UNEP-DHI provides technical assistance to strengthen climate-resilient transboundary water governance and management in Eastern Africa. The project is funded by the Danish Foreign Ministry (DANIDA) and is implemented in partnership with UN Environment Programme and IUCN.
With support from Denmark, IUCN, UNEP and the UNEP-DHI Centre, in collaboration with the governments of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have launched the Climate Resilient Eastern African Transboundary Water Management for Environmental Sustainability (CREATES) programme. This is a new initiative focused on strengthening climate-resilient and cooperative water management across Eastern Africa.
The technical report ‘Sustainable wastewater management as a pillar for the sustainable reconstruction of Ukraine’ underlines the importance of investing in sustainable wastewater management, changing the paradigm of viewing wastewater as a burden to treating it as a valuable resource, integral to solving the most pressing issues facing the Ukrainian Government in the recovery and reconstruction effort.
UNEP-DHI will be part of the associated event “The Water Continuum: Uniting Climate, Nature, and People through the flow of the water cycle” on 8 December 2025, at Seventh Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7).
The report “Sustainable wastewater management as a pillar for the sustainable reconstruction of Ukraine” emphasizes the critical role of sustainable wastewater management in Ukraine’s reconstruction. It outlines current challenges, investment needs, and practical, science-based solutions to transform wastewater into a resource for public health, climate resilience, and EU policy alignment.
The 2025 Best Practices Manual for IWRM in the WAEMU Region highlights the critical need for effective water resource management to achieve sustainable development goals. It serves as a comprehensive guide for policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders, presenting key challenges and showcasing successful case studies from the region.
UN-Water is conducting a global consultation to inform the 2026 SDG 6 Synthesis Report, reviewing a decade of progress on water and sanitation and shaping priorities beyond 2030. Stakeholders worldwide are invited to share experiences and insights through a 10-minute survey available in six UN languages.
UNEP-DHI is providing technical assistance to the Strengthening the Flood Preparedness and Early Warning System in Sudan project in 2023-2024. Funded by the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), the project is implemented in partnership with the Nile Water Affairs Department of the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources, Sudan.
From 15–19 September 2025, UNEP-DHI conducted a workshop hosted by the Volta Basin authority (VBA) and GWP-WA in Lomé, Togo. This workshop was organised as part of the ReWARD project, to train stakeholders from the six countries of the Volta River Basin.
Water sustains life and ecosystems, playing a vital role in the Congo Basin’s carbon-rich peatlands. UNEP-DHI has been developing a tool that helps simulate how development and climate change affect these fragile landscapes. By making scientific data accessible, the Hydrological Decision Support System tool supports informed decisions that balance environmental protection with community needs.
UNEP marks World Lake Day by spotlighting climate change, over-abstraction, and pollution as major threats to lakes, while promoting integrated water management, basin-level approaches and data-driven monitoring as solutions to reverse their decline.
The World Lake Day highlights the importance of lakes, which hold over 90% of the planet’s surface freshwater. They are also vital for climate resilience. However, lakes face increasing threats. UNEP-DHI supports sustainable lake management through integrated water resources approaches, combining policy advice, project support, and advanced tools for monitoring and data analysis.
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