Freshwater ecosystems cover only 1% of our planet but they contain more than 10% of all species - and are essential to life on earth. Healthy rivers, lakes and wetlands are vital to societies, economies and ecosystems. They are life support systems for people and nature. Yet they continue to be undervalued and overlooked by governments...
World Water Day is an international observance and an opportunity to learn more about water related issues, be inspired to tell others and take action to make a difference. World Water Day dates back to the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development where an international observance for water was recommended. The United Nations General...
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) acknowledges the integrated and indivisible nature of its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets and recognizes the need to address these interlinkages to fully achieve its aims. The water and sanitation Sustainable Development Goal 6 links across all the other 16 Goals. The 2030 Agenda...
The World Water Forum is a multi-stakeholder platform devoted to the advancement and resolution of key water issues, including those defined in Agenda 2030. The Forum depends on the involvement of a wide diversity of stakeholders from the entire world, both in the preparatory process and at the event, itself. The preparatory process, in which hundreds...
World Toilet Day is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. Today, 4.5 billion people live without a household toilet that safely disposes of their waste. The Sustainable Development Goals, launched in 2015, include a target to ensure everyone has access to a safely-managed household toilet by 2030. This makes sanitation central to eradicating extreme...
In 2015, UN Member States adopted the historic 2030 Agenda, setting universal and transformative goals and targets, and committing to working tirelessly for their full implementation. To ensure that no one is left behind, it will be vital to track progress towards the goals. At the 2018 High Level Political Forum (HLPF), SDG 6 on water...
Through the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) program United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is encouraging governments to allow refugees the 'right to work' and 'freedom of movement' in order to allow integration of refugee WASH service provision within national structures. The program links to SDG 6 "Sustainable water and sanitation for all" and encourages...
A program by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) aims to reduce the vulnerability of small-scale farmers through multi sectoral pro-poor policies, strategies and pro-poor investment plans at country and regional level, including the adaptation and mitigation to climate change. The program is developing approaches for planning and implementing water investments that...
A set of 38 indicators measure global progress in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Some of these key indicators have been adopted by Member States for use in measuring disaster risk reduction related goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (targets of SDGs 1, 11 and 13),...
The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) works on strengthened collaboration with a consortia of partners at global and national levels to address evidence gaps related to the impact of climate change and the adoption of good hygiene practices at the community-level in a select number of climate prone countries, giving special attention to...