SIWI engages as the world meets to talk water

The first day focused on game changers – ideas to move the needle and make change happen. An inspiring and action-oriented atmosphere, where stakeholders could give their input from wherever they were joining the consultation. The second day was a preparatory meeting which gave Member States the opportunity to give input with many offering to co-chair the interactive dialogues at the conference – emphasising the broad nature of water.

Forty-five years after the first and only UN conference on water and freshwater ecosystems have further degraded. We are witnessing unprecedented biodiversity loss, we are still struggling to achieve universal access to water and sanitation and the climate crisis is worsening with many of its effects felt through water

That is why SIWI is committed to making the UN 2023 Water Conference a success for people and planet.

The themes for the interactive dialogues for UN 2023 Water Conference were agreed to by the convened Member States at the PGA’s event:

• Water for Health – Access to WASH, including Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation (SDG 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and SDGs 1, 3, 4, 5, 17)
• Water for Sustainable Development  – Valuing Water, Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Sustainable Economic and Urban Development (SDG 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 and SDGs 2, 8, 9, 11, 12)
• Water for Climate, Resilience and Environment – Source to Sea, Biodiversity, Climate, Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction (SDGs 6.5, 6.6, 7, 11.5, 13, 14, 15)
• Water for Cooperation – Transboundary and International Water Cooperation, Cross Sectoral Cooperation including Scientific Cooperation and Water Across the 2030 Agenda (SDG6.5, 6.b and SDGs 16, 17)
• Water Action Decade – Accelerating the implementation of the objectives of the Decade, including through the UN Secretary-General’s Action Plan