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UN-Water - Coordinating the UN's work on water and sanitation

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Today, 2.1 billion people still lack safely managed drinking-water, including 106 million who drink directly from rivers, lakes and other surface water sources. The Guidelines emphasize a preventive, risk-based approach built around health-based targets, water safety planning and independent surveillance. They also highlight the role of gove...

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The initiative, led by various UN agencies, including the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UN Environment Programme (UNEP), UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO), aims...

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Floods accounted for more than half of reported events, including severe flooding in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo that together killed over 360 people, while drought affected more than 8.5 million people in East Africa. Sea-level rise along some African coasts is outpacing the global average, and the continent's glaciers,...

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Only 36 per cent of SDG targets are on track or making moderate progress. Meanwhile, 49 per cent of them are advancing too slowly and 15 per cent have regressed below 2015 baselines. On water and sanitation, countries are delivering clear results, with nearly one billion more people gaining access to safer drinking water since 2015, and 1.2 ...

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Side events in the UN accredited zone at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center will run alongside the official programme, giving Member States, UN entities, intergovernmental organizations and accredited stakeholders space to collaborate and share knowledge on SDG 6 and the wider 2030 Agenda. Only accredited organizations may serve as lea...

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