Water should be a distinct goal in the post-MDG framework

Mary O'Connell — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:11:45 +0000

Last week I attended a consultation on water as part of the complex and wide ranging discussions that have been ongoing around the post 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) development framework. Through the diverse and high level discussions one promising message stood out – a call for water to be a distinct goal in any future framework.

Calling all climate change advocates: how to link up national activities with UNFCCC?

Mary O'Connell — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:49:18 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, I attended Stockholm Water Week. One of the first sessions I participated in was the Water and Climate Coalition (WCC) meeting in which we discussed preparations for the UN climate change negotiation's next meeting (COP-17, November). I raised the question of how can we link up our advocacy work at the international level with what civil society organisations might be doing at the national level?

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Water should be a distinct goal in the post-MDG framework

Calling all climate change advocates: how to link up national activities with UNFCCC?