Currently taking place in Stockholm from August 24 to 28, the 35th World Water Week highlights the essential connection between water and global warming under the theme “Water for Climate Action.”
As a crucial component of sustainable development and human survival, drinking water is vital for socio-economic progress, energy, food production, and healthy ecosystems. A reliable water supply also plays a key role in adaptation efforts in a warming world.
Improving water access generates new opportunities for people in some of the world’s most remote communities, especially in developing landlocked countries (LLDC). Non-water, which coordinates UN efforts on water and sanitation, will convene LLDCs that have successfully made strides towards ensuring sustainable water and sanitation management for all, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This session will allow other LLDCs to learn from the advancements achieved by Bhutan, Rwanda, and Saudi Arabia in securing drinking water and effective water management.
The lack of safe water, sanitation, and hygiene services significantly affects well-being, dignity, and human opportunities, particularly for women and girls. Contaminated water, poor sanitation, and inadequate hygiene practices hinder efforts to eradicate extreme poverty and control disease outbreaks in the world’s poorest countries.
On Thursday, UN-WATER and its partners will rally donors and key stakeholders to address funding gaps in water and sanitation. Discussions will explore different models and the formation of alliances to unlock innovative financing mechanisms for universal safe access.
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