As part of its activities and support for World Water Day 2023 (22 March), the International Water Association (IWA) is hosting a side event at the UN Headquarters in New York on the crucial role that cross-sectoral partnerships c...
This year’s World Water Day acts as a reminder for everyone to take action to secure progress on water and sanitation. This year’s theme of Accelerating Change emphasises the need to speed up efforts towards achieving sustaina...
Global water leaders are meeting in New York on 22-24 March 2023 after 46 long years since the first UN Water Conference held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in 1977. The conference report, also known as the Mar Del Plata Action Plan...
We are thrilled to announce that the International Water Association will co-host and participate in a wide range of events during the UN Water Conference in New York on 22-24 March 2023. IWA is engaged with multiple organi...
Date: Wednesday, 22 March 2023 Time: 11:00-12:15 EST (Eastern Standard Time) Location: UN Headquarters, Side Event Room B Registration: Event open only to UN Water Conference registered delegates Background The 2022 Su...
London, UK and Bjerringbro, Denmark, 13 February 2023 The International Water Association and Grundfos are proud to announce that 14 bright and promising international young water professionals (YWPs) have been selected to be part...
"But then, if you are a water professional, what are you doing here at this climate change conference?" a delegate asked me in the early hours of Sunday 20 November 2022, on the eve of the eagerly awaited closing plenary of the re...
The International Water Association (IWA) is marking UN World Toilet Day, held annually on 19 November to raise awareness of the 3.6 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation worldwide. The Association is ...
On World Toilet Day, the international community will assess its progress on providing sanitation to all. Unfortunately, while we’ve made significant advancements, we are not on track to provide universal access to safely-manage...
As we mark this year’s World Toilet Day, it is imperative to recognise the interdependency of the targets under SDG 6 from a holistic point of view, and most importantly, highlight the link between groundwater and sanitation: ma...
