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Climate Action and Support Trends (2019)Read more
This report provides an overview of the action taken by governments to address climate change in response to UNFCCC mandates and details the status of climate action and relevant…
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NatCap Checker (2019)Read more
The NatCap Checker provides practitioners with a self-assessment tool that enables them to assess, communicate and improve the level of confidence in their natural capital assessments.
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UN-Water Annual Report 2018Read more
This report highlights steps taken by UN-Water in 2018 to continue its mission to coordinate the efforts of UN entities and international organizations working on water and sanitation issues.
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Water Management and Stewardship: Benchmarking Corporate Practices (2019)Read more
This report provides an update on the 2017 benchmarking exercise examining the state of water risk exposure and stewardship in food and beverage (F&B), garment and mining sectors.
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Water Accounting: Independent Estimates of Water Flows, Fluxes, Stocks, Consumption, and Services (2019)Read more
Water accounting is the process of communicating water resources related information and the services generated from consumptive use in a geographical domain in order to describe water resources in…
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Connected and Flowing: A Renewable Future for Rivers, Climate and People (2019)Read more
This report explores how a set of planning approaches, and policy and financial mechanisms, can ensure that the world benefits from the renewable revolution by accelerating the arrival of…
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Global Environment Monitoring System for Freshwater (2019)Read more
The Global Environment Monitoring System for freshwater (GEMS/Water) collects worldwide water quality data for assessments of status and trends in global inland water quality.
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Environment Live (2019)Read more
Environment Live is a dynamic on-line platform from the UN Environment’s Science division for sharing contextualized data and knowledge to keep the environment under review.
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Putting Nature to Work: Integrating Green and Gray Infrastructure for Water Security and Climate Resilience (2019)Read more
This report shows how putting nature to work can help deliver infrastructure services with greater impact and lower cost, all the while reducing risks from disaster, boosting water security…
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Mississippi Headwaters: The Business Case for Conservation (2019)Read more
This report analyzes the benefits and costs of improving water quality in the Mississippi Headwaters through land preservation and restoration.
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The CEO Water Mandate 2018-2020 Strategic Plan: 2019 UpdateRead more
The 2019 update to the Mandate’s 2018-2020 Strategic Plan lays out a roadmap for how the Mandate and its endorsing companies can advance water security around the world, and…
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Smart Water Navigator (2019)Read more
The Smart Water Navigator is based on a simple, 13-question assessment that offers a practical guide to smart, sustainable water practices, providing a roadmap that will help your facilities…
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One Water Leadership Insights (2019)Read more
US Water Alliance’s One Water movement seeks to proactively advance policies and programs that manage water resources to advance a better quality of life for everyone. On a monthly…
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New Acre Project (2019)Read more
The New Acre Project allows companies to fund environmental projects on local farms and ranches across Canada, delivering a bundle of ecosystem services, such as cleaner air, cleaner water,…
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Natural Capital Protocol (2019)Read more
The Protocol offers a standardized framework for the identification, measurement, and valuation of impacts and dependencies on natural capital in order to inform organizational decisions.
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Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Water – Addressing the Global Crisis (2018)Read more
This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) gives an introduction to many different aspects of water, including finance, diplomacy, and water services.
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SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation (2018)Read more
This first synthesis report on SDG 6 is an in-depth review and includes data on the global baseline status of SDG 6, the current situation and trends at global…
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Developing a Global Compendium on Water Quality Guidelines (2018)Read more
This report lays the groundwork for an online compendium to improve access to examples of water quality guidelines and facilitate a better understanding of how water quality demand and…
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Water Infrastructure For Climate Adaptation – The Opportunity To Scale Up Funding And Financing (2018)Read more
This report calls for an integrated approach that brings together governments, water users, and the society at large including the private sector, NGOs, and academia to design smart, adaptable…
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Action Brief 3.1: Action Learning Projects (2018)Read more
The projects aim to assess the current water use trends, identify and map out the key stakeholders, shared water-related risks, challenges and opportunity at the site and catchment level,…
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Managed Aquifer Recharge Portal (2018)Read more
Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) represents a viable method for sustainable water management. This viewer provides a global overview of MAR suitability maps and MAR case studies and their relevant…
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Soil and Water Assessment Tool (2018)Read more
This tool can be used to simulate the quality and quantity of surface and ground water and predict the environmental impact of land use, land management practices, and climate…
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Aquapedia (2018)Read more
Aquapedia provides helpful resources and tools that offer background and context to understanding California’s complex water issues, along with other regions in the Western United States.
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Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration (IHA) (2018)Read more
Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration (IHA) is a software program that allows water resource managers, hydrologists, ecologists, researchers and policy makers to assess how rivers, lakes and groundwater basins have…
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Breaking Down Barriers: Priority Actions for Advancing Water Quality Trading (2018)Read more
This report investigates what’s keeping water quality trading on the sidelines and proposes a detailed action agenda to help get water quality trading on the ground in more watersheds…
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No Water No Growth (2018)Read more
This report seeks to provide an overview of the way in which the social and economic development of continental Asia is dependent on the resources of ten rivers.
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Threading the Needle (2018)Read more
This report is a culmination of industry interviews, non-government organization inputs, and desk research, intended to guide companies grappling with how to integrate the SDGs into their core business…
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Corporate Water Stewardship and the Case for Green Infrastructure (2018)Read more
This report makes the case for private sector investment in green infrastructure as part of a broader water stewardship approach.
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Valuing Rivers (2018)Read more
This report discusses the need to stop regarding rivers as simply conduits for moving water and recognize the wider value of water.
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Launch of SDG 6 Indicator Reports (2018)Read more
Seven reports that track progress towards the various targets set out in SDG 6 using the SDG global indicators.
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Maneuvering Towards a Water Safe Future (2018)Read more
This report aims both to draw attention to the severity of the water crisis and to illustrate that new forms of partnership are essential to achieve the UN’s Sustainable…
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Watershed Ecosystem Service Tool (2018)Read more
Explore how ecosystem services, land uses, and socioeconomic factors interact across Cambodia’s landscapes.
