As part of the ongoing efforts under the Global Wetland Watch (GWW) initiative, a national consultation and coordination visit across Australia was conducted. The purpose of this trip was to engage directly with key stakeholders involved in wetland monitoring, policy, and conservation.
This year, twelve countries are undertaking multi-stakeholder processes to answer that question as they embark on national action planning, assisted by the SDG 6 IWRM Support Programme, implemented by GWP in coordination with the UNEP-DHI Centre, under the leadership of UNEP.
The goal: to design actionable, investment-ready action plans that mobilise resources from a range of funding sources — including national budgets, multilateral development banks, the private sector, and bilateral funders.
The Global Wetland Watch (GWW) has partnered with selected pilot countries to ensure GWW outcomes are designed to serve national needs. South Africa is one of these pilot countries that has joined the discussion and co-development with the GWW team. As part of this in-country engagement, the GWW team has just returned from a 10-day mission to South Africa to conduct workshops and field trips to understand national wetland challenges and come up with new solutions to manage and restore wetlands globally.
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Stakeholder Consultations were held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, between 13-14th of March 2025 by UNEP and UNEP-DHI with a focus to develop a Hydrological Decision Support System (HDSS) for the Lac Tele-Lac Tumba landscape.
The 2025 Policy Note on Mainstreaming Gender in Water Resources Management serves as a call to action for practitioners in water management and gender mainstreaming. With only five years left to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 on gender equality and SDG 6 on water and sanitation, urgent action is needed to scale up efforts and accelerate joint progress.
A new Technical Note highlights the progress made and the challenges that remain in achieving sustainable water management across the African continent. It focuses on the status and direction of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Climate resilience, and financing for infrastructure based on SDG 6.5.1 data (2023).
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) needs to be part of the discussion for the climate change adaptation agenda at UNFCCC COP 29. With the conference running in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11th to 22nd, it’s an opportune moment to assess the coordination between water resources management and climate actions.
The world has mismanaged its freshwater reserves for decades, hampering progress towards the SDGs. Some 50 per cent of countries globally have one or more types of freshwater-related ecosystems – rivers, lakes, wetlands or aquifers – in a state of degradation, finds a recent report from UNEP.
The Ministry of Water of Tanzania, the Wami Ruvu Basin Water Board and GWP, on behalf of the SDG 6 IWRM Support Programme, have been collaborating to understand the economic value of water for Tanzania, and will be presenting the results in a public hybrid format, online and in-person at select sites.
UNEP-DHI is co-hosting a side event during the Tenth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention (MOP 10) in, Slovenia on SDG 6.5 reporting.
World Water Week 2024 is focused water cooperation, for peace and security in its broadest sense. The theme, “Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future,” highlights the global and regional connections between communities and emphasizes the need for collaboration to achieve peace and sustainability. UNEP-DHI and DHI will contribute to several sessions at World Water Week 2024.
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