Editor’s choice
Editor’s choice
part of World Toilet Day 2025
Sanitation systems are crucial for protecting human health and advancing development, preventing the spread of disease, and safeguarding the environment.
The discussion will connect public health, governance, sustainable development, antimicrobial resistance and climate pressures, highlighting the value of sanitation systems for people, society and the environment in different contexts, and how we can share knowledge and learn from each other’s experiences.
This is an in-person event. Coffee and sandwich served from 08:15. Register via the link below.
It’s crucial to recognize that sanitation is both heavily affected by climate change through damaged infrastructure or failing water supply, while also significantly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, such as methane from poor sanitation systems. However, most sanitation initiatives don’t comprehensibly plan to mitigate these negative consequences. This presentation will showcase how we can develop more resilient sanitation solutions, while also reducing its carbon footprint.
Event on 22 August – 27 August in Stockholm / Meet SEI experts at World Water Week 2026, with the theme Water for People and Progress.
Event on 01 July – 15 July / SEI scientists will host a four-day training on WEAP, SEI's flagship water modelling software, in July. Register today.
Journal article / Study reveals widespread enteric infections in Bolivia, with strong links to water quality, sanitation and hygiene conditions in rural communities.
