Category: UN

Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries

Celine.JRC — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:09:06 +0200

Start: 1 Jan 1970 - 02:00

End: 11 May 2011 - 20:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT+2

On 11 May 2011 from 8-9:45 a.m. in Tophane Hall, ICC, the United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP/UNESCO) is organizing a special event on “Water issues in the Least Developed Countries” with the Permanent Mission of Tajikistan to the UN, the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN, FAO and IFAD.

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UN launches decade-long drive to combat desertification

Celine.JRC — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:37:59 +0200

16 August 2010 – The United Nations today unveiled a decade-long push to raise awareness and mobilize action to fight desertification, which threatens the livelihoods of more than 1 billion people in 100 countries.

International Water Conventions

bmwitmer — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:54:01 +0100

Ratifications for the entry into force of the 1997 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (UN Watercourses Convention); and

Ratifications for the entry into force of the 2003 Amendment to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes read more

Guidance on Water and Adaptation to Climate Change

maria.vink — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:46:10 +0100

Water resources are vulnerable and already affected by climate change and variability with wide-ranging consequences for societies, their health, economies and the natural environment.
Many countries in the UNECE region have already experienced severe impacts from extreme events and disasters. It is likely that anthropogenic climate change (change caused by human activities) will exacerbate the severity and frequency of those events, as well as affecting the region’s water resources in other ways, e.g. through changing precipitation patterns. The need is to adapt now.

UN-Water Key Messages on Climate Change and Water

maria.vink — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:23:35 +0100

UN-Water presented its key messages on water and climate change as a contribution to COP 15 in the following document:

UN-Water Key Messages on Climate Change and Water [PDF 314 KB]

The Implications of Climate Change for Water – Highlights on Climate Change from the WWDR3

maria.vink — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:43:26 +0100

By WWAP (November 2009, 8 pages)

Briefing Note: The Implications of Climate Change for Water - Highlights on Climate Change from the WWDR3 [PDF 612 KB]

By WWAP (November 2009, 28 pages)

Special Report: Water and Climate Change - An Overview from the WWDR [PDF 2.73 MB]

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001863/186318e.pdf