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Mar 22, 2024 · World Water Day is held every year on 22 March, and is a United Nations (UN) day focused on raising awareness of the importance of freshwater. This year's theme is Water for Peace. The aim is to highlight the tensions that can emerge over resources like water, leading to potential instability and conflict, but also the role that water can play ...
Mar 22, 2024 · On World Water Day, Global Future Council on Food and Water Security members describe how different stakeholder groups can hedge risk and improve water stewardship and food security. Securing the future of the world's food and water systems is critical for a well-functioning society.
Mar 22, 2012 · Mar 22, 2012. “The World is Thirsty Because We are Hungry” is the message of the 2012 World Water Day. It puts in a nutshell one of the key links in the complex nexus of water, food, climate and energy: the crucial relationship between water and the production of our food. The agricultural industry is by far the heaviest consumer ...
Mar 20, 2020 · 1. Raise awareness. Not enough is understood and communicated about the devastating risk of climate change to the world’s water resources. Currently, 50% of our drinking water comes from glaciers, which are melting at an unprecedent speed. Higher air temperatures are causing increased flooding – which is affecting more people globally than ...
Mar 22, 2021 · Worldwide, 2.2 billion people live without access to safe water. Matt Damon and Gary White tell Radio Davos about their charity water.org. Growing up in the affluent US, Matt Damon was able to dream big - he and his schoolmate Ben Affleck headed to New York to become actors.
Mar 18, 2014 · Mar 18, 2014. Each year since 1993, 22 March has been recognized as World Water Day, an annual event to raise awareness and focus attention on the issue of water and its importance. Water sustains life, enables us to grow food, supports industrial activities and preserves the environment in which we live. Yet, anyone with a healthy dose of ...
Mar 15, 2023 · World Water Day and the UN Water Conference, which take place in March each year, aim to accelerate action on water for the health of people and the planet. Research suggests governments need to work on average four times faster to meet SDG6 on time, but achieving this aim will rely on partnerships across the public, private and NGO space.
Mar 22, 2021 · Today’s World Water Day revolves around the social, economic and environmental value of water, and the essential role it plays in everyone’s life. From determining where the world’s oldest cities were built and where conflicts break ou t, to ensuring that we can access internet services and stop the spread of COVID-19 today, the significance of the role that water plays in the world cannot be understated.
May 21, 2024 · Badung, 21 May 2024 — After the high-level meeting of heads of state following the Opening Ceremony was held yesterday at the Bali International Convention Center (BICC), Nusa Dua, the fourth day of the 10th World Water Forum on Tuesday, 21 May, will continue with a series of high-level panel discussions as well as political, thematic, and regional discussions.
Mar 22, 2022 · World Water Day is a chance to shine a light on the water sector’s opportunity to drive progress toward net-zero emissions. While water systems are major sources of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, rapid decarbonization is possible with readily available technologies.
