UN Water Conference Archives - Ocean and Coastal Futures

01 Oct 2026

Mediterranean water ministers agree 2030 roadmap

Image description: Evretou Dam, Paphos Cyprus as it was on a drought at October 2025. Photo by Athina Vrikki on Unsplash Water ministers and senior officials from the 43 member states of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) have agreed priorities for regional cooperation to 2030. They met in Rome on 28 September, the […]

16 Jul 2026

UN chief warns world’s water supplies face irreversible decline

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Photo credit: Tejj The world is “living beyond our hydrological means”, the UN Secretary General has warned, saying overconsumption, pollution and climate change are driving freshwater use beyond the rate at which it can be replenished. António Guterres told ministers at the opening of the ministerial segment of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New […]