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A lot can change in ten years

The United Nations has committed to focus on water for a decade. That’s ten years to advance sustainable development. Ten years to breathe new air into existing programmes and projects. Play your part and make a difference.

Countries are already taking action…

Inspiring stories about how state actors are improving water services for millions of people every year.

Canada

“As much as our life is,...

Singapore

Singapore has come a long way in achieving universal access to affordable and high quality water, as well as 100% modern sanitation. In the 1960s, Singapore was like many other…...

Australia

“As a dry continent with...

Ethiopia

“Ethiopia is working on ...

Tajikistan

"It is necessary to underline once again that the Decade “Water for Sustainable Development” creates a robust platform for coordinated and integrated actions aimed at furtherance of sustainable management of…...

South Africa

“South Africa is a water...

 …and so are organizations

Explore the ways that organizations around the world are working on the water crisis.

GoAL WaSH

Energize implementation of existing programmes and projects
December 9, 2017

The UNDP GoAL WaSH programme (Governance, Advocacy and Leadership in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) was establ...

World Wildlife Fund freshwater initiatives brief

Advance sustainable development
August 2, 2019

With a new global strategy and range of innovative initiatives, World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) work on freshwat...

Swedish Water House

Inspire action to achieve the 2030 Agenda
November 20, 2017

The Swedish Water House (SWH) was established in 2003. It connects Swedish water stakeholders from different s...

Water and rural poverty, including migration

Inspire action to achieve the 2030 Agenda
January 19, 2018

A program by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) aims to reduce the vulnerabilit...

WWF: Global freshwater practice

Inspire action to achieve the 2030 Agenda
December 11, 2017

As part of the new World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) strategy, launched in February 2018, the organization will ...

Gender and the Decade

Energize implementation of existing programmes and projects
November 15, 2017

The 2015-2020 Gender Plan of Action of the Convention on Biological Diversity is focused on four objectives, w...

What’s happening right now

 

The Permanent Mission of Tajikistan, Japan, Canada, Morocco, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and with the support of UN-Water are organizing a High-level Event on interlinkages between Water and Climate.

The event will take place in the ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations Headquarters, New York on 27 March 2019.

  • Click here to access the program and the concept note.
  • International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), summarises the event here.

About the Decade

 

Water Action Decade 2018-2028

Water and sanitation are preconditions to life and we must put a greater focus on these human rights. During the decade, the international community sets out to:

  1. Advance sustainable development
  2. Energize existing programmes and projects
  3. Inspire action to achieve the 2030 Agenda

Learn more about the objectives in the  UN Secretary General’s Action Plan.