High-level water panel - Global risks - SDG platform
View this email in your browser (http://us8.campaign-archive2.com/?u=7f7f23e9a23367fe6e2f492e2&id=3d73132553&e=acf31f6d99) ** NEWS FEED ------------------------------------------------------------ ** NEWS - January, 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------ ** HIGH-LEVEL WATER PANEL TO "TURN IDEAS INTO REALITY" ------------------------------------------------------------ The Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the World Bank jointly announced (http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2016/01/21/united-nations-world-bank-group-launch-high-level-panel-on-water) at the World Economic Forum in Davos, their intention to form a new panel to mobilize urgent action towards the sustainable development goal for water and sanitation (SDG 6) and related targets. The announcement comes as countries experience water stress and water-related disasters that will grow worse due to climate change without better policy decisions. “Water is a precious resource, crucial to realizing the SDGs, which at their heart aim to eradicate poverty,” said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. “The new Panel can help motivate the action we need to turn ideas into reality. The United Nations system, including through UN-Water and the United Nations development system’s universal operational presence, is committed to promote inclusive and country-led action on SDG6 and related targets.” The panel, to be co-chaired by the Presidents of Mauritius and Mexico, will comprise a group of heads of State/Government from developed and developing countries, convened by the United Nations Secretary-General and the President of the World Bank Group “Achieving the water global goal would have multiple benefits, including laying the foundations for food and energy security, sustainable urbanization, and ultimately climate security” said World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim. “My hope is that this panel accelerates action in many countries so that we can make water more accessible to all.” http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FbOq2cP Share (http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FbOq2cP) http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=High-level+water+panel+to+%22turn+ideas+into+reality%22: http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FbOq2cP Tweet (http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=High-level+water+panel+to+%22turn+ideas+into+reality%22: http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FbOq2cP) http://us8.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=7f7f23e9a23367fe6e2f492e2&id=3d73132553&e=acf31f6d99 Forward (http://us8.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=7f7f23e9a23367fe6e2f492e2&id=3d73132553&e=acf31f6d99) ** NEWS - January, 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------ ** WATER TOP GLOBAL LONG-TERM RISK ------------------------------------------------------------ From the environment to international security and the coming Fourth Industrial Revolution, the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2016 rates water as top risk in the coming 10 years. The 11th edition of the Global Risks Report, (http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2016/) viewed as a distillation of the concerns of the world’s most influential businesses and governments, is aw (http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2016/world/global-risk-report-2016/) arning signal for turbulent times, according to Circle of Blue. (http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2016/world/global-risk-report-2016/) Last year, water crises earned the top spot as the most damaging short-term risk. Along with water’s rise in the Paris climate talks, the rankings indicate that water, long the purview of engineers and lawyers, is now an urgent political matter and is deeply intertwined with climate change, economic stability, and human migration. Read more (http://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/what-are-the-top-global-risks-for-2016) ** NEWS - January, 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------ ** NEW PLATFORM FOR 2030 AGENDA ------------------------------------------------------------ The Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the UN launches a new platform to inform about the SDGs and the progress towards achieving the goals. To celebrate the kick off of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform (https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org) , has been redesigned. All SDGs (https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs) are listed and contain relevant information for each goal, in addition to the associated targets, as well links to relevant topic pages. The 36 related topic pages (https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics) can also be directly accessed and contain in-depth knowledge on a range of sustainable development areas, such as Energy, Technology, Multi-stakeholder Partnerships, Small Island Developing States, Sustainable Transport, among others. Each topic page has been updated with latest UN Secretary-General reports, publications, inter-governmental decisions, milestones, documents, statements, and meetings. The "Interactive Topic Milestones (https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/processes/timeline) " are also available providing an easy select from 36 topics as well as relevant milestones. ** Businesses' role in WASH ------------------------------------------------------------ A new discussion paper (http://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/9930.pdf) by the Overseas Development Institute, commissioned by UNICEF and the UN Foundation points to ways that international businesses and WASH agencies can collaborate to better enable countries’ domestic private sector to provide sustainable and equitable WASH services. http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FbOq2cP Share (http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FbOq2cP) http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=High-level+water+panel+to+%22turn+ideas+into+reality%22: http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FbOq2cP Tweet (http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=High-level+water+panel+to+%22turn+ideas+into+reality%22: http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FbOq2cP) http://us8.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=7f7f23e9a23367fe6e2f492e2&id=3d73132553&e=acf31f6d99 Forward (http://us8.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=7f7f23e9a23367fe6e2f492e2&id=3d73132553&e=acf31f6d99) 2030 AGENDA * Monitoring Water and Sanitation in the 2030 Agenda - an introductory guide (http://www.unwater.org/publications/publications-detail/en/c/379864/) * Metadata on Suggested Indicators for Global Monitoring of SDG 6 on Water and Sanitation (http://www.unwater.org/publications/publications-detail/en/c/296330/) ** RECOMMENDED READING ------------------------------------------------------------ HUFFINGTON POST: Why are Indian Kids Smaller than African Kids? Hint: It's not Race. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sanjay-wijesekera/why-are-indian-kids-small_b_8980648.html) By Sanjay Wijesekera and Werner Schultink from UNICEF http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FbOq2cP Share (http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FbOq2cP) http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=High-level+water+panel+to+%22turn+ideas+into+reality%22: http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FbOq2cP Tweet (http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=High-level+water+panel+to+%22turn+ideas+into+reality%22: http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FbOq2cP) http://us8.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=7f7f23e9a23367fe6e2f492e2&id=3d73132553&e=acf31f6d99 Forward (http://us8.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=7f7f23e9a23367fe6e2f492e2&id=3d73132553&e=acf31f6d99) ** NEWS AND OPPORTUNITIES ------------------------------------------------------------ News, jobs, internships, media, events, publications, and more on the UN-Water website. (http://www.unwater.org/news-events/un-waterfamily/) WSSCC Amina J. Mohammed, Environment Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, will serve as WSSCC's new Chair, effective as of April 2, 2016. (http://wsscc.org/2016/01/19/amina-j-mohammed-to-serve-as-chair-of-wsscc/) UNEP A new climate agreement can encourage further action to limit global temperature rise to 2°C by 2100 (http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=26854&ArticleID=35542&l=en) UNICEF With an outbreak of cholera in Iraq threatening to spread further, UNICEF has launched a campaign to inform vulnerable communities on basic measures for prevention and treatment. (http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/iraq_86109.html) IWMI How urban farming can save water and feed millions (http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/2015/11/veg-and-the-city/) IN PICTURES #WaterIs Work by Yasmina, France "I heard that thousands of children die everyday just because they don’t have access to water and sanitation. In my job as a nanny, enough quantity and quality of water is really important to take good care of the baby. It’s hard to imagine having to think about how I spend every drop." Join the World Water Day campaign: Share your photo (https://twitter.com/UN_Water) explaining how water is part of your daily work and we'll share it with the world. 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