Global water crisis needs accelerated action on all fronts

CLIMATE change is now well established as one of the most pressing issues of our time, with the most evident impact felt through our relationship with water.

Rising temperatures and changing weather patterns continue to disrupt our water cycle around the world, impacting societies, ecosystems, and economies through unpredictable water availability and quality. In response, the world committed to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 back in 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda – with the aim of providing safely managed water and sanitation for all.

Unfortunately, less than a decade later, we are already alarmingly off track. Globally, billions of people still lack safe water, sanitation, and handwashing facilities, while climate change continues to amplify water-related extremes around the world.