍Hatshepsut - Blue Zone & online
🔗 Watch online @
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Groundwater is under pressure from overexploitation, pollution & #ClimateChange.
But our response to these threats is inadequate because we don’t know enough about groundwater.
Protecting groundwater should be a top priority.
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📢APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!!📢
Expand your knowledge of Freshwater Quality Monitoring & Assessment - sign-up for our 12-week online courses in Jan 2023. Develop the skills to design and implement monitoring programmes and to assess water quality
More info: ucc.ie/en/gemscdc/onl
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#AMR is when bacteria & viruses no longer respond to medicines, increasing the risk of infection, disease & death.
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week #WAAW, led by is about best practice among public & professionals to reduce AMR.
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Climate change will make water more scarce in many places. At the same time, increased demand for biofuel, hydropower and carbon capture/storage will put more pressure on water resources.
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In agriculture - the thirstiest/water-demanding economic sector - new crop varieties, more efficient irrigation systems and improved rain-fed cultivation can increase water-use efficiency.
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This is Florida Djangusi, 44 years old & a members of the hygiene committee of the Kingonze displaced persons camp, Democratic Republic of Congo.
In the camp has funded the construction of 66 latrine blocks & 40 shower blocks. 🚽 #WorldToiletDay worldtoiletday.org
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1/2 Tune in to our webinar discussion on Advancing India’s Open Defecation Free Status and Ensuring Its Sustainability, today at 4 PM. It is the first webinar of the WaterAid webinar series planned around World Toilet Day.
Join Now : bit.ly/3sXLQn3
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Access to #WASH services in health care facilities reduces infections & preventable deaths of patients & staff.
#WorldToiletDay update from outlines progress on expanding access to WASH in health care facilities 2000-2021.
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Nearly half the world's population still lives without access to a SAFE toilet. Safe sanitation is one of the ways in which we can protect groundwater and the #HR2W. Promote the importance of the right to a healthy environment on 19th November #WorldToiletDay
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The time to act for our 🌏 is now!
Today, jointly with , we launch our brand new campaign #ForOurPlanet
This is our ambition to join forces all across the 🌍 to take action on the ground #ForNature and the climate!
Because big changes often start small!
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⚠️ Mitigation cannot succeed without water
💧 Water has the solutions the world needs
At #COP27 40+ scientists will launch a report that will redefine climate action
🗓️ 9 Nov 2022 ⏰ 15.00 CET
🔗 siwi.org/latest/launch-
✍️ SIWI
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La #COP27 doit être le moment de « reconstruire la confiance et de rétablir l'ambition nécessaire » pour éviter une catastrophe climatique.
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National and local water and sanitation policies and plans must address climate risks, make WASH systems resilient and target funding to people worst affected by climate change.
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Mitigation, adaptation & resilience of water and sanitation systems & services are important aspects of #ClimateChange preparedness. Still few countries include climate risks in their water & sanitation plans.
Learn more in coming #GLAAS report. buff.ly/3SKnWWB
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Access to #WASH services in health care facilities reduces infections & preventable deaths of patients & staff.
#WorldToiletDay update from outlines progress on expanding access to WASH in health care facilities 2000-2021.
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#DYK flooding affects about 45,000 Ghanaians every year?🌊
The time for climate action is now! Check out the new #GhanaCCDR to find out how the country can turn climate challenges into opportunities 👉🏾 wrld.bg/R5pv50LvB6T #ClimateActionWBG #ClimateAndDevelopment
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Forests, wetlands and grasslands are ‘green infrastructure’ - they prevent soil erosion, capture pollutants and help maintain good water quality.
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#DYK polluted water bodies release greenhouse gases far more than unpolluted ones? When a river deteriorates from “acceptable” to “very heavily polluted”, its global warming potential increases x10.
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#COP14 is putting wetlands action for people and nature at the 💚 of climate, biodiversity and #GlobalGoals
Follow COP from 5-13 Nov to mobilize ambition and action to #ActForWetlands ➡️ buff.ly/3MKdvkh
Let's get #Goal6 on track!
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#WorldToiletDay celebrates toilets & raises awareness of the 3.6 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation.
It is about taking action to tackle the global sanitation crisis & achieve #Goal6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.
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Sanitation action is urgent.
We are seriously off track to ensure safe toilets for all by 2030. With only 8 years left, the world needs to work 4 times faster to meet our promise.
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Sanitation must withstand #ClimateChange.
In areas with intensifying rainfall, pit latrines, septic tanks and open sewers can get flooded, spreading human waste into soil and surface water.
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By 2030, 1.9 billion people will still lack facilities to wash their hands at home if global progress stays at the current rate.
State of the world's hand hygiene is a global call to action to make hand hygiene a priority.
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New 📙 “Water & Sanitation: Realizing Human Rights and Achieving Sustainable Development Goals, A Handbook for Parliamentarians.”
It provides information to help politicians deliver on water & sanitation services for the people they serve. buff.ly/3yZ3xWK #WorldToiletDay
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✨ DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY for #CaribbeanChildren ages 7 – 10 and 13 – 16 years!
in partnership with will be offering 2 FREE virtual short courses for #Caribbean kids and teens to commemorate #WorldToiletDay. Apply Now: bit.ly/3SYsJV8.
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Sanitation must withstand #climatechange
Let's come together to celebrate #WorldToiletDay on November 19 to raise awareness on safe sanitation systems that can survive extreme weather events & protect #groundwater from human waste pollution.
Learn more at worldtoiletday.org
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