Access to safe water: Is the green revolution around the corner?

focus_wwdr2018_shutterstock_622076825.jpg © UNESCO Language English 19 March 2018Launch of United Nations World Water Development Report Nature-based solutions can play an important role in improving the supply and quality of water and reducing the impact of natural disasters, according to the 2018 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report. The study, which will be presented by Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, Gilbert Houngbo, Chair of UN-Water, at the 8th World Water Forum in Brasilia (Brazil), argues that reservoirs, irrigation canals and water treatment plants…

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