Work on sanitation commences

    City of Blumenau, Brazil © Marlon Hammes
    The World Water Council officially launched the project “Increasing Financial Flows for Sanitation”, inscribed in the “Cities: At the heart of growth” Task Force’s work plan. 
     
    The project aims at identifying the most appropriate financial mechanisms that could better support the development of the sanitation sector of three pre-selected cities, with the purpose of raising awareness about innovative financing instruments to increase sanitation provisions and to involve more actors in the national sanitation financing plans.  
     

    Council participates in the MPGCA Workshop in London

    The World Water Council participated at the at the Strategy and Planning Workshop for the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action (MPGCA) held in London on 11-12 of April.
     
    The Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action was launched at CoP22 by High Level Climate Champions Minister Hakima El Haite and Ambassador Laurence Tubiana as a means to mobilize stronger climate action by all Parties and non-Party Stakeholders towards the achievement of the goals of the Paris Agreement in coherence with the Sustainable Development Goals. 

    Inaugural Meeting of the OECD-WWC-Netherlands Roundtable on Financing Water

    Roundtable inaugural meeting © World Water Council
    On April 12–13, the World Water Council together with the OECD and the Netherlands organized the inaugural meeting of the Roundtable on Financing Water in Paris. 
    The Roundtable was established to facilitate a fresh approach and augmented dialogue between the water and finance communities on how to overcome the global challenges of financing the investments needed for water security and sustainable economic growth including water’s contribution to the wider set of Sustainable Development Goals.

    Catalyzing collective action on water in the Sustainable Development Goals and the HLPF

    Earlier this month, the World Water Council reached out to the 7th World Water Forum Implementation Roadmap Champions in order to provide strong inputs, on behalf of the water community, to the preparatory process of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which will be held from 10 to 19 July 2017.  Catalyzing the strong determination of the global water community to implement collective actions on priority water-related issues, the Roadmaps and DGIC Champions benefit from a strategic and comprehensive vision relative to various water related

    ClimateIsWater Side Event at UN Climate Change Conference

    Bonn, Germany
    Organizer
    World Water Council, International Water Association, Global Water Partnership

    The World Water Council, in cooperation with #ClimateIsWater members Global Water Partnership and International Water Association are convening a side event at the Bonn Climate Change Conference entitled “Implementation of NDCs – climate finance for water-related adaptation and mitigation action”. This is the first time the World Water Council is participating as official UNFCCC observer. Event details UNFCCC Bonn Conference SB46 side event “Implementation of NDCs – climate finance for water-related adaptation and mitigation action” Event's contact e-mail : d.gaillard@worldwatercouncil.org...

    UNFCCC COP 23

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    Bonn, Germany
    Organizer
    United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

    Water Governance Initiative meeting

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    Paris, France
    Organizer
    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

    The OECD Water Governance Initiative is an international multi-stakeholder network of members from the public, private and non-for-profit sectors gathering twice a year to share good practices in support of better governance in the water sector.

    Global Alliances for Water and Climate and Partners meeting

    Cancun, Mexico
    Organizer
    Global Alliances for Water and Climate

    The Global Alliances for Water and Climate and Partners meeting on Wednesday morning May the 31st in Cancun at the occasion of the IWRA XVI th World Water Congress.

    9th Meeting of High-Level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters

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    Chengdu, China
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    High-Level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP)

    World Water Day

    World Water Day logo
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    UN-Water

    To celebrate World Water Day, the Council joins stakeholders worldwide to call upon all governments to focus on water issues and prioritize water resources and management projects that make safe water available to all on the planet. This year’s focus of World Water Day is the impact of wastewater. Approximately 80% of the world’s wastewater flows untreated into the environment while the costs of wastewater management are greatly outweighed by the benefits to human health, economic development and environmental sustainability – providing new business opportunities and creating more ‘green’ jobs...

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