Press preview of the 2025 World Water Report: How melting glaciers will worsen global water crisis

PRESS INVITATION   Press preview of the 2025 World Water Report: How melting glaciers will worsen global water crisis   UNESCO invites you to an online press briefing to preview the results of its 2025 UN World Water Development Report, focusing this year on glaciers and mountain waters. The report will provide the latest data on the essential role of glaciers and will address the threat that their melting poses to thousands of communities throughout the world.   What? Preview of the 2025 UN World Water Development Report Where? Online Press Briefing When? Thursday, 13 March 2025. French 10:00 CET,  English 15:00 CET Who? Abou Amani, head of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme, and Heïdi Sevestre, glaciologist Accreditation: Click here to register for this event   The World Water Development Report is the United Nation's flagship report on water, published each year by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water. The 2025 Report will be officially released and presented at UNESCO Headquarters on 21 March, marking the first World Day for Glaciers.   This press briefing will offer journalists an early opportunity to collect all the findings of the report and learn how it impacts their own region and audience. The full report will be shared with you under embargo on this occasion.   Climate disruption and unsustainable human activities are transforming glaciers and mountain environments at an unprecedented rate, threatening the water resources upon which billions of people and countless ecosystems depend.   UNESCO's leading water expert and Head of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme, Abou Amani, will present the Report's key findings, delve into specific case studies and respond to questions from the press. World-renowned glaciologist and climate expert Heïdi Sevestre will share her first-hand experience witnessing rapidly changing glacial environments through her field research in polar and mountain regions.   Learn more World Water Day, celebrated on 22 March Past editions of the World Water Development Report UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)   Press contact François Wibaux, f.wibaux@unesco.org, +33 1 45 68 07 46   UNESCO Newsroom All our press releases   Social media

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