UN Groundwater Summit 2022 to help raise awareness on aquifer protection, sustainable use

Subject: Geography

Context-

The importance of protecting groundwater and methods for its sustainable use will be the highlights of the United Nations-Water Summit on Groundwater 2022 that begins December 7, 2022, in Paris, France.

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The two-day conference will be organised by UN-Water, UNESCO and the International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre.
The discussions will highlight the opportunities and challenges of groundwater management across the world as presented in The United Nations World Water Development Report 2022.
Aim- To raise awareness of groundwater conservation on the global stage.
UN-Water is also running the campaign- Groundwater: Making the invisible visible.
- The campaign highlighted the role of groundwater in alleviating poverty, food and water insecurity and other socioeconomic development hurdles.

United Nations Water (UN-Water)-

It is an interagency mechanism that coordinates the efforts of United Nations entities and international organizations working on water and sanitation issues.
Over 30 UN organizations carry out water and sanitation programmes, reflecting the fact that water issues run through all of the UN’s main focus areas.
UN-Water’s role is to coordinate so that the UN family ‘delivers as one’ in response to water-related challenges.
The majority of the offices are located in Geneva, Switzerland.