Special Newsletter

Global

Water and Climate

The United Nations World Water Report (2020) Water and Climate Change.
The United Nations
The report is available in :  English | Français | Español (pdf)
 
WEF 2020 – Global Risk Report (Some references dedicated to water).
World Economic Forum.
http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-report-2020/

Access to water and sanitation

Progress on drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in schools 2020 (Special focus on COVID-19).
World Health Organization
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789280651423

State of the world’s sanitation

World Health Organisation, Unicef

https://www.unwater.org/unicef-and-who-launch-the-state-of-the-worlds-sanitation-report-on-world-toilet-day/

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals Progress Report 2020.
United Nations Economic and Social Council.
Available in [Arabic] [Chinese] [English][French] [Russian] [Spanish]
https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2020/

Others

Water Barometer. 2020.
Solidarités International
Available in French: https://www.solidarites.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/barometre-eau-2020-solidarites-international.pdf
Available in English: https://www.solidarites.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/solidarites_2020_water-hygiene-barometer.pdf
 
The Economy in Times of Covid.
World Bank. 2020
Available in English:
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/33555
 
Available in Spanish: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/33555/211570SP.pdf?sequence=12&isAllowed=y
 
Public-Private Partnerships and the risk of corruption in the water sector. 2020.
European Unions, Sweden, African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), Stockholm international water institute
https://www.siwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Water-Integrity-in-Water-Infrastructure_2020.pdf

North America

Water and COVID-19

Financial Impact of the COVID-19 on US Drinking Water Utilities. 2020.
AWWA.
https://www.awwa.org/Portals/0/AWWA/Communications/AWWA-AMWA-COVID-Report_2020-04.pdf

Other

AWWA State of the Water Industry Report.
The Association of Water Works in US. 2020. 
https://www.awwa.org/Professional-Development/Utility-Managers/State-of-the-Water-Industry

Latin America and Carribean

From Structure to Services Report. The Path to Better Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean. Inter-American Development Bank. 2020.
https://flagships.iadb.org/en/DIA2020/from-structures-to-services

Africa

Water and COVID-19

Water scarcity and COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa. 2020.
Desmond Ofosu Anima and Richard Ofori-Asenso.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7239790/
 
Inequalities in access to water and soap matter for the COVID-19 response in sub-Saharan Africa. 2020.
Safia S. Jiwani and Daniel A. Antiporta
https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-020-01199-z
 
The Impact of COVID-19 in South Africa. 2020.
Wilson Center.
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/uploads/documents/The%20Impact%20of%20COVID-19%20in%20South%20Africa_0.pdf

Others

Money down the drain. Corruption in the Water Sector in South Africa Report (Only in English)
Water Integrity Network 
https://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/?docs=16984
 
Referee! Responsibilities, regulations and regulating for urban sanitation
Eastern and Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Regulators Association (ESAWAS) and Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP)
https://www.wsup.com/insights/referee-responsibilities-regulations-and-regulating-for-urban-sanitation/

Asia-Pacific

Water and agriculture

Setting regional priorities to manage water for agriculture under conditions of water scarcity. Asia Pacific Region. 2020.
FAO
http://www.fao.org/3/nb841en/nb841en.pdf
 
A water crisis looms for 270 million people as South Asia’s glaciers shrink.
National Geographic. 2020.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2020/07/water-crisis-looms-for-270-million-people-south-asia-perpetual-feature/

Water, sanitation, and hygiene

Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). Annual Results Report 2019. Asia and Pacific. Unicef
https://www.unicef.org/eap/reports/water-sanitation-and-hygiene-wash

Other

Referee! Responsibilities, regulations and regulating for urban sanitation
Eastern and Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Regulators Association (ESAWAS) and Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP)
https://www.wsup.com/insights/referee-responsibilities-regulations-and-regulating-for-urban-sanitation/

Middle East

The MENA Region’s Water Crisis: Avoiding Potential Water Wars.
The Washington Institute. 2020.
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/MENA-water-crisis-scarcity-conflict-refugees

Europe

SDGs

Time to reach for the moon. The EU needs to step up action and lead the transformation to sustainability
Civil society SDG monitoring repory
https://www.sdgwatcheurope.org/documents/2020/09/time-to-reach-for-the-moon.pdf/

Access to water

Water resources, surface water quality and water consumption in the Eastern Partnership countries. 2020.
European Union, European Environment Agency.
https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/regional-water-report