The World Bank is warning that the world is experiencing an annual spending shortfall of between US$131.4 TO $140.8 billion needed to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets for universal access to safe water and sanitation.

The UK Government is facing a potential new legal challenge from environmental organisations on its failure to meet its legal obligations with regard to the water environment.

A new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is warning that climate change and population increase are fuelling a looming water crisis – and calling for improved water management, monitoring and early warnings in the face of growing water-related hazards and stress.

The Office for National Statistics’s (ONS’s) Data Science Campus has developed a new tool, which can help countries around the world to keep track of changes to the surface area of large bodies of water.

Clare Dixon, Associate Reporter with Waterbriefing, takes an in-depth look at the issues explored at the second FT water summit ‘Unleashing Returns from Water Investments’ organised by the Financial Times newspaper in association with WWF which took place in London this week.

Over 2,000 engineers and policymakers from more than 150 countries are due to meet in London shortly to agree a worldwide response to deliver the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including action on clean water and sanitation.

The World Bank is launching a Sustainable Development Bond series to raise awareness of the critical role of water and ocean resources. 

A multi-disciplinary research project at the University of Bath is aiming to develop an efficient, portable and low cost continuous treatment system for contaminated drinking water for poor rural communities in developing countries is using 3D printing to generate rapid prototypes and test them.

A new report has set out a potential path for a humane and sustainable solution to the global refugee crisis which would see settlements become economically and socially sustainable, making then places for living, not just survival.

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has strongly criticised the Government for failing to set out a clear plan to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals here in the UK, together with criticising the lack of leadership from the Prime Minister on the issue.