UNEP DHI Partnership – Centre on Water and Environment
We have the unique ability to apply DHI’s leading technologies, to support UNEP’s mandate and policy leadership, and work with countries to improve their water management for sustainable development.
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UNEP DHI Partnership – Centre on Water and Environment
We have the unique ability to apply DHI’s leading technologies, to support UNEP’s mandate and policy leadership, and work with countries to improve their water management for sustainable development.
Read more
UNEP DHI Partnership – Centre on Water and Environment
We have the unique ability to apply DHI’s leading technologies, to support UNEP’s mandate and policy leadership, and work with countries to improve their water management for sustainable development.
Read more

Photos: European Space Agency (1), Ed Dunens (2),  Anita Ritenour (3) /Flickr

Water management action

Supporting implementation of integrated water resources management (IWRM) at all levels and assisting countries towards achievement of SDG 6 targets.

Environment action

Policy advice, science-based assessments, and decision-support tools to improve understanding of the value of freshwater ecosystems, and their management under changing conditions.

Climate action

Building climate resilience in countries through design and implementation of advanced science-based tools for effective planning and management of floods, droughts and water scarcity.

Focus Areas

Generation Restoration: Urban Nature-based Solutions Tool 

The UNEP-DHI Centre is developing an online tool to support upscaling of urban Nature based Solutions (NBS) climate solutions, under UNEP’s Generation Restoration initiative (2023-2025). The Urban NBS Tool will support the identification and assessment of key environmental data in the project cities, with the goal to better understand climate risks and NBS potential to address these risks within the pilot cities.

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SDG 6.5.1 Progress Report launched at World Water Week

The 2024 global progress report gives an overview of the status of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) around the world as of 2023. Findings show global progress towards IWRM implementation has increased from 49% in 2017 to 57% in 2023. But the world is not on track to reach the 2030 target and will not achieve sustainable water management until at least 2049 – 25 years from now. Read the full report to learn more!

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Global Wetland Watch: mapping and monitoring changes to wetland ecosystems

The Global Wetland Watch supports countries to protect and restore the world’s wetland ecosystems by utilizing both satellite and in-situ data, and provide high resolution global map layers on wetlands. Facilitated by the UNEP-DHI Centre on Water and Environment, DHI will take the lead in the machine learning and system development, while UNEP will provide strategic leadership and secure political and institutional engagement from governments.

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