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"New York, United States, 24 March – The UN 2023 Water Conference in New York
culminated today with a breakthrough response to the global water crisis, with
governments, businesses and civil society committing billions of dollars to
advance the water agenda, a dealmaker for accelerating sustainable development
overall.
Some 10,000 participants gathered at UN Headquarters and online from 22 to 24
March 2023, to urgently scale up action to address the water crisis and ensure
equitable access to water for all. Co-hosted by the Kingdom of the Netherlands
and the Republic of Tajikistan, the Conference brought together world leaders,
civil society, business leaders, young people, scientists, academics, the UN
System and others from across sectors — agriculture, energy, environment and
water — around a common goal: to urgently tackle the water crisis and set the
world back on track to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 – On Clean
Water and Sanitation.
“The commitments at this Conference will propel humanity towards the
water-secure future every person on the planet needs,” noted UN
Secretary-General António Guterres at the closing ceremony.
To achieve this, the Secretary-General highlighted key game-changers: from
reinforcing water’s place as a fundamental human right and reducing the
pressures on the hydrological system, to developing new, alternative food
systems to reduce the unsustainable use of water in food production and
agriculture and designing and implementing a new global water information
system to guide plans and priorities by 2030.
The Secretary-General also advocated for integrating the approach on water,
ecosystems and climate to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen
communities — from resilient infrastructure, water pipelines and wastewater
treatment plans, to ensuring every person in the world is protected with early
warning systems against natural disasters by 2027; and continued to press for
climate justice and global action to limit global warming to a 1.5-degree rise.
Lastly, he called for a dramatic acceleration in resources and investment into
the ability of all countries to reach SDG 6."
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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