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UN PUBLICATIONS

September 2010

How to integrate water, sanitation and hygiene into HIV programmes World Health Organization (WHO), USAID. September 2010 [ - 1.51 MB]

This document integrates Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) practices into HIV care. It was written in response to requests from countries and programmes for clear instruction on how to develop care programmes at the national level. It contains guidance on implementing priority WASH practices, including WASH in global and national HIV/AIDS policy and guidance, and integrating WASH-HIV programmes. The document: outlines why WASH should be included in HIV programmes; details which WASH practices to include in HIV programmes; identifies how WASH can be included in HIV programmes, illustrated by case studies from various countries; provides concrete recommendations for country programmes and those implementing them on how to integrate WASH into HIV policies and programmes.

Trends in sustainable development. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 2010. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA). September 2010 [ - 2.48 MB]

This report highlights the vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and recent trends in their sustainable development in the following areas: Climate change, including the consideration of water resources in adaptation plans; Natural disaster management, including floods and droughts; Trade and finance; Tourism; Energy; Natural resources, including challenges related to the quantity and quality of freshwater resources; and Social development, including access to improved drinking water and sanitation facilities. It also provides a visual summary of progress made by SIDS in attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The report notes progress in a number of areas while, at the same time, acknowledging that significant further efforts will be needed to advance implementation of the intergovernmentally agreed goals outlined in the Mauritius Strategy of Implementation (MSI), as well as those set forth in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Action pledges: Making a difference on the ground. A synthesis of outcomes, good practices, lessons learned and future challenges and opportunities. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). September 2010 [ - 22.89 MB]

This publication presents a series of practical outcomes, emerging good practices, lessons learned, challenges and opportunities for adaptation to climate change. The publication focuses on activities on the ground, particularly those that have had impacts at national and/or sub-national levels. It aims to assist Parties of the UNFCCC, as well as other stakeholders, to better understand and improve impact and vulnerability assessments; gain knowledge of good practices, lessons learned, challenges and emerging needs for future action; and plan and implement practical adaptation measures. It also considers issues related to the creation of adaptive capacities by water governance reforms and identifies a series of community-based adaptation measures related to supplying potable drinking water and increasing household options to respond to climate-induced hazards.

Paths to 2015. MDG Priorities in Asia and the Pacific. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Asian Development Bank (ADB), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). September 2010 [ - 2.11 MB]

This report emphasises the inter-relationships between the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by identifying some overall priorities and opportunities that countries in Asia and the Pacific can consider for achieving all the goals. Then it focuses specifically on three areas: hunger and food security, including irrigation-related issues; health and basic services, including water-related diseases and access to safe water and sanitation; and on improvement of basic infrastructure, including expanding access to improved sanitation facilities and safe drinking water.

(The) Wealth of Waste: The Economics of Wastewater Use in Agriculture. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). September 2010 [ - 1.86 MB]

The use of reclaimed water in agriculture is an option that is increasingly being investigated and taken up in regions with water scarcity, growing urban populations and growing demand for irrigation water. This report presents an economic framework for the assessment of the use of reclaimed water in agriculture, as part of a comprehensive planning process in water resource allocation strategies to provide for a more economically efficient and sustainable water utilization. The case material presented provides a good field testing for the approach proposed.

Power sector. Chief Liquidity Series Issue 2. United Nations Environment Programme Financing Initiative (UNEPFI). September 2010 [ - 2.61 MB]

This briefing aims to provide useful information on water challenges for electricity production and uses performance indicators to mitigate water-related financial risks. The specific aims of this document are:

- To deliver to financial decision makers - particularly in credit institutions (but potentially also to asset managers and financial analysts) - an overview of water sustainability issues specific to corporate power generation operations;

- To provide an initial framework of water-related indicators for financial institutions to assess the strategic and operational water performance of power generation;

- To raise awareness within financial institutions on the complexities of the topic and in particular the levels of water used by technologies.

Rapid gender needs assessment of flood affected countries. United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). September 2010 [ - 1.06 MB]

This document aims at a rapid gender assessment of the humanitarian crisis lived in Pakistan as well as the initial response to it. For this purpose, UNIFEM collected 141 case studies from across the country in the immediate aftermath of the floods. The assessment report chronologically maps gender concerns from the onset of floods to current relief camps, identifying gaps in information and flagging issues for upcoming stages of early recovery. This report is structured into two broad categories of practical and strategic gender needs. First, the protection of rights related to basic necessities of life and second, the protection of life, security, integrity and dignity. Lack of water and sanitation is among the issues considered.

Using human waste safely for livelihoods, food production and health. 2nd information kit on the 3rd edition of the guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater in agriculture and aquaculture. World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), International Water Management Institute (IWMI). September 2010

This information kit contains guidance notes and discussion papers on a variety of subjects related to health risk assessment and management in relation to the safe use of wastewater in agriculture and aquaculture. It contains information on specific components on the integrated risk assessment and incremental risk management approach proposed by the WHO guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater in agriculture and aquaculture.