UN Groundwater Summit 2022 to help raise awareness on aquifer protection, sustainable use
- December 7, 2022
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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.
Organised by
- 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.