International Women's Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality. It takes place on 8 March every year since 1911.

The Economist Group’s World Ocean Initiative organises the 7th edition of the World Ocean Summit on 9-10 March in Tokyo, Japan.

World Water Day is celebrated on 22 March. This year the event is about water and climate change – and how the two are inextricably linked.

The virtual conference CLIMATE2020 takes place from 23-30 March. It is organised by the Research and Transfer Centre Sustainability and Climate Impact Management (FTZ-NK) of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and it will offer an opportunity for dialogue and exchange of ideas with scientists, experts from politics, business, education and other spheres of the society.

Water Europe is launching the first International Water Dialogues Days on 20-21 April in Brussels, Belgium. The conference is held under the theme 'Securing Water for All', and aspires to set-up an action plan for Europe and beyond, to realise the value of water for society and economy towards achieving the 2030 Agenda.

The International Water Association (IWA) is organising the first IWA Digital Water Summit in Bilbao, Spain, on 27-30 April. The event is designed to bring together water technology providers and water utilities with a focus on business and industry.

Starting this year, Zambia will be commemorating the second week of June every year as the Zambia Water Week. GWP Southern Africa is one of the Partners behind the event, held 7-13 June in Lusaka, Zambia.

Danube Day invites you to celebrate one of Europe's greatest river systems and the people and wildlife that rely on it.