Three years in the making and involving over 300 experts, the fifth edition of UNEP's Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5) is now available to order.
The programme for the 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm is now available! In it you will find detailed information on the over 100 sessions that will take place during the week and useful information for you to plan your trip in Stockholm.
A new DFID / Royal Society capacity building initiative for Africa has just been announced, which will provide £15.3m (R200m) for scientists who want to develop collaborative research consortia between sub-Saharan Africa and research institutions in the UK. The aim of the... Read more.
The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) reports the 6 journalists who won the prestigious WASH media awards competition for their excellence in reporting on water, sanitation and hygiene-related issues.
The journalists and their winning entries are:
The Story of Cholera is an animation short that we produced in 2011 in collaboration with internationally acclaimed animator Yoni Goodman. Initiated in response to the devastating cholera epidemic that began in Haiti in late 2010, the film was designed to help affected populations around the world better understand cholera and how to prevent it.
This section presents some examples of statistics related to water. UN-Water is currently working on the identification of a set of key indicators for the water sector that can be used at a global, regional and national level. The information on this page will be updated regularly to reflect the progress made in this area.
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The European Commission has announced the final and biggest ever calls for proposals under its Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7). In total, €8.1 billion is available to support projects and ideas that will boost Europe's competitiveness and tackle issues such as improving human health, protecting the environment and finding new solutions to challenges arising, for example, from urbanisation and managing waste.