Currently underway in Stockholm from August 24 to 28, the 35th World Water Week Reunion highlights the crucial link between water and global warming, under the theme, water for climate action.
At the heart of sustainable development and fundamental human survival, drinking water is essential for socio-economic development, energy and food production-and healthy ecosystems.
Meanwhile, reliable water supply is also at the heart of adaptation efforts in an increasingly warming world.
Country without coastline
Improving access to water creates new opportunities for people in some of the most remote communities in the world, especially in developing countries without linche (LLDC).
Wednesday, Non-water – which coordinates the work of the UN on water and sanitation – will bring together the LLDCs which have demonstrated substantial progress to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, in accordance with the UN Sustainable development objectives (SGDS).
This session will offer other LLDCs to learn from the progress made by Bhutan, Rwanda and Saudi Arabia to ensure drinking water and effective water management.
Innovative financing
The absence of water, sanitation and hygiene services managed in complete safety has a serious impact on well-being, dignity and human opportunities-especially for women and girls.
Indeed, contaminated water, inadequate sanitation and bad hygiene practices always impress efforts to end extreme poverty and control epidemics of diseases in the poorest countries in the world.
On Thursday, the UN-WATER and the partners will galvanize donors and other key employees to fill in water and sanitation financing gaps.
The discussions will focus on different models and the creation of alliances to unlock innovative financing mechanisms for safer universal access.
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
