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UN-Water is the convener for World Water Day and selects the theme for each year in consultation with UN organizations that share an interest in that year's focus. [1] The theme for 2021 was "Valuing Water" and the public campaign invited people to join a global conversation on social media to "tell us your stories, thoughts and feelings about ...
Every year, UN-Water coordinates the United Nations international observances on freshwater and sanitation: World Water Day and World Toilet Day. Depending on the official UN theme of the campaign, they are led by one or more UN-Water Members and Partners with a related mandate. On World Water Day, UN-Water releases the World Water Development ...
The collective goal was to expand participation to one million people in 100 countries by 2012. In January 2015 the management of World Water Monitoring Day was transferred to EarthEcho International. 2008 saw students from Indonesia [2] to Arkansas [3] taking part in water sampling to bring attention to the importance of water quality.
The main strategies applied by companies and entities were presented at the United Nations Conference on Water held in New York City in 2023. [13] It is assumed that by systematically following these guidelines and with long-term commitments, various companies have set goals to be water positive within 10 to 15 years. The strategies are:
The first UN World Water Development Report, called “Water for People, Water for Life” was presented at the third World Water Forum in Japan in 2003. The report provides an assessment of the globe’s water crisis and assesses progress in 11 challenge areas (health, food, environment, shared water resources, cities, industry, energy, risk ...
The presentation of the 2nd UN World Water Development Report; The establishment of the Asia-Pacific water forum [21] The launch of the Water Integrity Network [22] The publication of: The Right to Water - From concept to implementation [23] Task Force on Financing Water For All - Report 1.
World Environment Day was established in 1972 by the United Nations at the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment (5–16 June 1972), that had resulted from discussions on the integration of human interactions and the environment. One year later, in 1973, the first WED was held with the theme "Only One Earth".
The United Nations World Water Development Report. The United Nations World Water Development Report (UN WWDR) is the UN-Water flagship report on water. It is a comprehensive review that gives an overall picture of the state, use and management of the world’s freshwater resources and aims to provide decision-makers with tools to formulate and ...