UNESCO, Sustainable Development Goals Water Europe has launched its new publication ‘Water in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: How can Europe Act’. The publication has been jointly designed and developed with the UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) and its objective is to advocate for the role that the European Union, the European Commission and the […]
In a world where demands for freshwater are ever growing, and where limited water resources are increasingly stressed by over-abstraction, pollution and climate change, neglecting the opportunities arising from improved wastewater management is nothing less than unthinkable. This is how the 2017 World Water Development Report concludes, highlighting the vital importance of improving the management […]
1. UN World Water Development Report: Wastewater: The Untapped Resource UNESCO Wastewater: The Untapped resource Most human activities that use water produce wastewater. As the overall demand for water grows, the quantity of wastewater produced and its overall pollution load are continuously increasing worldwide. Over 80% of the world’s wastewater – and over 95% in some least developed countries […]
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) and the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission (DG MARE) adopted today a “Joint Roadmap to accelerate Maritime/Marine Spatial Planning processes worldwide”. The roadmap identifies common challenges and proposals for actions to be implemented in the coming years, reaching out for collaboration with other UN bodies […]
A report by some of the world’s leading advocates on protecting the ocean World Heritage in the High Seas: An Idea Whose Time Has Come World Heritage Reports 44. July 2016, UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Online Publication By D. Freestone, D. Laffoley, F. Douvere, T. Badman. (2016).
Welcome to the home page of the UNESCO initiative on marine spatial planning. The purpose of this initiative is to help countries implement ecosystem-based management by finding space for biodiversity conservation and sustainable economic development in marine areas. One way to do this is through marine spatial planning. Our work focusses on moving marine spatial planning […]