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Youth committed to water and the environment

UNESCO and the Ministry of Environment of Uruguay organized a cleanup day in coastal areas and a workshop in place focused on concepts about the risk of plastic and microplastics in the environment

December 17, 2021

UNESCO's role in response to the eruption of the La Soufrière volcano in the Caribbean

UNESCOs Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme in Latin America and the Caribbean IHPLAC is working with the Central Water and Sewerage Authority of St Vincent and the Grenadines to ensure water security threatened by lava flows earthquakes ash plumes seismic activity following repeated eruptions and hurricanes

August 27, 2021

The water challenge in Latin American and Caribbean megacities

Bogota Buenos Aires Mexico City Lima Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo and Santiago held the second meeting of the LAC Megacities Regional Alliance on 26 May 2021 in the framework of the 2nd International Conference Water Megacities and Global Change EauMega 2022

Water dialogues: an exchange on Latin America and the Caribbean

More than 3000 people from different social economic and environmental sectors in the region registered for the virtual event to exchange on how to accelerate the implementation of SDG 6

WATER: What is being done for water security in Latin America and the Caribbean?

The XIV Meeting of National Committees and Focal Points of UNESCOs Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean CONAPHIs convened its Presidents with the participation of members of UNESCOs water family in the region to assess progress towards water security in the region and plan activities for the future

"It is important that we take care of nature, of rivers and springs, so that we can use this water"

So said Lutana Ribeiro Albuquerque Cacique general do Parque das Tribos during the LAC Regional launch of the World Water Report 2021 The Value of Water on the occasion of World Water Day 2021

Hydrographic environmental revitalization: an opportunity for quality water

The Pipiripau River Basin Water Producer Project team works to improve water security in quality and quantity in the basin They received the Water ChangeMaker Award in 2020

February 9, 2021

Water education and culture: another way of dealing with the Covid-19

Experts from UNESCOs Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme in Latin America and the Caribbean wondered how education and water culture could contribute to cope with pandemic times

September 17, 2020

Manufacturing soap from waste oils: an opportunity for waterways and health

The course Soap making from waste oils of the UNESCO Water Women and Development Chair is a way to learn how to reduce the impact of this waste on surface waters an opportunity for economic income and a contribution to the prevention of COVID19

August 18, 2020

Farewell to Joram Gil

This is a tribute of UNESCO to the head of the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability of Water Resources at the University of San Carlos de Guatemala who passed away last July victim of COVID19

Droughts: a silent danger in the midst of the pandemic

Integrating disaster risk management and the action against covid19 The UNESCO Group of Experts on Risk Management GERM calls for the implementation of COVID19 public policies that reduce the impacts of droughts ensuring safe access to drinking water and food

Exchange on public policies on water resources and climate management

Conference Climate Policy in Portugal an instance to share experiences on water and climate change took place in Montevideo Uruguay February 2020