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UN: Bottled water masks world’s failure to supply safe water for all, can slow sustainable development

UNU-INWEH: UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health), Hamilton, Canada The rapidly-growing bottled water industry can undermine progress towards a key sustainable development goal:

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Powerful new global arena needed to confront coming water challenges, elite UN board warns

UN S-G’s Advisory Board, Water & Sanitation 18 Nov 2015 Blunt valedictory report from Secretary-General’s water and sanitation advisory board suggests routes to next generation world water

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Beyond infrastructure – New attitudes also needed to end open defecation: UN (World Toilet Day)

UN Water (Geneva / New York) One billion people don’t use toilets: 1 in 6 people in developing regions; New UN-Water GLAAS findings underscore critical gaps in

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Water experts of 26 UN agencies meet in Canada, plan coordinated response to looming crisis

United Nations University 1-Feb-2010More than two dozen leading United Nations water experts will convene in Hamilton, Canada Feb. 2-4 to plan fresh strategy for a

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‘Arid aquaculture’ among livelihoods promoted to relieve worsening pressure on world’s drylands

United Nations University 11-Nov-2008 “Arid aquaculture” using ponds filled with salty, undrinkable water for fish production is one of several options experts have proven to

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Providing toilets, safe water is top route to reducing world poverty: UN University

United Nations University Tokyo Japan / Hamilton, Canada 19-Oct-2008   Simply installing toilets where needed throughout the world and ensuring safe water supplies would do

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Sanitation investment in poor countries would yield $9-to-1 benefits in productivity, health: UN

United Nations University / International Year of Sanitation 20-Mar-2008 Experts estimate that $9 in productivity, health and other benefits are returned for every dollar invested

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Restoring soils vital to feed world, forestall climate change: experts

Soil Conservation Service of Iceland, Reykjavik, and United Nations University 30 Aug 07 Protecting soils claimed as an immediate fix to counter climate change; 150

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Desertification: UN experts prescribe global policy overhaul to avoid looming mass migrations

United Nations University 27 Jun 07 Desertification, exacerbated by climate change, represents “the greatest environmental challenge of our times” and governments must overhaul policy approaches

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Pioneering study shows richest 2 percent own half world wealth

5-Dec-2006 United Nations University Tony Shorrocks The richest 2% of adults in the world own more than half of global household wealth according to a

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