#un water

[wetlandsday]

ITALY - Wetlands and Human Wellbeing.

The World Wetlands Day 2024 theme, "Wetlands and Human Wellbeing", is about the interconnectedness between wetlands and various aspects of human health. 

The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ramsar Convention Secretariat and the Italian Ministry for Environment and Energy Security, will host the World Wetlands Day celebration event on 2nd February 2024. 

The event aims to raise awareness, highlight wetlands' contributions to health and food security,, and inspire actions and partnerships for wetland conservation. The celebration will be held both at FAO Headquarters and online, featuring interpretation in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. 

The full programme and joining details are here.

Visit the World Wetlands Day campaign website here. 

Friday, 2 February 2024 (12:00 – 13:30 CET) Sheikh Zayed Centre, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, and online

[arghyasen11]

Every Drop Counts: Addressing the Global Water Crisis

World Water Day is consistently emphasized on Walk 22 in recognition of the importance of freshwater assets in supporting life. This is in addition to the need for effective and efficient management of water resources. The day expects to bring issues to light about the importance of water as well as promoters for its useful use.

Regardless of its importance, clean and safe water remains an extravaganza for some individuals all over the planet. As per the UN, 2.2 billion people need access to healthy drinking water, while 4.2 billion of them need access to safe disinfection facilities. Created nations have a significantly higher access rate than non-industrial nations, with close to 100% in Europe and North America contrasted with only 24% in Sub-Saharan Africa. This error highlights the need to pursue all-inclusive access to protected and clean water for all.

[hinamie]

took 3 tries but i think i am finally free of korra plagiarism in yuuji's water tribe design

jjk atla!au with @philosophiums

[ardley]

Shorelines: Devon & Jersey

Photographed by freddieardley.com

[muffinlance]

druk gets into zukos coffee supply

"Uncle."

Uncle raised his tea cup to his lips.

"Uncle, how did he get in."

Uncle took the most delicate of sips.

"Uncle I am not turning another storeroom into tea storage."

"How unfortunate to waste the space," said Uncle. "After all, it is quite hard to keep a dragon out once they have acquired the taste!"

"Uncle."

[whilomm]

oh okay heres one:

"sleepaway camp"= you go there for at least a few days, a week, sometimes several weeks, and sleep there, as opposed to a """camp""" where you go for the day and your parents or whoever picks you up afterward (those arent really camps, but like. idk when i went to "space camp" it was a weeklong but not sleepaway). in the U.S. at least, the typical image of a sleepaway camp involves staying in cabins, dunno how common it is/what it looks like in other countries.

for the first few i just mean like. not necessarily a stealth church camp, just like. idk, a camp where theres also an Assumption Of Christianity and just general vibes without being actually church camp. So, there might not be daily services and jesusy dedicatwd activities, but maybe theres still a prayer said over meals and shit. Which i assume might exist...

(oh and @reblogforsamplesize if u wanna)

[front-facing-pokemon]

[pondslime]

What do you want from me? What have I done? I'm just a word processor, for Christ sake!

Griffin Dunne as Paul Hackett AFTER HOURS (1985) dir. Martin Scorsese

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Claude Monet in Un beau matin (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2022)  

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

UN Habitat wrote a long report on the State of Lebanese cities in 2021. On page 134, I saw something that surprised even me:

Water access standards is one of a range of determinants of slum living conditions. By definition, there are substantial differences between slum and non-slum households in terms of access to water and sanitation. The non-inclusion of slum settlements from service provision is often directly related to the legal tenure of the land in question. The UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme promotes the ‘need to enact laws and policies to dissociate the tenure status from service provision’ (WWAP, 2019:105). Palestinian camps, officially not connected to the public network, are relevant urbansited instances

I may be the first person on the planet to read page 134 of this report.

By and large, Palestinian camps in Lebanon are located in the middle of urban areas. The existing water infrastructure might not be ideal but it exists.

Lebanon decided long ago to deny Palestinian access to municipal water.

One would think that some NGO might have written about this over the past 75 years. But it is really hard to find anyone even elliptically talking about this.

Interpal says, "Palestinian refugees are forced to buy unregulated drinking water from local vendors." The World Health Organization says, "In Shatila, drilled wells within the camp provide water for drinking and other domestic purposes. These wells are managed by entrepreneurs who sell the water to residents, and distribute it as drinking water to households."

No one seems to ask why Lebanon never extended their water supply that already surrounds the camps into the camps themselves. And the people who clearly know about this don't seem to be very bothered by it. 

[realneatc]

You your daddy's sons

[meetmeafftcrdark]

☽. astronomía

– Es un milagro que el cielo esté así de despejado en pleno septiembre, ¿no crees? –comentó, observando fascinada las estrellas. Los días con el otoño acercándose estaban cada vez más nublados, sin embargo, aquella noche no había ni una sola nube en el firmamento.

[historyforfuture]

Civil defence directorate in GAZA :

_ We pulled out 11 martyrs after the departure of the occupation forces and still received 200 reports about missings in Bani Suhyla .

_ The occupation forces destroyed 90% from the infrastructure before departure

_ Bani Suhyla .

[searchsystem]

Plant / Publicis Groupe Benelux / United Nations (UN) – UN Water Conference / Pizza / Packaging / 2023

[pillowenvelopchair]

That’s what she holds onto. A life—an eternal one—with someone else as Lord. Someone true of heart. Quick of mind. That’s the dream, right there. And all she has to do is clear the way.  - Chapter 26

Another swrd art… what a surprise lol. go check it out guys! (i will never stop preaching about it)

hi @un-local how r u on this fine afternoon

[jinhogae]

Kim Joo-Taek (Julian Kim) performing "Dust and Ashes" as promotion for SHOWNOTE's production of Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet of 1812