Join in for World Water Day 2025
World Water Day, held on 22 March every year, is an annual United Nations Observance
focusing on the importance of freshwater.
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Spain: ‘It’s not drought – it’s looting’
The Guardian writes about “the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water”. Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting ...
Canada: First Nations shall be heard
Nunavut’s federal representative acted as an advocate for Canada’s First Nations earlier this month, criticizing a lack of consultation over a bill aimed at improving access to clean water. Bill...
Event with SRWatSan Pedro Arrojo-Agudo
On 5 December, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, will give a lunchtime talk at Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Scien...
December 5, 2024
UN expert urges ‘profound changes’
Canada’s CBC writes about the country report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to water and sanitation, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, following his visit to Canada. Arrojo-Agudo is calling f...
Water is a common good for all
“The water that we extract from nature for various uses must be managed as a common good, a shared good that must be accessible to all, but not appropriated by anyone,” said Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, Specia...
Mexico: Risks of privatizing water
The privatisation of water “is an absolute perversion in the name of efficiency. A lie! It is in the name of business,” said Pedro Arrojo Agudo, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on t...
Addressing the global water and food crisis
The global water and food crisis are intrinsically linked with climate change and this connection has become crucial to human survival, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights t...
UN Press Briefing on Gaza
Yesterday, 18 October, the UN saw a hybrid press briefing by the Special Rapporteurs on the rights to food, to water and sanitation, and to housing- Michael Fakhri, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, and Balakrishna...
Canada: New Water Agency off the ground
Announced a number of times, the Canada Water Agency (CWA) is finally off the ground. Probably the country visit of Pedro Arrojo Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation...
