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The 2nd World Water Forum was a major event in the global water community. It helped to raise awareness of the global water crisis and to galvanize action to address the key challenges. The key challenges identified in the ministerial declaration are still relevant today, and they require urgent attention.
The High Level Panel on Water and Peace focused on the nexus between water and co-operation and how this maintains peace and security. This included preventive activities and arrangements, such as trans-border water cooperation regimes and institutions, the protection of water infrastructure during armed conflicts and water arrangements in the context of post-conflict peace-building.
Some of the areas of work of the Protocol are: small scale water supplies, water supply and sanitation in extreme weather events, water-related disease surveillance, equitable access to water and sanitation etc. [36] The Protocol on Water and Health entered into force in 2005. As of 2013, it has been ratified by 26 European states. [37]
2010: "Responding to Global Changes: The Water Quality Challenge — Prevention, Wise Use and Abatement" 2011: "Responding to Global Changes: Water in an Urbanising World" 2012: "Water and Food Security" 2013: "Water Cooperation — Building Partnerships" 2014: "Energy and Water" [3] 2015: "Water for Development" [4]
A City Summit for cities to adapt One Water plans was held in Charlotte, North Carolina November 15–18, 2017. [29] One Water Summit 2024: Kazakhstan-France Climate Initiative (bnn.network). The planned One Water Summit is a crucial part of a series of combined actions by Kazakhstan and France to address climate issues on a global scale. [30]
The Global Water Foundation was set up as a charitable trust with the exclusive purpose of the trust being to raise public awareness, provide technical assistance, support knowledge sharing, support technical innovation and research and facilitate the provision of humanitarian aid throughout the developing world, with the ultimate goal of providing safe, healthy, drinking water and adequate ...
[21] [22] 15th: 21–22 November 2020 Saudi Arabia: Riyadh (The summit took place via a worldwide video conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic.) King Salman [23] [24] 16th: 30–31 October 2021 Italy: Rome: EUR Convention Center: Mario Draghi [25] [26] 17th: 15–16 November 2022 Indonesia: Nusa Dua, Bali: The Apurva Kempinski Bali: Joko ...
At the United Nations Water Conference in 1977, the first Action Plan was created recognizing that, “all peoples, whatever their stage of development and social and economic conditions, have the right to have access to drinking water in quantities and of a quality equal to their basic needs.”