2016-12-02
Kick off of projects grants for the European Youth Parliament for Water (EYPW) At the 13th European Youth Parliament for Water held at the Burier Gymnasium in the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland, young people from all over Europe gathered to work together on natural and anthropological causes of water related disasters. This event rejoiced … Continue reading Launch of the EYPW grants!
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2016-11-24
Review of the presence of ISW at COP22 After a highly ambitious Conference of the Parties in 2015, this year COP22 took place under the theme of action and urgency to act. Thus, participants from all around the world came together to share their initiatives, innovations and ambitions to counter climate change. The International Secretariat … Continue reading Summary of ISW’s activities at COP22
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2016-11-04
ISW-SWE at COP22! The 22nd Conference of the Parties of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change approaching! From 7 to 18 November in Marrakech in Morocco, the Parties will meet once again to ensure the continuation of the Paris Agreement. The agreement reached at the COP21 last December in Paris is coming into force … Continue reading ISW-SWE at COP22
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2016-10-24
The 2016 UN World Water Development Report was presented to the European Parliament in September 2016 during a public session. The 2016 edition focuses on “Water and Jobs”. “Addressing the water-jobs nexus, notably through coordinated policies and investments, is therefore a prerequisite to sustainable development in both developed and developing countries”, highlights the report. Many … Continue reading Presentation of the 2016 UN World Water Development Report to the European Parliament
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2016-10-21
Highlights of the Climate Chance Summit In September, Nantes hosted the first edition of Climate Chance, a summit for non-state actors committed to climate. From September 26 to 28, thousands of participants took part in conferences, forums and workshops to give a voice and a place to NGOs, the civil society, the private sector and … Continue reading Highlights of Climate Chance
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2016-09-30
Claire Pace, President of the European Youth Parliament for Water, and Sarah Dousse, Director of the International Secretariat for Water, call for the world’s youth to have a greater role in multi-generational engagement in water challenges. To read the article, click here (OOSKAnews, 20 Sep 2016).
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2016-05-10
World Youth Parliament for Water
It was during Water Day at COP21 that the WYPW presented the commitments made from 21 different organisations that participated in the movement. Within the general theme Water and Climate, the 2 areas of commitment hinge around the need to integrate youth within the relevant water governance bodies and around raising youth awareness on water … Continue reading COP21: Presentations of world youth commitments to water
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2016-05-10
The WYPW has been involved for the past year in drafting a white paper alongside the Office franco-québécois pour la jeunesse and the Global Water Partnership. Bringing together around fifty young french speakers from the four corners of the world, the project aims to present the ideas and potential actions for youth around water issues … Continue reading COP21: Launch of the White Paper and presentation to Ségolène Royal
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2016-04-29
From 13 to 20 March 2016, 51 young people from 17 European countries came together in Switzerland, at Burier high school for the 13th session of the European Youth Parliament for Water (EYPW). The theme for this session was “water and risk management”. One of the highlights of the programme was the opening ceremony, with … Continue reading 13th Session of the European Youth Parliament for Water (EYPW) – SWE
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2016-04-10
Discover the activities of the WYPM following the 3rd General Assembly of 2015 Download the document
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