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

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Through the Gender-Transformative Drought Resilience in Transition States in Southern Africa (GRDSA) Project, Madagascar, Mozambique and Zimbabwe are placing women and local communities at the centre of solutions. Women, who make up the majority of smallholder farmers, are disproportionately affected by drought but are also key actors in man...

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The report confirms that 2015–2025 were the 11 hottest years on record, with 2025 reaching around 1.43°C above pre-industrial levels. For the first time, the report identifies the Earth’s energy imbalance as a key indicator, showing a record high in 2025. More than 90 per cent of excess heat is stored in the ocean, where warming has accelera...

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This was the largest-ever such gathering of UN-Water Members and Partners, country representatives and senior leaders. Proceedings were overseen by Alvaro Lario, UN-Water Chair and IFAD President, with a keynote address from the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Water. The two-day meeting focused primarily on the ongoing implementation...

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The publication responds to growing recognition that environmental degradation — including climate change and pollution — constitutes a human rights crisis, with direct implications for access to safe drinking water, sanitation and a healthy environment. It highlights how water scarcity, floods, droughts, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degr...

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An estimated 13,000 women die from maternal sepsis each year in the region — equivalent to 36 deaths per day — with women there around 144 times more likely to die from sepsis than those in Western Europe and North America. The report, Born without water, indicates that three in four births in ten surveyed African countries take place in “un...

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