This volume of the Water Journal is broken down into five articles:
"Kunmamto city with about 740,00 population, all tap water supplied by groundwater: working together with stakeholders in the region to protect groundwater"
"What to Make and What to Leave Behind for the Next Generation The focus of the world turns to SDGs."
"Ten years to go: Strengthening the contributions of water science towards achieving 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific"
"Government Initiatives Leading the World to the Realization of Society 5.0"
This training is organized in the context of acquiring a better understanding of the integration of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus that is essential for human well-being, poverty alleviation, and achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Sustainable development, liveable communities, healthy environments: to make these a reality around the world, it is essential to ensure access to clean water and adequate sanitation, safely managed for all. Here we present an inside look at how BORDA is innovating sanitation, and some of the people who are making it happen.
Blue Peace in collaboration with the United Nations Capital Development Fund, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and Geneva Water Hub (GWH), introduce an innovative way of financing transboundary and multi-sectoral water cooperation, by creating new ways to access financial capital through a Blue Peace approach. Ultimately leading to circular economies and stable societies. Blue Peace focuses on transforming water from a potential crisis source, into a potential cooperation and peace instrument.
This publication introduces Water Sensitive Urban Design and discusses its benefits, with examples of integration in Viet Nam.
This report presents the first ever estimates of the population using 'safely managed' drinking water and sanitation services - meaning drinking water free from contamination that is available at home when needed, and toilets whereby excreta are treated and disposed of safely. It also documents progress towards ending open defecation and achieving universal access to basic services.