This year again, through a conference series, the launch of an experiment in schools across the world on the theme of water and special emphasis on this theme in its programmes, UNESCO will work to make these wishes come true.
One of the key objectives of the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) is to help countries improve their self-assessment capability by building on existing strengths and experiences.
Ensure enabling conditions for the preparation of the flagship output of WWAP as well as timely production, launching and dissemination of the triennial World Water Development Report, including the appropriate coordination with other collaborating United Nations agencies within the framework of UN-Water.
Within the framework of the World Water Week 2012, UNESCO organizes a seminar to officially announce and inform about the activities foreseen for the UN International Year of Water Cooperation 2013 for which UNESCO has been assigned the role of lead Agency by UN Water.
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Groundwater is the source for nearly half of all drinking water in the world and around 43% of all water effectively consumed in irrigation.
The objective of World Water Day 2011 is to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems.
The overarching target of the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) is to inform the decision making mechanism by providing comprehensive information on the state, use and management of freshwater resources, highlighting the trends and pointing out to consequences and possible futures.
Olcay Unver, the WWAP Coordinator, highlighted the related key messages from the 3rd as well as the upcoming 4th editions of the World Water Development Report (WWDR) - to be launched in March 2012 - to the assembled group.
The Regional Conference of Water and Education of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) for Europe and The United States placed in the preparatory process for the World Conference of Education for the Sustainable Development (Bonn, Germany, March, 2009) and the World V Forum of the Water (Istanbul, Turkey, March, 2009).
Once one of the biggest bodies of water in the world, it could disappear entirely in about 20 years, the FAO said, citing forecasts from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
In the framework of the Water World Week celebrated in Stockholm, Sweden, on 16th August, 2008 the National Water Commission (CONAGUA), together with the International Hydrological Programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the WET International Project (Water Education for Teachers) signed an agreement, aimed at fostering high-quality water education, particularly for formal and non-formal educators in Mexico.
It has some of the largest reserves of fresh water in the world.
Only 2.5% of the world's water is fresh and of that, 99% is frozen in icebergs or hidden deep underground.
British explorer Lewis Gordon Pugh has swum across some of the most challenging stretches of icy water in the world, wearing only a swimming costume, hat and goggles.
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And Concorde's limited range means that it cannot fly supersonically across the world's largest body of water, the Pacific Ocean.
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Over 200 experts and stakeholders will discuss the practical ways found in different parts of the world to approach water related challenges and improve governance.
This latest edition, Water in a Changing World, emphasizes the role of water in development and economic growth.
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The event was moderated by Olcay Unver, Director of the UN World Water Assessment Programme hosted by UNESCO.
Even if all salt water, which accounts for 97% of the world's water, is excluded, the remaining 3% should be ample for all conceivable human needs.
The Yellow River, one of the world's longest, supplies water to more than 150 million people and 15 percent of China's agricultural land.
The results of the conference represent an important contribution to the V World Water Forum (Istanbul, Turkey, March, 2009), and to the consolidation of the region??s water education programs.
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The primary school counts 430 students and 17 teachers, grapples with classic problems of rural schools in many parts of the world from overcrowding and lack of clean water to difficulty in growing much-needed shade trees and river overflows in the rainy season.
"We're talking about the largest body of fresh water in the world, " said Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, the council's co-chairman along with Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn.
Yet the truth is: these two trends, one from the world of analytics, the other from the world of innovation and change, can be Big Data: water wordscape powerfully combined to drive sustainable success in a highly uncertain world.
The meeting raised a variety of key problems and tasks in the field of hydrology and water resources both in the world and CIS countries, specific features and priorities of which were evaluate as well.
Living and leading today are much like swimming in the unpredictable, treacherous Lake Superior, the 4th largest body of fresh water in the world.
Organizers of the World Water Forum expect attendance from 140 ministerial delegations and representation from 180 countries.
However, in many parts of the world, water is not always clean enough for safe human use, or for sustaining healthy ecosystems.
Benedito Braga, vice-president of the World Water Council, remarked that the water issue is being at the moment explicitly discussed on political negotiations for the first time.
Mr. Benedito Braga, vice-president of the World Water Council, remarked that the water issue is being at the moment explicitly discussed on political negotiations for the first time.
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