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IHP-IX Strategic Plan

The ninth phase of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP-IX) covering 2022-2029 identifies key water priority areas to support Members States to achieve the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It represents a methodological response towards transdisciplinarity aimed to generate solutions.

The  ninth  phase  of  the  Intergovernmental  Hydrological  Programme  (IHP-IX)  covering 2022-2029 identifies key water priority areas to support Members States to achieve the 2030 Agenda  and  the  Sustainable  Development  Goals  (SDGs). It represents a methodological response towards transdisciplinarity aimed to generate solutions.

Strategic plan
UNESCO
2022-2029

The strategic plan "Science for a Water Secure World in a Changing Environment" guides its implementation. Its priority areas, identified and elaborated by UNESCO's Member States, are presented as five transformative tools.

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Priority areas

Scientific Research and Innovation

Incorporating human interactions with nature in the context of complex water sciences and management problems.

Water education in Fourth Industrial Revolution including Sustainability

Addressing complex interconnected water challenges by the end of this decade.

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Integrated water resources management under conditions of global change

Achieving water security while protecting its quality

Water governance based on science

for mitigation, adaptation, and resilience.

Challenges and opportunities

Global Water Landscape

Deepening our comprehensive knowledge of hydrology and management of water

UNESCO and IHP

A comparative advantage of UNESCO and IHP

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