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WHY WATER

Water and the 2030 Agenda

In 2015, the global community launched the 2030 Agenda, with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that should be reached by 2030. Some progress has been made, but for most of the goals, the world is not on track to meet the deadline. Water can help us do better.

Groundwater is the regulator of the entire freshwater cycle, but its invisibility makes it difficult to manage and protect.

Water governance

Many of the most pressing challenges in the world are about water: too little, too much or too inferior. Such challenges can only be effectively addressed through adequate governance of available water resources.

Water cooperation

Water is a growing concern in many parts of the world. Countries can improve their water resilience through transboundary water cooperation over shared waters.

Water and climate

The climate crisis is essentially a water crisis. When we treat it as such, we get new tools to mitigate climate change and adapt to consequences that are unavoidable.

Insufficient supply and inadequate infrastructure leaves millions of people in the world without water.

Agriculture and water

How to increase the productivity of agriculture around the world through better water management.

The impact of COVID-19

The global COVID-19 pandemic has pushed millions of people back into poverty and exposed unacceptable gaps between the rich and the poor. One in three people are still not able to wash their hands with soap and water at home.

Water and conflicts

Will future wars be fought over water? The answer is probably no, but water scarcity can contribute to conflicts.

Indigenous knowledge

Indigenous peoples are the custodians of many of the world’s most fragile and important ecosystems. They also possess invaluable knowledge about sustainability and resilience, so they have a vital role in protecting our environment.

The source-to-sea approach focuses on the strong connection between what happens on land, along waterways, and in the sea.

Water in landscapes

A growing number of people, societies and companies are discovering the power of resilient landscapes. It is still possible to shift to more sustainable practices that recharge water, restore soil health, sequester carbon, and strengthen biodiversity – but we need to make the transformation now.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

More than two billion people in the world lack safely managed drinking water and twice as many lack safely managed sanitation, making WASH one of the most urgent development challenges.

While we all depend heavily on rivers for our survival, many rivers are under constant threat from unsustainable human activities

PERSPECTIVES

Youth and water

More and more young people offer important contributions to solving the growing water challenges they are inheriting.

Human rights and water

Having access to water and sanitation has been recognized as a human right since 2010. But water is also essential to ensuring the fulfilment of many other rights.

Gender and water

To improve water governance, we need to take a close look at gender roles.

Shared Waters Partnership

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In Addis Ababa, SEHOA Mike Hammer met with Yodit Balcha, Leadership Council Member of the Women in Water Diplomacy Network. OES is proud to champion women's leadership in transboundary water cooperation!

Blog.Dec 08, 2022

Financing the Global Strategy: Many Pathways to Partnership

Gender and water Water diplomacy

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Blog.Sep 20, 2021

High-Level Panel on how to put words into action

Water diplomacy

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News.Jan 29, 2021

Journalists in the Nile region join forces to strengthen their reporting

Water cooperation

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Blog.Oct 21, 2020

Lessons from the Women in Water Diplomacy Network in the Nile

Gender and water Water diplomacy

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News.May 28, 2020

A call to action from journalists of the Nile

Water governance Water cooperation

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News.May 06, 2020

A Blue New Deal can help us build back better

Water governance

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Open letter.Jan 23, 2020

Nile women water leaders issue a joint statement

Gender and water Water diplomacy

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Open letter.Jun 14, 2018

Building a resilient future through water

Water and the 2030 Agenda

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