Water is a core component of sustainable development, inherently linking livelihoods, ecosystems, populations, and infrastructure. Access to water and the management of water resources, services, and hazards significantly determine the state of human and environmental health, food and energy security, socio-economic prosperity, and peace.
UNU water-related research focuses particularly on the needs of developing countries. Through its global network of institutes and programmes, UNU is well-positioned to provide comprehensive policy advice on topics ranging from water governance, freshwater resources, and wastewater management, to sanitation and water-related risk reduction.
UNU & WORLD WATER WEEK
World Water Week 2019 took place in Stockholm, Sweden from 25 to 30 August. The 2019 theme, “Water for society – Including all”, provided a significant opportunity for UNU to contribute its water expertise and strengthen engagement across sectors. Through research, commentary, and events, UNU’s work on water is helping to establish policy that will support healthy ecosystems and sound social development for decades to come.
The United Nations University hosted an exhibition booth and co-organised events at World Water Week, 25 – 30 August 2019.
EXHIBITION BOOTH
Scholars from three UNU institutes — the UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES), the UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), and the UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) — were available at booth B08 in the exhibition area to provide information about current research projects and publications.
OFFICIAL WORLD WATER WEEK EVENTS
Leaving No One Behind, the UN World Water Development Report
25 August 2019 (SUN), 14:00-15:30, Room M2
Water, Migration and Rural Development: From Knowledge to Action
26 August 2019 (MON), 14:00-15:30, Room L10
Navigating Through Limited Data While Aiming at SDG6 ‘Fit-for-Policy’ Evidence
26 August 2019 (MON), 16:00-17:30, Room L10
Tapping into the Future: Universal Access to Sanitation”
27 August 2019 (TUE), 09:00-10:30, Room L9
Dialogue: Climate- and Water-driven Migration, Conflict and Human Security”
27 August 2019 (TUE), 16:00-17:30, Room L8
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A selection of recent UNU research related to the World Water Week 2019 theme “Water for society – Including all”. For an in-depth look at other water-related publications, please browse UNU Collections.
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2019: Leaving No One Behind
Higher Education in the Water Sector: A Global Overview
UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health
Towards Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Systems: Implementing a Nexus Approach in Two Cases in Latin America
UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources
Future Outlook of Urban Water Environment in Asian Cities: Summary for Decision Makers
UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
Bibliometrics of Water Research: A Global Snapshot
UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health
Assessing Flood Disaster Impacts in Agriculture Under Climate Change in the River Basins of Southeast Asia
UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health
Impacts of Projected Change in Climate on Water Balance in Basins of East Africa
UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources
Quantifying and Mapping of Water-related Ecosystem Services for Enhancing the Security of the Food-Water-Energy Nexus in Tropical Data–sparse Catchment
UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
Water in the World We Want – SDG 6 Project – Final Report
UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health
Learning from Integrated Management Approaches to Implement the Nexus
UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources
One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer: Siloes, Trade-Offs and Synergies in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources
Cost and Efficiency of Arsenic Removal from Groundwater: A Review
UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health
Remote Sensing of Water Use and Water Stress in the African Savanna Ecosystem at Local Scale – Development and Validation of a Monitoring Tool
UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources
Public Health Effects Due to Insufficient Groundwater Quality Monitoring in Igando and Agbowo Regions in Nigeria: A Review
UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health
Assessing Sustainability of Wastewater Management Systems in a Multi-Scalar, Transdisciplinary Manner in Latin America
UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources
Attribute Value Extraction Mechanism of Constructed Wetlands Information
UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources
The Selection of Design Methods for River Water Quality Monitoring Networks: A Review
UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources