Webinar: Youth, Water and Sustainable Development Goals – 28 Nov. 12:45 CET
Tuesday, November 28 at 12:45 CET (click here for local timings). To attend, go to https://metameta.adobeconnect.com/sdg/ Tick “Enter as guest” Write your name Click “Enter Room” That’s it. You are now able to join the discussion. Sometime Adobe Connect takes you on a tour of the program, you can just click those pop-ups away. ———————————— […]
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Young professional participation in a Regional Summit on the Contribution of Earth Observations to Strengthening DRR across the Americas
Written by Nhilce Esquivel, Crystal Conway and Miguel Trejo Introduction From September 3rd to 8th of 2017, many members of the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) community from the Americas region got together to share ideas, make partnerships, strengthen collaboration and overall to learn more about the wider opportunities for Earth Observation Data (EOD) to […]
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Valuing Water: WYN participation inside the Under30 Changemakers Summit in NY
By Donya Danesh I was asked to facilitate a session on Valuing Water and Climate Change mitigation with young social entrepreneurs at the Under 30 Changemakers Summit in NYC. I’m in the last year of my PhD and have studied long-term climate impacts on freshwater for the whole of my academic career, so I was […]
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WYN participation in the COY13
What is the COY 13? The 13th Conference of Youth (COY13) will take place in Bonn, Germany in November 2-4, 2017 and welcomes young activists and other interested individuals from all around the world. COY13 is organised by young volunteers and intends to empower youth with regard to climate justice, climate policy and sustainability through […]
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We are looking for a web developer!
The Water Youth Network is looking for a committed and professional web developer that help us make the most out of our YouKnoW! platform. If you have no idea what YouKnoW (Youth-driven Knowledge in Water) is, then click here to find more information about it. If you are interested in working with us, find the Terms […]
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Water: Challenges and Opportunities, a workshop of young people
With an aim to offer a platform to exchange ideas and offer solutions for water challenges in rural and indigenous communities in Canada and across the globe, the students of the University of Alberta in partnership with IC-IMPACTS, Alberta Innovates, and the Faculty of Science of the University of Alberta organized a two-day workshop in […]
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Your input for Valuing Water initiative
The Water Youth Network (WYN) has joined forces with the Netherlands IHP-HWRP Committee, the World Youth Parliament for Water (WYPW), and the Young AIWW (YWP Amsterdam International Water Week), to create the above animation and show why it is especially important for young people to give input to the #valuingwater process. Your input and action As young […]
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Water Youth Network Back at Stockholm World Water Week 2017
This year again Water Youth Network (WYN) will be at the World Water Week in Stockholm (from 27 to 31 August). The team is smaller compared to previous years but is a very enthusiastic one. WYN will join about 3000+ global water professionals, who will be attending this year’s Water Week. We have multiple objectives […]
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Water Youth Network in the XVI World Water Congress
From May 29 to June 3, the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) XVI World Water Congress took place in Cancun, Mexico. The overarching topic of the Congress was ‘Bridging Science and Policy’, and it presented the research and professional water community with an opportunity to get involved in the discussion on how science and policy […]
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Interactive workshop on Flood Risk Management planning at the Youth Forum – Global Platform on DRR
During the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) 2017 held from 22nd to 26th May in Cancun, Mexico some members of the WYN DRR team assisted and participated in many activities. One of the main activities of our team was organising an interactive Flood Risk Management (FRM) Planning workshop. This workshop was part of […]
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