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13 March/lmerrifield

Some of the most climate-vulnerable countries receive as little as $1 per person a year to help them tackle climate change: new analysis

Only a tiny proportion of climate finance is reaching the most vulnerable countries or being spent addressing the most urgent impacts, according to new analysis released by WaterAid today.

14 November/lmerrifield

New report exposes grim working conditions for millions of sanitation workers in the developing world

Millions of sanitation workers in the developing world are forced to work in conditions that endanger their health and lives, according to the most extensive global study to date on the issue, which is released today.

11 July/lmerrifield

Without water & toilets the Sustainable Development Goals will fail

The world’s ambition of reducing inequality across all aspects of life through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is at risk of being over 100 years behind schedule. As Governments meet at the United Nations in New York this week to reaffirm their support for the eradication poverty and inequality by 2030.

Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene | 2000-2017

18 June/lmerrifield

Universal access to even basic water, sanitation and hygiene services will not be achieved by 2030 at current rates of progress: new data from UNICEF and WHO

Over 2 billion people still do not have access to even basic sanitation according to data released today (18 June 2019) from the WHO and UNICEF’s Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP). This is equivalent to 26% of the world’s population or one in four people.