UK Government announces £39m for water security at COP28
At COP28, the UK Government announced a groundbreaking new programme to tackle the global water crisis and build climate resilience and food security. The announcement of £39milllion for the ‘Just Transition for Water Security’ programme was warmly welcomed by NGOs working on water and climate with communities, businesses, financial institutions and governments. Responding to the […]
A look back on 2023
UN Water – March 2023 In March 2023, the UN held its first water conference in almost 50 years, and we worked hard to put action for Fair Water Footprints at the heart of discussions. We opened the conference with a press article by Nick Hepworth (Water Witness) and Sareen Malik (ANEW) on how the […]
Stockholm World Water Week 2023
Fair Water Footprints Signatories inspired others to join our bold leadership effort in Stockholm this year, hosting a high-level reception at the UK Ambassador’s residence with our Transforming Water Governance Partners, the UK FCDO, the Resilient Water Accelerator, and the Water Tracker for Climate Planning. The reception brought together 70 senior decision makers and stimulated […]
Fair Water Footprints make their mark at UN Water 2023
According to UN Water, a staggering 10,000 participants gathered at UN Headquarters and online for three days of discussions to urgently scale up action and contributed more than 700 commitments aimed at driving transformation towards a water-secure world. Signatories to the Declaration for Fair Water Footprints worked hard to raise the profile of the initiative during the week. […]
Declaration for Fair Water Footprints welcomes three new Signatories on World Water Day
The Declaration for Fair Water Footprints is delighted to welcome three new Signatories who joined us on World Water Day. Banka BioLoo Limited (Banka Bio) is an award-winning enterprise engaged in developing innovative WASH infrastructure and services across India. The company provides, and services WASH infrastructure, ensures appropriate treatment of related waste and undertakes resource recovery and […]
Towards climate resilience: building a powerful movement for change
The Glasgow Declaration for Fair Water Footprints was launched a year ago at COP26. What progress has been made since then? And what comes next?