WaterAid

Research and insight from WaterAid – a leading not-for-profit with one goal: to change the world through clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene

[WaterAid @wateraid]

One more time for the people in the back: clean water is a basic 👏human 👏 right 👏

Despite this universal truth, almost 1 in 10 people still don't have clean water close to home.

#HumanRightsDay #CleanWater

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@wateraid calls the new $300bn #COP29 #NCQG deal "a death sentence to millions" and "a mere fraction of the finance we all know is desperately needed."

"For those picking up the tab, the NCQG was a defining opportunity for leaders to re-balance the scales", said Lesley Pories.

[WaterAid @wateraid]

These three simple actions can help tackle superbugs 👇

How? By reducing the spread of infections and the need to overuse antibiotics.

#AMR #WAAW2024

[Environment Journal @envjournal]

Our latest long read offers a platform to the 'silenced' voices left out of #COP29 - despite living and working on the frontline of the #ClimateCrisis.

Part of the @wateraid #MyCOPMessage campaign.

https://t.co/rjyUbN4AmU

[WaterAid @wateraid]

💦A historic moment for global climate action
@COP29_AZ

Dozens of signatories have committed to prioritising water in their response to climate change, in the COP29 Declaration on Water for Climate Action.

🔽Hear @HelenRumford set out what we'd like to see next

#Water4Climate

[WaterAid @wateraid]

Superbugs are a serious threat to our health – but what are they?

@anniesheria breaks it down 👇

#AMR #WAAW2024

[WaterAid @wateraid]

❗The climate crisis is a water crisis❗

People experience #ClimateChange through too much or too little water – floods and droughts – and the impacts are devastating.

Decision makers at #COP29 must take urgent action to solve these dual crises.

#ClimateAction

[WaterAid @wateraid]

Lalaina Andrianamelasoa, #Madagascar's Water Minister, said the country has some of Africa's largest freshwater supplied but has not optimised it, leaving parts vulnerable to drought.

"We need a 360 approach to water that considers people, energy, agriculture & infrastructure."

[WaterAid @wateraid]

Today was Water Day at @COP29_AZ 💦

It was an opportunity to highlight the interlinked crises of climate and water -- and the role of water, sanitation and hygiene to help build resilience to #ClimateChange.

🧵Read on for some key highlights 🔽

[WaterAid @wateraid]

"Fortunately, we know the size of the problem water poses for climate and we have the tools to address it."

- HE Abdulla Balalaa, Assistant Minister for Energy and Sustainability Affairs, #UAE.

[WaterAid @wateraid]

Data helps identify, plan, budget and monitor how sanitation facilities are implemented.

Effective monitoring and data can help make decisions about where to put money and effort.

#WorldToiletDay

[WaterAid @wateraid]

Ensuring everyone has a decent toilet involves lots of coordination.

Waste has to be disposed of safely by a system that is supported by skilled workers, appropriately financed, and resilient to extreme weather events.

When done right, the benefits are enormous.
#WorldToiletDay

[WaterAid @wateraid]

Floodwater can cause human waste to overflow and pollute communal water sources.

Sanitation is only safe if it continues to function or is restored quickly after climate-related events and other shocks. 

#WorldToiletDay

[WaterAid @wateraid]

Toilets can change lives.

Shabana used to have to use a toilet in the corner of an open field with other people all around.

Now, with a safer toilet where she can manage her period privately, her life has transformed.

#WorldToiletDay

[WaterAid @wateraid]

For women and girls, decent toilets mean:

✅Privacy
✅Dignity
✅Safety

#WorldToiletDay

[WaterAid @wateraid]

We're halfway through @COP29_AZ in Baku.

From the #COP29 Declaration to the Baku Dialogue on Water, here's what we're keeping our eyes and ears on in week two 🔽

#Water4Climate