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    The document discusses progress towards SDG 6 on clean water and sanitation. Key points include that billions still lack access to safe water and sanitation despite some progress. Water scarcity is worsening in many areas due to conflicts and climate change. Achieving universal coverage by 2030 will require increasing progress significantly.

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    2023

    SDG 6: Clean water


    and sanitation
    Ensure access to water and sanitation for all

    FACTS AND FIGURES

    Despite progress, 2.2 billion people still lacked safely


    To learn more about global
    managed drinking water services, 3.5 billion lacked safely
    progress on the 17 SDGs,
    managed sanitation services and 2.0 billion lacked basic
    click here to read the latest
    hygiene services in 2022.
    Sustainable Development
    Approximately 58% of household wastewater was safely Goals Report 2023.
    treated in 2022. Progress towards the target of halving the
    proportion of untreated wastewater by 2030 is limited.
    Wastewater statistics are lacking in many countries and
    reporting is low, especially from industrial sources.
    Water-use efficiency worldwide rose 9%, from $17.4/m3 in
    2015 to $18.9/m3 in 2020.
    Globally, water stress remains at a safe level of 18.2% in
    WHERE WE STAND
    2020, but with significant regional variations, including a
    worrisome 18% increase in Northern Africa and Western
    Asia between 2015 and 2020. Despite some progress, billions
    Although there has been global progress on integrated water still lack access to safe water,
    resources management between 2017 and 2020, it falls far sanitation and hygiene.
    short of meeting target 6.5 by 2030. Encouragingly, 44
    countries have nearly achieved the target and 22 countries Water scarcity is worsening in
    have proved that real and rapid progress is possible, but many parts of the world due to
    urgent acceleration is needed in 107 countries.
    conflicts and climate change.
    Data from 2017 and 2020 show that only 32 out of 153
    countries that share transboundary rivers, lakes and aquifers
    have 90% or more of those waters covered by operational Water pollution poses a
    arrangements. significant challenge to human
    Surface water bodies, such as lakes, rivers and reservoirs, health and the environment in
    are undergoing rapid global changes, with one in five river many countries.
    basins showing high fluctuations in surface water levels in
    the past 5 years. Achieving universal coverage
    ODA disbursements to the water sector decreased between
    by 2030 will require a 6-fold
    2015 and 2021 from $9.6 billion to $8.1 billion, a decrease
    of 15%. Total ODA commitments to the water sector have increase in current global rates
    also reduced by 12% from $11.2 billion in 2015 to $9.8 of progress on drinking water, a
    billion in 2021. 5-fold increase for sanitation,
    Since 2016, the proportion of countries with defined legal or and a 3-fold increase for
    policy procedures for local community participation in rural hygiene.
    drinking water and water resources management has
    remained above 70%, while the percentage of countries with
    substantial levels of participation has consistently stayed
    below 40%.
    SPOTLIGHT WATER ACTION AGENDA
    The UN 2023 Water Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Tajikistan and the Kingdom of the
    Netherlands in March 2023, created a watershed moment to take action and scale up solutions to the global
    water crisis.

    As a main outcome of the UN 2023 Water Conference, the Water Action Agenda is the collection of water-
    related voluntary commitments aimed to accelerate progress in the second half of the Water Action Decade
    (2018-2028) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2015-2030). Launched by the Conference’s
    co-hosts during the Dushanbe Conference in June 2022, the Water Action Agenda encourages Member States
    and other stakeholders across all sectors, industries and interests to make their voluntary commitments to
    address the global water challenges in a manner that is inclusive, cross-sectoral and action-oriented. While
    the voluntary commitments were gathered in the lead-up to the UN 2023 Water Conference and during the
    Conference itself, new commitments will continue to be added to the Water Action Agenda also after the
    Conference and up until the end of the Water Action Decade 2018-2028 and the 2030 Agenda.

    UN SYSTEM IN ACTION

    SDG 6 Capacity Development Initiative is an inter- The Water Resilience Coalition, an industry-
    agency coordination platform on freshwater, driven, CEO-led initiative by the UN Global
    sanitation and hygiene-related capacity Compact CEO Water Mandate, aims to elevate
    development work co-coordinated by UN DESA the mounting crisis of global water stress and
    and UNESCO, with 35 institutional members. It its connection to climate change to the top of
    enables the UN system and its multi-stakeholder the corporate agenda and to preserve the
    partners to "deliver as one" in supporting world’s freshwater resources through collective
    countries to develop capacities to accelerate action in water-stressed basins and through
    progress towards SDG 6. ambitious, quantifiable resilience goals.

    In 2020, UN-Water's offer to the UN Country To follow up on the UN 2023 Water Conference,
    Teams and Resident Coordinators was initiated in UN-Water members and partners developed the
    coordination with the UN Development SDG 6 Synthesis Report on Water and
    Coordination Office (DCO) to better leverage the Sanitation 2023. The Report provides a
    full capacities of the UN system in countries “blueprint” to accelerate progress on water and
    systematically and at scale in support of SDG 6. sanitation, including the implementation of
    UN-Water members and partners have supported Water Action Agenda commitments. It is a
    on topics, including interagency coordination, the concise guide to delivering concrete results –
    Common Country Analyses (CCAs), capacity offering actionable policy recommendations
    development, innovation and integration of the directed towards senior decision-makers in
    human rights to water and sanitation. Member States, other stakeholders and the UN
    System to get the world on track to achieve SDG
    UN-Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for 6 by 2030.
    SDG 6 (IMI-SDG6) seeks to support countries in
    monitoring water- and sanitation-related issues
    within the framework of the 2030 Agenda and in
    compiling country data to report on global Other initiatives carried out by UN-Water members and
    progress towards SDG 6. Through increasing partners under the SDG 6 Global Acceleration
    availability and holistic analysis of high-quality Framework include: Water and Climate Coalition, Hand
    data, the initiative aims to accelerate SDG Hygiene for All initiative, World Water Quality Alliance,
    implementation through better informed water Roadmap for the human rights to water and sanitation,
    and sanitation policies, regulations, planning and National Water Roadmap, UN-Water Summit on
    investment at all levels. Groundwater, among others.

    The UN-Water SDG 6 Data Portal brings all the Special thanks to UN-Water for providing inputs to the
    United Nations’ water and sanitation information factsheets. For more information about the UN system
    into one place, including visualization and action to implement the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, visit
    analytical tools to support decision-makers,
    advisors, technical professionals, researchers and
    students.

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