• Home
  • About
    • Who We Are
    • Governance
    • Team
    • Partners
    • Careers
  • Research
    • Projects →
      • Accelerating the Implementation of Water-related SDGs
      • Promoting Unconventional Water Resources and Technologies for Water-Scarce Areas
      • Developing Tools to Reduce the Risks of WASH-related Diseases and Water Pollution
      • Increasing Resilience to Water-related Risks and Operationalizing Water Security
      • Assessing Impact of Water and Climate-Induced Migration on Women and Girls
      • Data and Technology for Strategic Water Planning and Management
      • Capacity Development of Future Water Leaders, Communities and Citizens
      • Archived Projects
    • Tools & Resources →
      • SDG 6 Policy Support System
      • SDG 6 Policy Support System Course
      • WaSH: Integrated Social Empowerment (W:ISE) Toolkit
      • Wastewater production, collection, treatment, and reuse status by countries and economies
      • Water-Associated Disease Index (WADI)
      • Bibliometrics of Water Research: A Global Snapshot
      • Questionnaire: Evaluation of Flood Early Warning Systems
  • Publications
  • Training
    • Externship Programme
    • Internship Programme
    • Embedded Learning Experience (ELE) Programme
    • McMaster University Student Traineeship (MUST) Programme
    • Water Without Borders Programme
    • Water Learning Centre
  • News & Events
    • Another Drop Lecture Series
    • Events
    • Op-eds and Blogs
    • Newsletter
    • Press Releases
    • Water Catalyst Award
  • Contact
Skip to content
Logo
  • Home
  • About
    • Who We Are
    • Governance
    • Team
    • Partners
    • Careers
  • Research
    • Projects →
      • Accelerating the Implementation of Water-related SDGs
      • Promoting Unconventional Water Resources and Technologies for Water-Scarce Areas
      • Developing Tools to Reduce the Risks of WASH-related Diseases and Water Pollution
      • Increasing Resilience to Water-related Risks and Operationalizing Water Security
      • Assessing Impact of Water and Climate-Induced Migration on Women and Girls
      • Data and Technology for Strategic Water Planning and Management
      • Capacity Development of Future Water Leaders, Communities and Citizens
      • Archived Projects
    • Tools & Resources →
      • SDG 6 Policy Support System
      • SDG 6 Policy Support System Course
      • WaSH: Integrated Social Empowerment (W:ISE) Toolkit
      • Wastewater production, collection, treatment, and reuse status by countries and economies
      • Water-Associated Disease Index (WADI)
      • Bibliometrics of Water Research: A Global Snapshot
      • Questionnaire: Evaluation of Flood Early Warning Systems
  • Publications
  • Training
    • Externship Programme
    • Internship Programme
    • Embedded Learning Experience (ELE) Programme
    • McMaster University Student Traineeship (MUST) Programme
    • Water Without Borders Programme
    • Water Learning Centre
  • News & Events
    • Another Drop Lecture Series
    • Events
    • Op-eds and Blogs
    • Newsletter
    • Press Releases
    • Water Catalyst Award
  • Contact

Category: Op-ed and Blogs

Rethinking Water-Migration Interlinkages Within the Context of the COVID-19 Crisis
11Dec

Rethinking Water-Migration Interlinkages Within the Context of the COVID-19 Crisis

by admin in Op-ed and Blogs
Originally posted on Our World by United Nations Univeristy, 11 December 2020 Author: Nidhi Nagabhatla, Principal Researcher, Water Security (UNU-INWEH) This article is part of a United Nations University Migration...
Read More
Transaqua, Lake Chad and the Congo Basin – A Call for Cautious Action
30Oct

Transaqua, Lake Chad and the Congo Basin – A Call for Cautious Action

by admin in Op-ed and Blogs
Originally posted by UNU-CRIS, 30 October 2020 Authors: Nidhi Nagabhatla, Principal Researcher, Water Security (UNU-INWEH), Dr Caner Sayan, Postdoctoral Fellow: Water Security.   Transaqua, the massive water infrastructure project first...
Read More
The Future We Want: The UN We Need
24Sep

The Future We Want: The UN We Need

by admin in Op-ed and Blogs
Originally posted by Inter Press Service News Agency, 24 September 2020 Author: Robert Sandford, Global Water Futures fellow at UNU-INWEH  Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of The United Nations  As we reflect on...
Read More
Women, WASH & COVID-19: the ‘burdens of’ and ‘opportunities for’ the vulnerable
15Jul

Women, WASH & COVID-19: the ‘burdens of’ and ‘opportunities for’ the vulnerable

by admin in Op-ed and Blogs
Originally posted by UNU-MERIT, July 15 2020 Authors: Zoha Anjum, University of Toronto; Nidhi Nagabhatla, Principal Researcher, Water Security (UNU-INWEH) As water-bearers and care-providers, women and girls carry the burden...
Read More
Water, Climate, Conflict & Migration: Coping with 1 Billion People on the Move by 2050
08Jun

Water, Climate, Conflict & Migration: Coping with 1 Billion People on the Move by 2050

by admin in Op-ed and Blogs
Originally posted by Inter Press Service News Agency, Jun 8 2020 Author: Nidhi Nagabhatla, Principal Researcher, Water Security (UNU-INWEH)   Do migrants willingly choose to flee their homes, or is migration the...
Read More
Coronavirus & Water Pandemics: Doing the Math
19Mar

Coronavirus & Water Pandemics: Doing the Math

by admin in Op-ed and Blogs
Originally posted by Inter Press Service News Agency, 19 March 2020 Author: Vladimir Smakhtin, Director (UNU-INWEH) As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic spreads, guidance on how wash your hands and other measures intensifies....
Read More
World Drains Away Valuable Energy, Nutrients & Water in Fast-Growing Wastewater Streams
05Feb

World Drains Away Valuable Energy, Nutrients & Water in Fast-Growing Wastewater Streams

by admin in Op-ed and Blogs
Originally posted by Inter Press Service News Agency, 5 February 2020 Authors: Manzoor Qadir, Assistant Director (UNU-INWEH) Vladimir Smakhtin, Director (UNU-INWEH) Though most developed countries treat sewage, treatment levels do...
Read More
Climate change, pollution and urbanization threaten water in Canada
02Feb

Climate change, pollution and urbanization threaten water in Canada

by admin in Op-ed and Blogs, Uncategorized
Originally posted by The Conversation, 2 February 2020 Authors: Robert Sandford, EPCOR Water Security Chair at UNU; Corrine Schuster-Wallace, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Saskatchewan; Stephanie...
Read More
Strengthening the Enabling Environment to Achieve SDG 6 Through Data and Evidence
13Jun

Strengthening the Enabling Environment to Achieve SDG 6 Through Data and Evidence

by admin in Op-ed and Blogs
Originally posted by IISD: SDG Knowledge Hub , 13 June 2019 Authors: Guillaume Baggio, Research Associate and Manzoor Qadir, Assistant Director, UNU-INWEH According to the latest assessment of SDG 6...
Read More
Water Research & Education Needs to Flow Towards Developing World
30May

Water Research & Education Needs to Flow Towards Developing World

by admin in Op-ed and Blogs
Originally posted by Inter Press Service News Agency, 30 May 2019 Authors: Colin Mayfield, Senior Advisor, Water Education and Knowledge Management and Hamid Mehmood, Senior Researcher (UNU-INWEH) Post-secondary education relevant...
Read More

Posts navigation

Older posts

All
Events
Op-eds
Press Releases

  • Home
  • /
  • Op-ed and Blogs

United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health

  • contact.inweh@unu.edu
  • (905) 667-5511
  • 204-175 Longwood Rd S, Hamilton, ON L8P 0A1
© United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, 2019