Publications
The global analysis and assessment of sanitation and drinking-water( GLAAS)
The Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water( GLAAS) reports on the capacity of countries to make progress towards the Millennium Development Goals’ water and sanitation targets and on the effectiveness of external support agencies to facilitate this process. UN- Water GLAAS has been designed in response to the need to reduce the reporting burden and harmonize different reporting mechanisms of UN-family Member States. GLAAS also increases the comprehensiveness and accountability of information on the drinking water and sanitation sectors.
The objective of the UN-Water GLAAS report is to monitor the inputs required to extend and sustain water, sanitation and hygiene( WASH) systems and services. This includes the components of the“ enabling environment”: documenting government policy and institutional frameworks; the volume, sources and targeting of investment; the sufficiency of human resources; priorities and gaps with respect to external assistance; and the influence of these factors on performance. A more challenging secondary goal is to analyse the factors associated with progress, or lack thereof, in order to identify drivers and bottlenecks, to identify knowledge gaps, to assess strengths and weaknesses, to identify challenges, priorities and successes, and to facilitate benchmarking across countries.
The UN-Water GLAAS is produced by the World Health Organization( WHO) on behalf of UN-Water and is published every two years.
Thirsting for a Future: Water and children in a changing climate
Author: UNICEF Price: Free No. of pages: 76 Publication date: March 2017 Publisher: UNICEF ISBN: 978-92-806-4874-4
Climate change is one of many forces contributing to an unfolding water crisis. In the coming years, the demand for water will increase as food production grows, populations grow and move, industries develop and consumption increases. This can lead to water stress, as increasing demand and use of water strain available supplies. One of the most effective ways to protect children in the face of climate change is to safeguard their access to safe water and sanitation. This report shares a series of solutions, policy responses and case studies from UNICEF’ s work around the world.
Towards“ sustainable” sanitation: challenges and opportunities in urban areas
Author( s): Andersson, K., S. Dickin and A. Rosemarin Year: 2016 In: Sustainability 8( 12): 1289 DOI: 10.3390 / su8121289 Type: Journal article Language: English Authors: Kim Andersson, Sarah Dickin, Arno Rosemarin
This open access article discusses what sustainable sanitation means in cities, and how it can yield multiple development benefits.
While sanitation is fundamental for health and well-being, cities of all sizes face growing challenges in providing safe, affordable and functional sanitation systems that are also sustainable. Factors such as limited political will, inadequate technical, financial and institutional capacities, and failure to integrate safe sanitation systems into broader urban development have meant that unsustainable systems continue to be built and operated, and opportunities are missed to tackle overlapping and interacting urban challenges.
This article looks at what makes urban systems sustainable or unsustainable, and at how to promote sustainable sanitation in cities. It focuses on systems that allow resource recovery, generating added value to society while protecting human and ecosystem health.
Wild Water: The State of the World’ s Water 2017
Across the world 663 million people still do not have access to water; the vast majority of them- over half a billion- live in rural areas. In Wild Water, WaterAid’ s state of the world’ s water report, we explore how climate change – felt through extreme weather events such as cyclones, flooding and drought – could make the situation far worse for future generations.
Papua New Guinea, Madagascar and Mozambique are among the worst performing countries in the world for rural access to clean water. All three countries rank in the top 20 % of nations worldwide most vulnerable to climate change and least ready to adapt, according to the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index. India, one of the world’ s fastest growing economies, has the greatest number of people living rurally without access to clean water.
40 Africa Water, Sanitation & Hygiene • May- June 2017