Tag: World Water Day
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3 ways to put water onto the climate agenda
Coming up: World Water Day 2020 One of the most significant, yet ignored, impacts of climate change is its disruption of the water cycle. The youth-driven climate movement provides examples of how to incorporate water into the climate agenda by raising awareness, encouraging advocacy and promoting innovation. World Water Day 2020 is focused on the…
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Ambassador Marcia Bernicat on the U.S. Global Water Strategy
The overarching goal of the U.S. Global Water Strategy is to create a more water secure world, said Ambassador Marcia Bernicat, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Oceans, and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State at a recent Wilson Center event . “Simply put,” she said, “a world…
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Dirty water 20 times deadlier to children in conflict zones than bullets – Unicef
World Water Day study highlights lethal nature of unsafe sanitation and hygiene for children, especially under-fives Children under five who live in conflict zones are 20 times more likely to die from diarrhoeal diseases linked to unsafe water than from direct violence as a result of war, Unicef has found. Analysing mortality data from 16…
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World Water Day: Must-Watch Documentaries
From Kenyan water women, to Iran’s drought crisis and a polluted paradise: our picks for World Water Day, and every day. The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal clearly states the goal of "water for all by 2030". However, access to safe and clean water sources and sanitisation is still a work in progress for numerous…
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Canadian teen tells UN to ‘warrior up,’ give water same protections as people
Canadian water activist Autumn Peltier, a 13-year-old from Manitoulin Island, addresses the UN General Assembly on world water day. Her plea to protect the world’s water was part of the UN’s launch of the International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development. (Manuel Elias/UN Photo) It’s time to “warrior up,” stop polluting the planet…
