Water for Sustainable Development

Japan Water Forum: Water Journal Vol. 4

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"

Blue Peace - Invest in Peace through Water

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.

Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: 2017 Update and SDG Baselines

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.

UNICEF Game plan to end open defecation

The game plan outlines UNICEF’s programmatic focus and approaches in sanitation over the next four years to 2021. It will help ensure that ending open defecation receives the deliberate and sustained attention it will require to succeed: without a constant focus on the issue, there is no doubt that both the SDG objectives and UNICEF’s objectives for sanitation (as per Goal Area 4 in the Strategic Plan 2018-2021) will be jeopardised.