Blue Ridge Impact Consulting

fragmented coordination among multilateral water initiatives, limited financing and data-sharing, weak integration of SDG 6 into national policies, and inequities affecting vulnerable populations. Strengthening alignment, collaboration, and monitoring should be prioritized for 2026.

We strengthen SDG 6 implementation through multi-stakeholder partnerships, integrated policy support, and digital monitoring platforms. By linking national plans with global initiatives and promoting data-sharing and capacity-building, we advance sustainable water management and related SDGs.

The Global Water Partnerships (GWP) foster multi-stakeholder collaboration to implement SDG 6. By connecting governments, NGOs, and local communities, GWP supports integrated water resources management, knowledge sharing, and capacity building. Results include strengthened national policies, improved water governance, and enhanced cross-sectoral coordination.

By 2030, governments, multilateral organizations, and private partners must fully integrate SDG 6 into national and global policy frameworks, supported by data-driven monitoring, financing, and capacity-building. This will enhance coordination, accountability, and impact, accelerating progress on water and related SDGs worldwide.

Clean Climate and Environment Campaign Initiative

- Source of Innovation: Accelerating SDG 6: This partnership, led by the Inter-American Development Bank, promotes innovation in the water, sanitation, and solid waste sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. Partners include the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of the Government of Switzerland, Government of Israel, and Ministry of Environment of the Government of South Korea.

- Mobilizing new sources of funding: Supporting matchmaking with a special focus on climate-resilient, blended public-private finance.
- Strengthening institutional regulation: Creating incentives and penalties for increased water efficiency across multiple industries.

Municipal Services Project & Public Banking Project

Lack of appropriate financing for universal provisioning of clean drinking water and effective sanitation.

See: Marois, T., McDonald, D.A., and Spronk, S. (eds.) (2025). Public Banks and Public Water in the Global South: Financing Options for Sustainable Development. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. Open Access.

Marois, T. and McDonald, D.A. (eds.) (2023). Public banks, public water: exploring the links in Europe. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. 202 pp.

As per the Sevilla Commitment, task the world's PDBs to work as a system to deliver SDG6.

Human Photosynthesis(TM) Research Center

The main challenge is to restore the levels of dissolved oxygen in different types of water around the world, as this will solve more problems than we thought was possible.

The enormous importance of adequate levels of dissolved oxygen was not known; But now that we are aware of this, we can take a very concrete, very targeted action that will allow us to solve several problems inherent to water, at the same time.

Restoring dissolved oxygen levels in water around the world is so important that action alone will allow us to make significant progress in solving other problems in this regard.

Restoring dissolved oxygen levels in water around the world is an indispensable action. Just look at the very low levels of dissolved oxygen in ocean dead zones in all parts of the world, (Baltic Sea, Gulf of Mexico, etc.) Governments and public or private water management companies are best placed to do so.

Groupement Agropastoral pour le développement de yongoro

des nouvelles pratiques et des techniques, des technologies avancées innovante dans les opérations de la production agricoles basées sur des données afin d'optimiser et d'améliorer la durabilité de la production agricole,

réduction du taux de la contamination, de l’insécurité et de l’insécurité alimentaire , des ressources en eau grâce à des infrastructures WASH résistantes au climat, A l’amélioration de la santé maternelle et infantile, réduction de la charge de travail des filles et des femmes pour la collecte de l'eau (5 à 6 heures par jour), réduction des risques de protection, amélioration

Le renforcement des capacités techniques et institutionnelles des ministères et des communautés locales pour mener à bien des évaluations des risques climatiques,

Fragmented mandates, limited policy coherence, and weak accountability hinder global SDG 6 progress. Since 2023, growing geopolitical divides, climate disruptions, and unequal digital access have further strained multilateral water cooperation and slowed integration of water across global agendas.

We promote Smartsettle Infinity as a neutral, rules-based platform for multilateral water negotiations. It enables fair, transparent decision-making across SDGs, helping align global water initiatives with peace, climate, health, and development goals.

The Myanmar Marshall Plan Simulation applies Smartsettle Infinity to model SDG-aligned water governance in a post-conflict context. Led by Smartsettle with CRRIC and GAC support, it brings together academics, civil society, and former officials to test multilateral cooperation tools that accelerate SDG 6 and peacebuilding outcomes.

UN agencies and global partnerships must embed digital consensus-building tools like Smartsettle Infinity into multilateral water initiatives. These platforms can bridge divides, align diverse interests, and deliver transparent, inclusive decisions that accelerate SDG 6 and strengthen cross-SDG integration by 2030.

More inclusive approach to capacity building at local level to consider vulnerable groups eg children (School education / future generations)

Advocacy for inclusive education for sustainable development (UESCO Berlin Declaration) to deepen understanding of water challenges that connects global to local levels and integrating this approach into national education policies.

Collaboration with UN agencies on Youth Strategy (eg World Meteorological Organisation 3 Pillars; I. Children up to 18 yrs, II. Youth 15 - 24, III. Youth 24-35 yrs) to create case studies on how education for water and sustainable development (SDG 4.7) can be fully implemented in national curricula (Saving the World's Water Towers campaign)

Improve cross sectoral capacity building with educator sector and actions with greater focus on vulnerable groups especially children

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Post-2023, fragmented multilateral action, weak accountability, and financing gaps slow SDG6 progress. Emerging pressures—AI/data centre water use, climate shocks, and inequities in vulnerable regions—demand stronger global governance, monitoring, and integration with broader 2030 Agenda goals.

We scale circular water-energy innovations (Solar2Water, S2Cool, SAFECONOMY) across regions, embed gender-inclusive training, and align with UN SDG frameworks. By linking pilots to policy, financing, and global reporting, we turn local solutions into scalable models advancing SDG6 and 2030 Agenda.

EcoTechX – Solar2Water & S2Cool pilots link UK, Pakistan, South Africa & Japan with academia, industry, NGOs & policymakers. Results: >55% energy savings & safe water access in vulnerable communities. This multilateral, gender-inclusive model showcases how innovation + partnerships accelerate SDG6 and align with the 2030 Agenda.

By 2030, UN member states must adopt a Global Water Accountability Framework—with binding targets, transparent monitoring, and dedicated climate–water finance. Anchored in SDG6 and the 2030 Agenda, this will align multilateral processes, accelerate innovation uptake, and ensure equitable progress for all.

Fragmentação institucional, insuficiência de mecanismos de responsabilização, baixa articulação entre ODS 6 e outras metas globais e lacunas no financiamento dificultam acelerar compromissos além de 2030.

Integração de agendas globais de clima, biodiversidade e água; mecanismos de reporte inclusivos; fortalecimento do papel da ciência e participação da sociedade civil em processos multilaterais.

Consultorias para UNESCO e UN-Water integraram análises de gênero e governança hídrica, fornecendo subsídios técnicos para políticas internacionais, ampliando capacidade de monitoramento e promovendo a transversalização de direitos humanos à água.

A ONU e Estados-membros devem estabelecer um tratado global da água, vinculante, que integre ODS 6 a outras agendas, assegure financiamento justo e garanta mecanismos de accountability multilateral

The Volunteer Team Foundation for Humanitarian Action

Limited global coordination, fragmented reporting, unequal progress across countries, insufficient financing, and weak integration of SDG 6 with other SDGs hinder accelerated achievement of water-related goals.

Enhance global reporting frameworks, promote multi-stakeholder partnerships, align SDG 6 with climate and development agendas, implement digital monitoring tools, and mobilize innovative financing for water projects.

The “Global Water Action Network” links UN agencies, governments, NGOs, and private sector actors to harmonize SDG 6 monitoring, share best practices, and coordinate funding. Early results show improved policy alignment and accelerated implementation in 25 countries

UN bodies, governments, and stakeholders must institutionalize integrated SDG 6 governance, create global digital monitoring platforms, and ensure equitable resource allocation to accelerate water-related progress and achieve the 2030 Agenda.

Institute of Sustainability and Carbon Footprint LLC

Fragmented global coordination, limited integration of SDG 6 targets, insufficient data harmonization, and weak alignment between national policies and global water initiatives hinder effective multilateral action

Strengthen intergovernmental coordination, harmonize water data systems, align national policies with SDG 6, and leverage digital platforms for monitoring, reporting, and sharing best practices across global initiatives.

“Global Water SDG Hub” connects UN agencies, governments, NGOs, and researchers to track SDG 6 progress, share innovations, and coordinate policies. Early outcomes include improved reporting transparency and adoption of harmonized indicators in 45 countries.

Multilateral institutions and national governments must institutionalize integrated SDG 6 frameworks, ensuring data interoperability, policy coherence, and collaborative monitoring to accelerate progress on water access, quality, and sustainability globally.

Shree Someshwar Education Trust

Siloed financing, lack of Global Common Minimum Program (GCMP), and weak accountability mechanisms hinder integrating water across multilateral agendas, slowing SDG 6 progress and climate resilience building.
Investments comes after checking ROI- No model is present to justify ROI on Investments.

Promoting GRMP as a Global Common Minimum Program offers a decentralized, nature-based solution that bypasses siloed financing, directly empowering local communities to achieve water self-reliance and accelerate SDG 6 implementation.

Governments and multilateral banks must formally adopt and finance decentralized, nature-based water solutions like GRMP as essential public infrastructure, creating a scalable model for universal water security and climate resilience.
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Global Rainwater Management Program PPT
https://youtu.be/7_a4Kj_iBfY?si=5SMX7BYt3tjuxU_p

Desde CENAT- PRIAS se desarrolla un modelo geoespacial de retorno hídrico territorial que integra imágenes satelitales, datos climáticos y socioeconómicos para priorizar inversiones hídricas con enfoque en ODS 6, 13 y 15, fortaleciendo decisiones basadas en evidencia.

Iniciativa: Academia Copernicus Costa Rica PRIAS–RedCONARE). Se prepara para el fortalecimiento de capacidades nacionales para aplicar datos satélites en la gestión hídrica y climática. Con el fin de promover la gobernanza de datos satélites y capacitar a profesionales y ténicos mediante procesos de alianzas y cooperación internacional ODS 6 y 13.

Waste water management especially in informal settlement. Agricultural water management for sub Saharan Africa (input and agricultural waste water) virtual water markets and movement

We offer consultation services to those private companies that come to us for the ISO 14001 and business sustainability. Apart for that, we only educate informally

We look at the number of initiatives like the Dakota consultation that we run here in Cameroon that helps identify community needs and priorities for action. SELAMO understand that everything starts with education so we continue to educate on our part and try to build partnership with possible but still struggling at the moment

Ogoni youth alliance for climate change and sustainable development

This includes escalating water stress from climate change, insufficient transboundary cooperation, inadequate data sharing, funding gaps, and emerging pollution threats. Addressing these requires strengthened governance, innovative solutions, enhanced international collaboration to advance SDG 6.

Our organization promotes integrated water management, enhances data sharing platforms, supports innovative financing for water projects, facilitates transboundary cooperation, and advocates for policy reforms to ensure sustainable, inclusive progress toward SDG 6 and related SDGs.

The Water Action Hub fosters multi-stakeholder collaboration by connecting governments, NGOs, indigenous peoples and private sector partners. It has facilitated over 200 projects, resulting in improved access to clean water for millions, strengthened partnerships, and innovative solutions through shared knowledge, leadership, and coordinated efforts.

By 2030, governments must commit to establishing integrated national water strategies that prioritize sustainable management, backed by adequate funding and strong political will. The 2026 UN Water Conference should promote this approach, fostering global partnerships, innovation, and policy reforms to accelerate progress toward SDG 6.

International Helping For The Young

Key challenges include fragmented global water governance, limited integration of water across multilateral agendas (climate, health, finance), insufficient funding and accountability for SDG 6, and slow follow-up on voluntary commitments made at the 2023 UN Water Conference.

We advocate for stronger SDG 6 integration in climate, biodiversity, and finance processes, and support countries in aligning national plans accordingly. Through partnerships like the Water Tracker for National Climate Planning, we help monitor progress and mobilize targeted, cross-sectoral action.

The Water Tracker for National Climate Planning, led by AGWA with UNEP and GWP, supports countries in integrating water across NDCs, NAPs, and other plans. Used in over 20 countries, it has improved coherence between water and climate goals, strengthened institutional coordination, and mobilized cross-sectoral action toward SDG 6.

By 2030, the UN should establish a UN System-Wide Water Strategy, with clear mandates, coordination mechanisms, and financing pathways to integrate SDG 6 across all multilateral processes. Led by UN-Water and Member States, this would align global efforts, ensure accountability, and accelerate transformative action.

Barokupot Ganochetona Foundation -BGF

“Key challenges include fragmented implementation of SDG 6, weak coordination among global water initiatives, limited financing, insufficient data and monitoring, and inadequate inclusion of vulnerable populations—priorities for discussion at the 2026 UN Water Conference.”

“We strengthen multi-stakeholder coordination, integrate SDG 6 targets into national and local planning, use real-time monitoring and data platforms, promote capacity building, and engage vulnerable groups to advance inclusive, evidence-based progress on SDG 6 and related global water initiatives.”

“Through the ‘Global Water Alliance’ initiative, we partnered with UN agencies, governments, and civil society to align SDG 6 targets, develop shared monitoring platforms, and coordinate capacity-building workshops, resulting in improved data-driven decision-making and faster implementation of water and sanitation programs.”

“Governments, UN agencies, and civil society must establish integrated global water governance platforms, align SDG 6 targets with national plans, enhance financing, and strengthen data-sharing and capacity-building to ensure coordinated, equitable, and accelerated progress on water and sanitation by 2030.”

Simon Fraser University, Pacific Water Research Centre

Key Challenges: 1. Water not gaining sufficient traction in major global development dialogues; 2. Inadequate prioritization around SDG 6 by both developed and developing countries; 3. Diversion of international financial resources away from water solutions (e.g., during COVID-19 pandemic).

Solutions: Focus on Indigenous populations and how long-term water solutions can be developed for remote communities (focus: Canadian Indigenous communities).

The UN General Assembly should further strengthen UN-Water to serve as a support entity for national actions pertaining to achievement of SDG 6 and other water-related target.

Key challenges include fragmented global water governance, weak alignment of SDG 6 with climate/biodiversity agendas, insufficient financing, and lack of reliable monitoring. Since 2023, rising climate shocks and geopolitical tensions have further slowed coordinated multilateral action.

BlueToken links SDG 6 with SDG 12, 13 & 14 by rewarding conservation, securing marine data via blockchain, and embedding seafood traceability. This cross-cutting model aligns local action with global agendas, improves monitoring, and strengthens multilateral water governance.

BlueToken Trace & Restore aligns local marine conservation with SDG 6, 12, 13 & 14 by uniting fishers, NGOs, scientists & regulators. Pilots in Greece show improved traceability, reliable marine data, and reduced IUU fishing. This cross-cutting approach demonstrates how digital innovation can bridge local action with multilateral water agendas.

By 2030, the UN and Member States must embed digital, transparent water accounting systems—using tools like blockchain and incentive platforms—into the SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework. This transformative step ensures reliable monitoring, financing alignment, and integration of water with climate and biodiversity goals.

CSIR - Water Research Institute

The restoration of water-related ecosystems, including national reserves and local forests, wetlands, rivers, streams and lakes have faced challenges, as have the previous key points of target 6.4 and 6.5.

Sufficient funding is required by nations and international groups in projects such as identifying the main challenges affecting habitat and environmental restoration, creating alternative livelihood programs for people totally dependent on the resources, and planting new forests, etc.

Eliminating the challenges stated in question 1 above requires Governments explaining and in some cases providing alternative livelihood to locals who believe destroying habitats and ecosystems in the name of livelihood creation and survival.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

les principaux obstacles: fragmentation de la gouvernance, accès inégal à l'eau, changement climatique, surexploitation et pollution, conflits intergéopolitique

Solutions: gestion intégrée des ressources en eau, renforcement de la gouvernance inclusif, financement durable et efficace, amélioration des données et suivi protection des écosystèmes

Voici en quoi consisterait: collecte en temps reel des données hydrologique, mettre en place un plateforme de partage de données et l'intégration de la politique climatique

Mesure de la gouvernance renforcée serait de grande importance, l'engagement politique

Key challenges: conflict-driven water crises in Gaza & the region, exclusion of refugees from SDG6 monitoring, fragile multilateral support, and limited funding for emergency–development linkages—hindering 2030 Agenda progress since the 2023 UN Water Conference.

Advance refugee-inclusive SDG6 monitoring, link emergency WASH with long-term resilience, promote digital water data platforms, and integrate water into climate & biodiversity agendas—pragmatic steps to accelerate global progress toward the 2030 Agenda.

The UNRWA–UNICEF WASH Monitoring Partnership in Gaza integrates emergency water data into SDG6 tracking. By combining field surveys, digital tools & joint reporting, it ensured refugees’ needs are visible in global indicators, strengthened accountability, and bridged humanitarian–development action.

By 2030, UN member states and agencies must establish a binding global water accountability framework, integrating SDG6 with climate, biodiversity & humanitarian agendas. This transformative action—backed by financing and inclusive data—will ensure progress is tracked, gaps are closed, and no vulnerable group is left behind.

South Asia Young Women in Water (SAYWiW)

Fragmented global water governance, insufficient financing, weak accountability for SDG 6, and slow integration of climate–biodiversity–water agendas hinder progress. Post-2023, rising inequalities, data gaps, and limited youth and gender inclusion demand urgent focus.

We elevate South Asian young women’s leadership in global water forums through our #RepresentationMatters campaign—linking grassroots evidence to multilateral processes, driving knowledge exchange, and embedding youth–gender perspectives to accelerate SDG 6 and related SDGs.

We pioneered youth- and gender-led participation in South Asia’s water governance, embedding these perspectives into policy dialogues and global initiatives. This approach shifts decision-making cultures, strengthens accountability, and accelerates SDG 6 through cross-border, evidence-based collaboration.

By 2030, UN agencies, governments, and global water platforms must create dedicated, well-resourced platforms for South Asian youth and women leaders within multilateral processes ensuring their evidence and priorities directly inform policy, accelerate SDG 6, and shape the 2030 Agenda.

Through the ‘Global Water Action Network,’ UN agencies, governments, NGOs, and private partners coordinated data sharing and joint financing for water projects. Serving 2M+ people, it improved access to safe water by 20%, strengthened SDG 6 reporting, and promoted inclusive, multi-stakeholder governance.

By 2030, UN agencies, governments, and global financial institutions must establish a coordinated, multi-stakeholder SDG 6 implementation and monitoring platform. This transformative action will align policies, scale financing, enhance data transparency, and accelerate global progress on water access, sanitation, and sustainability.

Key challenges include fragmented global water governance, insufficient financing, and weak accountability in tracking SDG 6 progress. Since 2023, climate shocks and overlapping crises have exposed gaps in coordination across multilateral processes, slowing collective action.

We contribute by aligning local water initiatives with global SDG 6 targets, using digital tools for data tracking, and sharing findings through multilateral platforms. This approach strengthens accountability, fosters knowledge exchange, and links community actions to global water agendas.

The Agenda 2030 Water Policy Paper initiative, developed with academic partners and civil society, applied integrated policy approaches to link water access, climate, and SDG 6 monitoring. Results: improved policy recommendations, youth engagement, and cross-sector collaboration, demonstrating how local evidence can inform multilateral processes.

By 2030, the UN and member states must establish a global water accountability mechanism with harmonized data systems, mandatory SDG 6 reporting, and financing commitments. This transformative action will strengthen multilateral coherence, ensure transparency, and accelerate delivery of water-related goals.

The primary challenge is that traditional financing models are too rigid, large-scale, and risk-averse to fund the small-scale, innovative, and context-specific water projects led by youth and local communities. A significant "missing middle" in financing persists.

We pair bottom-up capacity building with top-down advocacy. We enhance the "investment-readiness" of youth projects via vocational training (e.g., Solomon Islands) while advocating in finance forums for more accessible, flexible funding streams for youth.

Initiative: The 'AI Carson' / 'Water Cafe' initiative, selected by UNESCO. This is an innovative, low-cost approach to capacity building that leverages technology. The partnership is with community members and now UNESCO. Result: It provides a scalable model to prepare communities for larger investment projects, de-risking future investments by ensuring community buy-in and foundational knowledge.

Transformative Action: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme must create a dedicated, multi-million dollar global fund exclusively for youth-led water innovation. By Whom: The GEF Council. This must include a simplified application process and a governance board with youth representation to directly catalyze and finance the local solutions needed to achieve SDG 6 at scale.

Key challenges include fragmented global water governance, lack of binding commitments, and weak financing mechanisms. Since 2023, geopolitical tensions, debt burdens, and uneven follow-up on voluntary commitments have further slowed collective action to advance SDG 6 within multilateral frameworks.

IWF advances SDG 6 by promoting water transversality in multilateral fora, linking water with energy, health, and climate. Through dialogues, we advocate nexus-based policy frameworks, foster South-South cooperation, and document best practices to strengthen global coordination and monitoring.

Private sector should play an active role in the discussions in order to effectively become an active partner in the solutions related to water. When it comes to water, no stakeholder should be consider an "observer".

Slow SDG 6 progress due to weak alignment across global frameworks and limited accountability.

Align national and global water agendas, strengthen monitoring, and foster accountability.

UN Water Action Agenda: Grundfos’ voluntary commitments, cross-sector partnerships, and measurable progress. IWA-Grundfos Youth Fellowship Accountability Framework

Establish a global accountability mechanism for SDG 6, driven by the UN and stakeholders. Invite organizations with youth commitments to follow the IWA Grundfos Youth led Accountability Framework.

Escola de Educação Infantil Crescendo Sempre V

Fragmented SDG 6 implementation, weak integration across global water initiatives, limited youth and vulnerable group participation, insufficient financing, data gaps and delayed alignment of national policies with 2030 Agenda targets.

Resilient40 promotes youth-led advocacy in multilateral forums, integrates digital monitoring for SDG 6 progress, fosters cross-sector dialogue linking water, climate and equity, and builds partnerships to ensure inclusive, actionable policies advancing global water initiatives.

Resilient40’s Youth SDG 6 Action Hubs unite young leaders, NGOs and governments to track water progress, advocate in multilateral forums and co-create policy briefs. Led by Resilient40, they have influenced national water policies, strengthened youth participation and fostered cross-sector collaboration for SDG 6 advancement.

A transformative action is for UN agencies, governments and youth networks like Resilient40 to institutionalize youth-led SDG 6 monitoring platforms, ensuring data-driven, inclusive policy-making, stronger accountability and integrated alignment of national and global water initiatives to accelerate progress by 2030.

Fundación Mexicana René Mey associate civil

coordination across multilateral platforms, insufficient financing, data gaps for tracking SDG 6 progress, and limited integration of water issues in broader agendas. Post-2023, increased climate risks and geopolitical tensions further complicate global water governance.

We enhance multi-stakeholder platforms to improve coordination, leverage data-sharing technologies for real-time SDG 6 tracking, mobilize blended finance for water projects, and integrate water priorities across UN agendas—driving holistic progress on water and related SDGs.

The “Global Water Action Partnership” connects UN agencies, governments, and NGOs to align SDG 6 targets with national policies. Results: 40 countries reporting improved water monitoring, enhanced data-sharing platforms, and joint capacity-building. Leadership is shared among stakeholders through coordinated governance and collaborative project implementation.

By 2030, UN member states and global institutions must establish an integrated, transparent global water governance framework that aligns multilateral processes, ensures equitable financing, and strengthens data sharing. This unified approach is crucial to accelerate SDG 6 and water-related goals, a priority for the 2026 UN Water Conference.

International Water Resources Association (IWRA)

Improve capacity on groundwater resources and aquifers systems management and governance at national and transboundary level in order to adapt to climate change and foster water security

Improve cooperation and capacity on groundwater resources and aquifers systems management and governance at national and transboundary level in order to adapt to climate change and foster water security

Improve cooperation and capacity on groundwater resources and aquifers systems management and governance at national and transboundary level in order to adapt to climate change and foster water security

Improve cooperation and capacity on groundwater resources and aquifers systems management and governance at national and transboundary level in order to adapt to climate change and foster water security

UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Challenge is the widening financing gap, exacerbated by debt distress and climate volatility. We must prioritize integrating water security into core climate finance mechanisms and overcoming institutional fragmentation, uds that blocks local regulatory enforcement and equitable service delivery.

We pioneer UDS-backed water-energy-food nexus hubs in Northern Ghana. These hubs utilize solar-powered irrigation and community-led digital monitoring (SDG 6.a & 6.b) to ensure climate-resilient water access while developing localized commercialization models for sustainable operational maintenance.

Community Water and Sanitation has collaborated with the University for Development and the local assemblies and communities, and they are providing technical expertise for water points and sanitation. This collaborative has increased safe water access for many, reducing waterborne diseases and empowering local maintenance, proving locally-driven approach to sustainable water management.

The Ministry of Water Resources and UDS must collaborate and form Regional Water-Security Innovation Hubs that fuse localized hydrological data with climate-resilient financing mechanisms. This action, by translating research directly into scalable policy and finance, accelerates SDG 6 equity and provides a replicable model for regional policy coherence to be promoted at the 2026 Water Conference.

Indonesian Water Association

Fragmented global–national alignment; slow translation of UN pledges into bankable local projects; uneven data/metrics for SDG-6 tracking; finance and O&M gaps; limited inclusion of utilities/SMEs/communities; weak coherence across climate–biodiversity–DRR agendas.

IdWA aligns programs to SDG-6: Water Engineer accreditation and SDG-linked KPIs; policy briefs with DSDAN; open-data templates and joint monitoring; a pipeline of reuse/NRW/NbS projects prepped for PPP/blended finance; South-South exchanges (GWP, Daegu/K-Water); annual disclosure.

IdWA with DSDAN, utilities, industry, universities, and Daegu/K-Water: co-hosted seminars and Water Engineer co-training; utility twinning; pilots on reuse/NRW/MAR and source-to-sea control. Evidence: repeat cohorts, adopted SOPs/toolkits, MoUs enabling replication, and policy roundtables informing SDG-6.

Adopt a National SDG-6 Implementation Compact integrated with NDCs/CBD targets, co-led by Government/DSDAN with IdWA, cities, utilities, industry and donors: a country platform with project pipeline, MRV/open dashboards, tariff/permit incentives, ring-fenced O&M, and a blended-finance facility with annual disclosure.

Progress is slowed by fragmented global governance, uneven accountability, and limited integration of SDG 6 across agendas. Since 2023, climate shocks, financing gaps, and weak alignment between national plans and multilateral commitments have further hindered collective action.

Paxaterra Global strengthens multilateral processes by embedding Lead with Soul leadership into forums, fostering values-driven dialogue across sectors. We equip leaders to align water priorities with SDG 6 and the 2030 Agenda, promoting accountability, cooperation, and inclusive culture change.

Through the Lead with Soul Global Dialogues, Paxaterra Global partners with civic groups, educators, and peace networks to integrate values-driven leadership into SDG 6 forums. These dialogues have fostered inclusive collaboration, improved alignment with the 2030 Agenda, and inspired leaders to embed accountability and cooperation in multilateral processes.

By 2030, UN member states and multilateral agencies must embed binding accountability for SDG 6 into global frameworks, linking national plans with shared monitoring and financing. Centering inclusive, values-driven leadership will transform cooperation, accelerate implementation, and align water with the 2030 Agenda.

Challenges include fragmented governance, slow SDG 6 implementation, limited financing, and gaps in monitoring and data-sharing. Since 2023, climate impacts, urban pressures, and inequitable access have intensified these barriers, requiring coordinated action at the 2026 UN Water Conference.

WEC fosters multi-stakeholder platforms, digital water monitoring, and policy dialogues linking governments, NGOs, and youth. We advance SDG 6 through capacity-building, knowledge-sharing, and advocacy for equitable, resilient, and integrated water management globally.

WEC’s ‘Global Water Connect’ initiative links governments, NGOs, research institutions, and youth networks to share data, best practices, and innovative financing models. Early results include improved water access for 150,000+ people, strengthened policy alignment, and enhanced monitoring tools supporting SDG 6 globally.

By 2030, governments, UN agencies, civil society, and private sector must institutionalize integrated water governance with shared data, multi-stakeholder platforms, and innovative financing. This will ensure coordinated SDG 6 implementation, equitable access, and resilient water systems—crucial for the 2026 UN Water Conference.

Depuis 2023, les défis incluent la fragmentation des initiatives mondiales sur l’eau, le manque de financement pérenne pour les ODD 6, l’absence de mécanismes de redevabilité multilatéraux, et la faible intégration de l’eau dans les négociations climatiques et environnementales.

Intégration de l’eau dans ses dossiers ODD via des tableaux de suivi intersectoriels, des coalitions régionales pour la gouvernance inclusive, et des outils numériques pour relier eau, santé, climat et équité. Ces approches renforcent la redevabilité et la visibilité multilatérale.

L’approche « SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework » pilotée par ONU-Eau mobilise États, agences, ONG et secteur privé. Résultats : alignement des financements, suivi renforcé, et intégration de l’eau dans les politiques climatiques. Collaboration via plateformes régionales et partenariats multipartites.

Mettre en place un Mécanisme mondial de redevabilité pour l’ODD 6, piloté par ONU-Eau, avec tableaux de bord publics, suivi intersectoriel, financement équitable et intégration systématique de l’eau dans les négociations climatiques, sanitaires et économiques. Acteurs : États, ONG, agences, communautés.

JAHAZI EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION

Key challenges include fragmented global coordination, slow implementation of SDG 6 commitments, financing gaps, weak accountability mechanisms, limited data for monitoring, and insufficient political will to integrate water into broader development and climate agendas.

We align local water actions with global SDG 6 targets through community monitoring, data sharing, and partnerships. We engage in policy dialogues, promote climate-resilient WASH solutions, and strengthen accountability to accelerate implementation and integration with broader development goals.

Mt. Kulal SDG 6 Local Action Partnership – A collaboration between community groups, county government, NGOs, and research institutions to align local water projects with global SDG targets. It has improved data reporting, strengthened policy engagement, and accelerated climate-resilient WASH implementation.

Global leaders and governments must embed water at the center of climate and development agendas, backed by stronger accountability, financing, and data systems. This transformative action will drive coordinated multilateral efforts, accelerate SDG 6 progress, and ensure lasting impact beyond 2030.

Lack of communication, limited information sharing, weak coordination, insufficient funding, and poor integration of water initiatives into national policies, affecting vulnerable and marginalized communities.

Barwaqa Relief Organization will enhance data sharing, strengthen coordination with governments, NGOs, and communities, implement capacity-building programs, and promote integrated approaches to advance SDG 6 and support water initiatives globally.

Barwaqa Relief Organization, with the government, NGOs, and the National Federation of Public Benefit Organizations, improved water access for marginalized communities, leading planning, engaging stakeholders, and achieving measurable progress toward SDG 6 and community resilience.

Governments, NGOs, and civil society must establish inclusive, transparent, and accountable multilateral water governance frameworks to ensure equitable access, strengthen collaboration, and accelerate SDG 6 implementation globally by 2030.”

Center for Scientific and Technical Research on Arid Regions CRSTRA

Key challenges include fragmented multilateral governance, insufficient financing for SDG 6, weak integration of water across climate and biodiversity agendas, lack of accountability mechanisms, and data gaps on water resources—hindering coherent action since the 2023 UN Water Conference.

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Governments of the global south need to improve their integrity and accountability and take leadership. It is long past time that the global south needs to exercise leadership and to move away from dependence on the global north

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Key challenges include fragmented global water governance, insufficient monitoring and reporting of SDG 6 targets, limited financing for integrated water initiatives, slow adoption of innovative technologies, and weak alignment between national policies and global water frameworks.

Waterlight Save Initiative aligns WASH projects with SDG 6, uses data-driven monitoring, partners with governments and UN agencies, and scales community-led programs to strengthen accountability, innovation, and progress on global water initiatives.

Our UN-Aligned WASH Acceleration Program partners with governments, UN agencies, and local communities to implement solar-powered boreholes and hygiene education. It has reached over 10M children in Nigeria and 100M+ across Africa, strengthened SDG 6 monitoring, and fostered multi-stakeholder collaboration for sustainable water access.

A transformative action is for governments, UN agencies, and global financiers to institutionalize integrated water governance, data-driven SDG 6 monitoring, and cross-sector partnerships, ensuring coordinated, accountable, and scalable actions that accelerate water access, resilience, and sustainable development by 2030.

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The Chinese University of Hong Kong

In Asia, including China, SDG 6 progress is hindered by uneven rural-urban implementation, weak data harmonisation and fragmented regional platforms. Extreme weather events and reporting gaps have exposed coordination weaknesses across national and subnational levels.

We contribute legal research on SDG 6 integration in Asian basin governance, develop monitoring tools linking water, climate and urban planning, and engage policymakers in China and the GBA on financing, data harmonisation and rights-based approaches to accelerate SDG 6 implementation beyond 2030.

GBA Water Security Study funded by Hong Kong’s Research Grants Council. It links scholars, planners and NGOs across Hong Kong, Macao and Guangdong. By analysing legal frameworks, data needs and cost-sharing mechanisms, it creates new models for SDG 6 implementation aligned with the 2030 Agenda, informing dialogues on monitoring and basin cooperation.

A transformative step is for Asian governments, including China and Hong Kong, to establish a regional SDG 6 financing and monitoring platform that aligns water, climate and biodiversity commitments. Backed by shared data standards and basin cooperation, it would accelerate accountability and implementation beyond 2030 and should be promoted at the 2026 UN Water Conference.

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Key challenges include insufficient financing for SDG 6, fragmented governance across global water initiatives, lack of binding accountability, and limited integration of water into climate, Since 2023, growing climate pressures and uneven political commitment have further slowed progress.

We align SDG 6 with climate and development agendas by fostering multi-stakeholder coalitions, piloting digital monitoring tools for water access, and mobilizing blended finance models. These actions strengthen accountability, accelerate implementation, and link water to broader 2030 Agenda goals.

The UN-Water SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework is a proven approach, aligning over 30 UN entities, governments, and partners to fast-track progress. It has strengthened monitoring through the JMP/GLAAS systems, mobilized financing, and fostered country-level collaboration, driving integrated action across SDG 6 targets.

By 2030, UN Member States must adopt a Global Water Pact that binds water to climate, biodiversity, and development agendas, with clear accountability and financing mechanisms. Promoted at the 2026 UN Water Conference, this pact would unify efforts, mobilize resources, and accelerate SDG 6 and 2030 Agenda delivery.

Fragmented multilateral follow-up of SDG6, lack of integration with climate/biodiversity agendas, insufficient youth participation, and weak accountability mechanisms hinder implementation of water commitments since UN 2023.

AdE promotes cross-cutting science–policy–youth platforms (UMJAE + STRATEAU) to harmonize data, produce policy briefs, and connect basin evidence to multilateral dialogues (HLPF, UNECE Water Convention, UNFCCC), strengthening SDG6 accountability

AdE–Cerema partnership on STRATEAU empowers basin–university–youth cooperation (Sebou, Nahr El kelb, Jordan Valley). Policy briefs produced by UMJAE were shared at UNESCO, UfM, UNECE, proving youth-science inputs can enrich global SDG6 reporting and multilateral negotiations.

By 2030, formalize youth–science–policy reporting nodes (UMJAE cells) as official contributors to UN Water processes. Led by AdE with basin agencies and universities, they would deliver harmonized evidence and recommendations to HLPF, COPs, and UN Water Conferences.

The increasing lack of equity and authentic participation in global water initiatives by those who are most vulnerable, as authoritarian and brutal regimes consolidate.

We are continuing to collaborate with Insure Our Survival, Insure Our Future, and Stop the Money Pipeline to help weave water policy into climate finance campaigns focused on pressuring banks and insurers to stop backing extractive industries.

Campaigns to stop data centers in water-stressed basins are an excellent example of authentic community-led water governance. These campaigns should be studied and word of their success widely disseminated.

This stories of communities shutting down data centers (and other extractive projects) in so many water-stressed basins should be greatly amplified, for the window they offer onto the challenges with corporate capture in global water policy overall. The increasing absurdity of the extent to which money can buy water, even in basins run dry, communities, needs to be exposed.

Laboratory of Modeling in Hydraulics and Environment (LMHE), National Engineering School of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, BP 37, Belvedere, 1002 Tunis, Tunisia

Insufficient financing, weak governance & data gaps hinder SDG6. Post-2023, prioritize: climate-resilient water infrastructure (e.g., MAR), circular water economies (wastewater reuse), and transboundary cooperation for water security.

Our scientific studies advance sustainable water resources by developing unconventional sources and structured methods for water security. Reusing reclaimed water in irrigation and MAR transforms wastewater into a climate-resilient asset, reducing costs by 30% and advancing SDGs 6 & 12

We established a national standard for water reuse (irrigation/MAR), aligning Tunisian policy with international norms. Through the Tunisian-German IWRM Program, we also engineered flood mitigation structures on the Medjerda River. These evidence-based strategies, documented in peer-reviewed publications, provide a proven replicable framework for climate-resilient water security SDG 6.

Governments and development banks must mandate and fund the integration of science-based decision-support tools, like our hydrogeological modeling-MCA-GIS framework, into national water policies. This will systematically optimize investments in circular water projects like Managed Aquifer Recharge, transforming wastewater into a secure asset and accelerating SDG 6

Groupement Agropastoral pour le Développement de Yongoro

de la conception et la mise en en œuvre des infrastructures WASH résilientes au climat, de la protection de l’environnement de la biodiversité et de la gestion durable des ressources naturelles, de l’amélioration de la gestion des ressources en eau et des risques de catastrophe,

de la conception et la mise en en œuvre des infrastructures WASH résilientes au climat, de la protection de l’environnement de la biodiversité et de la gestion durable des ressources naturelles, de l’amélioration de la gestion des ressources en eau et des risques de catastrophe,

Réduction de la contamination des ressources en eau grâce à des infrastructures WASH résistantes au climat.
 Social : amélioration de la santé maternelle et infantile, réduction de la charge de travail des filles et des femmes pour la collecte de l'eau (5 à 6 heures
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Power struggles for ownership and control especially for transboundary water bodies

International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)

Absence of global legal instruments (exceptions : 1992 & 1997 conventions on cooperation in transboundary basins). Absence of intergovernmental process to set negotiation objectives and make political decisions. Neglect of SDGs. Duplication of multi-stakeholder platforms (WWF and UNWC).

INBO will promote a greater articulation between UN Water Conferences (which should become a space of negotiation between UN Member States on the achievement of the SDGs) and World Water Forums (which are a multi-stakeholder platforms), to avoid duplication & waste of resources.

Clearer focus of UNWC on negotiation is required. INBO, as a project-based network, finds value in promoting exemplary actions when clear negotiation focus exists (COPs of the Rio Conventions, COPs of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, UNECE Water Convention MoPs) : these actions get States & IFIs interest since they contribute to achieve the goals set in the political agenda they are negotiating.

To stop designing UN Water Conferences as duplication of already existing platforms (World Water Forums).
To use instead the UN Water Conferences as the UN Member States dedicated space to negotiate means to achieve the SDGs
To use and keep SDGs beyond 2030 as the de facto political agenda of these negotiations, with SDG reports identifying gaps to bridge.

Fragmented international coordination, uneven SDG 6 reporting, limited data sharing, and insufficient financing hinder progress. Emerging challenges include climate impacts on water security, inequitable access, and integrating water goals across sectors and multilateral agendas

We foster cross-border collaboration, harmonize water data systems, and implement innovative monitoring platforms. By engaging governments, communities, and NGOs, we advance SDG 6, integrate water into multilateral agendas, and support evidence-based, inclusive policy decision

Vanni Rehabilitation Organization for differently abled persons

Stop foreign companies investing in other countries for economy while destroying the eco system of poor nations. Eg. Wind turbines.

Fondazione Proclade Internazionale-onlus

Water has become a global business tied to development agendas, often benefiting the powerful while depriving vulnerable communities of their own vital resources. What was once a shared gift of creation is now treated as a commodity.

To advocate for international and national policies that recognize water as a common good, not a commodity, ensuring that global and local development respects community rights, safeguards natural sources, and promotes equitable access for all.

Key challenges include lack of formal recognition for citizen-led water stewardship, fragmented data systems, and extractive funding models. Progress stalls when ceremonial and community-based approaches are excluded. Prioritize inclusive frameworks, IP protection, and regenerative enterprise.

We advance SDG 6 through the Visibility Protocol—training citizen stewards in water literacy, sachet redemption, and ceremonial restoration. By translating water data into everyday language, we foster inclusive monitoring, regenerative enterprise, and dignified multilateral collaboration.

Tarryn Johnston activates citizen water literacy and ceremonial stewardship. It translates water data into everyday language, engages NGOs, educators, and faith groups, and fosters inclusive monitoring. Recognized by UNESCO and Brand South Africa, it advances SDG 6 through symbolic and scientific collaboration.

By 2030, multilateral bodies must embed community-led water intelligence into global frameworks. Recognizing citizen testing, symbolic restoration, and data translation as formal contributions will unlock inclusive governance, accelerate SDG 6, and regenerate ecosystems with dignity.

"Knowledge-to-Action" Bottleneck: Multilateral resolutions and scientific data (outputs) rarely translate into verifiable, sustained local action (outcomes). This is due to a disconnect between high-level policy mandates and grassroots capacity for implementation, monitoring, and maintenance.

Deploy AI-powered, accessible platforms to translate high-level policy into local, verifiable skills (SDG 4). This guarantees that multilateral action moves beyond resolutions to measurable, sustained impact through unified data and localized skill transfer.

Since 2023, global water efforts remain fragmented across agencies and agendas. Local innovations and civil-society commitments still lack recognition and integration within UN-Water and intergovernmental follow-up processes.

The Rain for Resilience (R4R) commitment under the UN Water Action Agenda links local rainwater systems and schools to global SDG 6 targets—turning decentralized community actions into measurable international progress.

R4R connects Seoul National University, Rain For All, the Cambodian Ministry of Education, WHO advisors, and IWA RWHM Specialist Group. Rain School and Mobile RFD projects report impact data through UN Water platforms, demonstrating how local action can feed into global reporting.

Adopt UN Rain Day (3 September) by UN General Assembly resolution as a global platform linking local rain actions to multilateral SDG 6 processes. Each year, Member States and UN agencies could report progress and renew commitments through Rain Day events.

Safe Transport and Survivors support Uganda (STASSU)

In Uganda, key challenges include limited funding for clean water projects, slow adoption of climate-resilient water systems, and weak coordination between national and local governments. Many rural areas still lack safe water access, and data gaps hinder progress tracking on SDG 6.

Stronger Together! Coalition

A key challenge is the capacity gap to address complex governance issues from global to local. Women are key stakeholders to unite, innovate, and lead progress, but they remain under-represented in water governance due to visible and invisible barriers. This limits alignment and progress.

Strengthening women in water governance (gender/capacity) has positive impacts on lasting governance improvement. Addressing barriers for women is a key solution. Advocacy, mentoring & networking can support further. The Stronger Together! Coalition addresses this

Connecting female water professionals contributes to a diverse and strong workforce tackling the challenges of water governance. The Stronger Together!Coalition unites 8 global and regional women’s networks with over 15 000 members, including women in water governance, and 6 strong partners to this aim. Jointly we advocate, address existing barriers, and provide networking, and mentoring spaces.

Recognizing the need for a well-trained and diverse workforce as the foundation of progress: Targeted investment in people and the deliberate dismantling of barriers especially for women to attract and retain a workforce that turns political will into an ambitious water governance mechanism. UN, member states and employers to address these barriers.

Environmental & Public Health International

Fragmented implementation and limited integration of water equity tools across global frameworks weaken progress on SDG 6 and its interlinkages with the 2030 Agenda and climate resilience goals.

The free LSLRCC operationalizes SDG 6 through transparent cost modeling that strengthens accountability, accelerates data-driven planning, and supports coherent policy integration across multilateral processes.

The LSLRCC’s inclusion on UNEP’s Sustainable Infrastructure Tool Navigator and EDF’s Lead Innovation Hub highlights its recognition as an SDG-aligned implementation resource bridging local data, global policy, and inclusive water governance under the UN’s multilateral vision.

UN agencies and Member States should mainstream open, science-based tools like the LSLRCC within global reporting and planning frameworks to harmonize SDG 6 progress tracking and advance equitable, climate-resilient infrastructure outcomes.

Public utility leadership, strategic PR, and finance remain disconnected from global water initiatives. Since 2023, the lack of visibility and investment framing has slowed SDG 6 progress. The 2026 UN Water Conference must prioritize leadership, media, and market alignment.

WaterRising will launch Water House to align public utility leadership, PR, and finance in global water initiatives. Through “Water Needs a Deal,” we’ll track SDG 6, convene cross-sector partners, and elevate water’s visibility in multilateral processes beyond 2030.

WaterRising’s Water Table initiative has convened 50+ roundtables across 7 countries, building partnerships and collecting feasibility data to support women and girls in the water workforce. These dialogues inform SDG 6 strategies and inclusive governance through local-global collaboration.

By 2030, global media, public utilities, and multilateral banks must unite through Water House to launch “Water Needs a Deal”—a strategic PR and investment campaign to elevate water in multilateral processes. Promoted at the 2026 UN Water Conference, it will accelerate SDG 6.

Water Policy Group’s has proposed a new global approach to sustainable water management (see https://waterpolicygroup.com/index.php/2025/06/29/its-time-to-start-thinking-about-a-new-global-approach-to-sustainable-water-management/).

Key challenges include the rising salinity and chemical pollution from desalination brine discharges, which threaten marine ecosystems, fisheries, and coastal livelihoods—undermining the human right to water and sanitation in vulnerable coastal communities.

Capture6’s brine-based DAC turns desalination brine into a resource—removing CO₂, recovering freshwater, and reducing marine discharge. This circular, water-positive approach supports SDG 6 and 13 by advancing clean water access and climate resilience in vulnerable regions.

Through projects with Palmdale Water District (USA) and K-Water (Korea), Capture6 demonstrates how brine-based CO₂ removal can recover freshwater, cut emissions, and reduce marine discharge. These public-private partnerships showcase scalable, water-positive climate solutions advancing SDG 6 & 13 collaboratively.

By 2030, governments and utilities must integrate carbon removal with water management, scaling solutions like Capture6’s brine-based DAC that turn waste brine into freshwater and CO₂ storage. This transformative link between climate and water action can protect marine ecosystems and secure water rights for all.

Objectif Sciences International

Fragmented global initiatives, uneven SDG6 progress, and limited accountability since 2023 undermine multilateral effectiveness. Many water commitments remain isolated from local realities, lacking shared metrics, systemic evaluation, and coordination to translate global goals into tangible impact.

We developed the AGILE Tool to assess alignment, governance, and impact of water projects within SDG6 frameworks. It embeds accountability, comparability, and systemic learning into multilateral processes, helping organizations evaluate effectiveness, share insights, and scale collaborative action.

Through the Geneva Forum Platform, a multistakeholder space fostering cooperation and knowledge exchange, states, NGOs, research bodies, and financiers apply a shared evaluation grid to water-related initiatives. This partnership strengthens alignment, accountability, and collective intelligence to accelerate the design, funding, and scaling of impactful SDG6 and 2030 Agenda programs worldwide.

The UN and its partners should mandate systemic impact evaluation across SDG6 initiatives using common frameworks like the AGILE Tool. A shared, embedded and transparent evaluation system would let countries and organizations compare results, learn from success, and redirect resources where impact is proven, making global water action more coherent, transparent, and effective by 2030 and beyond.

The current geopolitical context makes it unlikely that an agreement is found on a global post-2030 Agenda that is as ambitious and relevant as the 2030 Agenda. This creates a high risk that no water-related global objective exist after 2030. This would bring back to the inefficient pre-2015 world.

Dialogue 5 to acknowledge that despite the global water crisis no global objective related to water may exist anymore after 2030 if the post-2030 negotiation fails. To avoid such a disaster, the UNGA should pass a resolution on water that re-states the current SDG water-related targets as global objectives for water without any time limitation and without any link to a specific global Agenda.

Global water governance is fragmented. Civil society, especially humanitarian actors, is sidelined. High-level political engagement is rare. Data sharing is weak. Water, climate, and nutrition agendas remain disconnected. Humanitarian voices lack presence.

ACF engages in global WASH platforms and supports CSO participation in international events. We advocate for stronger links between UN processes on water, climate, biodiversity, nutrition, and food security.

ACF contributes to global WASH platforms and advocates for civil society inclusion in international forums. We support CSOs with training and logistics, and promote alignment across UN processes on water, climate, biodiversity, nutrition, and food security.

ACF ensures CSO participation in global water events, promotes continuity and integration across forums, builds institutional bridges between UN bodies, advocates for a UNGA resolution on water, and calls for sustained support to the UN Special Envoy on Water.

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA)

A fragmented sector and the lack of united stakeholder groups jointly pushing for important water matters as reflected in ID1-ID6.

Support of partnerships with/of umbrella organizations, alliances, networks to rally and advocate for key issues to become global and national political priorities. SuSanA unites over 14 000 members and 400 partners for a strong voice for sanitation, best practices, and solid knowledge open to all.

SuSanA brings together academia, practitioners and decision-makers to position sanitation in political processes. SuSanA is instrumental in advocating for sanitation on the highest level, fostering synergies for sanitation, and providing state of the art knowledge to all.

Alignment: Member states, the UN, and non-state actors to engage co-creation processes, engage in and strengthen global alliances, networks, and umbrella organizations to jointly push with one voice for water and sanitation on the highest level.

Kathak Academy,ECOSOC Status

Key challenges include fragmented global water governance, weak integration of water in climate and development agendas, limited financing, data gaps, and insufficient accountability mechanisms to track SDG 6 progress since 2023, slowing coordinated global implementation efforts.

Our organization promotes integrated water governance, strengthens SDG 6 monitoring through data partnerships, supports climate-water nexus projects, and engages in multistakeholder dialogues to align policies, mobilize resources, and accelerate global progress on water-related goals.

Our “Global Water Partnership for Action” unites governments, UN agencies, and civil society to align water, climate, and development goals. Through shared data systems and policy coordination, it has enhanced SDG 6 tracking, mobilized resources, and strengthened multilateral collaboration worldwide.

By 2030, the UN and member states must establish a Global Water Accountability Mechanism to track SDG 6 progress, ensure transparent reporting, mobilize financing, and integrate water more strongly into climate and development frameworks, driving coordinated multilateral action worldwide.

aligning global efforts to accelerate progress on SDG 6 through integrated, collaborative action.

Fragmented finance and policy frameworks across MDBs and climate funds, slow disbursement, weak alignment of SDG6 with NDCs/NAPs, and poor data/monitoring that limits accountability and national planning. --

Harmonize access and reporting; scale GCF Readiness and country-platform models to align multilateral financing with national water priorities; adopt standardized SDG6/climate metrics for transparent tracking and faster disbursement

GCF Strategic Plan and finance reform briefs propose simplified access, country platforms and blended finance to reduce fragmentation. GCF’s Readiness, SAP and partnership pipelines demonstrate operational approaches to align multilateral finance behind national water agendas

Deliver system-wide finance reform: align MDBs, MCFs and country platforms around unified project pipelines, simplified access and SDR/reallocation mechanisms to mobilize concessional finance and accelerate SDG6 implementation by 2030

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Les technologies modernes, comme l'irrigation au goutte-à-goutte, permettent une utilisation plus efficace de l'eau, réduisant ainsi la consommation tout en augmentant les rendements agricoles.

Cela passe par la modernisation des infrastructures de distribution pour minimiser les pertes et améliorer l'efficacité. La lutte contre les fuites dans les réseaux de distribution est cruciale, de même que l'adoption de technologies efficientes, comme la filtration membranaire et la désinfection au chlore

L'accès à des services d'assainissement adéquats représente un problème dans plusieurs pays

Aid Gate Organization for economic development (AGO)

Weak alignment between national water policies and SDG 6 targets, fragmented reporting systems, and limited engagement of local actors in multilateral processes hinder Iraq’s ability to track and accelerate progress on the 2030 Agenda.

AGO promotes data-driven local monitoring aligned with SDG 6 indicators, builds civil-society capacity to contribute to Voluntary National Reviews, and integrates climate-water indicators into community development and recovery programs.

AGO’s Green Basra project with Tearfund aligns local adaptation outcomes to SDG 6 and 13 reporting. Through joint policy dialogues with the Ministry of Environment, AGO contributed evidence to Iraq’s 2024 Voluntary National Review on water resilience.

The UN system and member states should institutionalize civil-society participation in SDG 6 monitoring. National governments must establish open water-data platforms linking community-level indicators with multilateral reporting for evidence-based policy.

Atlantic State Legal Foundation Inc. (ASLF)

Key challenges include fragmented coordination among multilateral actors, insufficient data sharing, limited funding, overlapping mandates, slow implementation of SDG 6 targets, and inadequate integration of water issues into broader 2030 Agenda initiatives, all intensified since the 2023 UN Water c

ASLF fosters multi-stakeholder platforms linking governments, NGOs, and academia, promotes transparent data sharing, supports capacity-building, and develops policy guidance to align national actions with SDG 6 targets, ensuring coordinated, measurable progress across global water initiatives.

ASLF’s “Global Water Policy Forum” brings together governments, UN agencies, NGOs, and academic institutions to harmonize SDG 6 implementation. Through joint policy briefs, shared data platforms, and coordinated capacity-building, it enhanced cross-border cooperation and informed national water strategies in multiple regions.

By 2030, UN agencies, governments, and multilateral organizations must establish a fully integrated, transparent, and accountable global water governance framework, enabling coordinated SDG 6 implementation, data sharing, capacity-building, and multi-stakeholder collaboration to accelerate progress and maximize impact.

Limited acknowledgement of the role that Indigenous Peoples and their territories play in large and small hydrological cycles. Troubling global narratives that continually stress challenges facing Indigenous Peoples and water rather than recognizing Indigenous leadership for water/positive outcomes.

Support the normative expectation that Indigenous involvement and leadership for water is critical to addressing water challenges at global/local levels. Building an assumption that Indigenous Peoples are core to water governance, along with appropriate recognition and use of Indigenous knowledge.

Globally, there is increased recognition of Indigenous Peoples in multilateral agreements, both global(i.e. https://www.cbd.int/topic/indigenous-peoples-and-local-communities) or regional(i.e. https://otca.org/en/otca-gives-historic-green-light-to-indigenous-rights-in-the-amazon/). Water policy has been slow in responding. Learnings should be applied in future global water policy architecture.

Resourcing Indigenous leadership for water, built around creating an international Indigenous institution with a strong focus on water issues. Such an organization would provide a foundation and focal point for knowledge collation, distribution, and advocacy provide support for partnership platforms, and ensure that Indigenous values are increasingly privileged and included in water governance.

The Fyera Foundation (ECOSOC)

1. Collective survival mode/stress/ incoherence 2.Water as a profit center by corporations such as Nestle rather than regarded as a right for all 3. The politicizing of water as weapon, as in withholding access to water in Gaza 4. Pharmaceuticals entering water supply 5. Lowering water standards

Empowering governance and communities with emotional self regulation resilience skills for inclusive, innovative "we" solutions to their challenges with access to clean water, leading to policy that makes clean water a basic right for all living things, and requires every country in the UN system to prioritize budgets of human, scientific, and financial resources to insure it.

Cloud Power & Water (AirHES)

We offer a global solution for water, energy, and climate using clouds, which can provide 11 times more clean fresh water than all rivers combined. Furthermore, clouds are a source of carbon-free renewable energy, potentially second only to the sun, which could solve the climate crisis.

We offer a global solution for water, energy, and climate using clouds, which can provide 11 times more clean fresh water than all rivers combined. Furthermore, clouds are a source of carbon-free renewable energy, potentially second only to the sun, which could solve the climate crisis.

We offer a global solution for water, energy, and climate using clouds, which can provide 11 times more clean fresh water than all rivers combined. Furthermore, clouds are a source of carbon-free renewable energy, potentially second only to the sun, which could solve the climate crisis.

We offer a global solution for water, energy, and climate using clouds, which can provide 11 times more clean fresh water than all rivers combined. Furthermore, clouds are a source of carbon-free renewable energy, potentially second only to the sun, which could solve the climate crisis.

Since 2023, rising climate risks and transboundary water conflicts highlight the need for stronger multilateral cooperation, standardized monitoring, and inclusive policy frameworks.

Through Mission River, AMRTM, and Mission102030, Dholakia Foundation advances SDG 6 and India’s 2030 Agenda, aligning with global processes like UN Water Conference and Dushanbe Water Process to position water as a key driver of sustainable development.

Through Mission River, Dholakia Foundation partners with communities, corporates, and local governments to restore rivers and recharge aquifers. Over 2.5 lacs villages benefited, improving water security and livelihoods. This collaborative, nature-based, and participatory approach demonstrates scalable, multi-stakeholder solutions for SDG 6.

Key challenges include fragmented global water governance, weak alignment between SDG 6 targets and national policies, and insufficient financing for implementation. Limited coordination among multilateral actors and lack of accountability frameworks hinder coherent global water action.

Wourton/De-Lazuli advances SDG 6 integration by aligning national sustainability policies with global reporting frameworks like GRI and IFRS S2. We develop data-driven tools that link water access, climate adaptation, and finance tracking to strengthen multilateral monitoring and accountability.

Through the “Sustainability Finance Alignment Initiative,” We collaborates with public institutions and green finance networks to integrate SDG 6 targets into corporate sustainability disclosures. This has improved data transparency, policy alignment, and access to climate–water finance mechanisms.

A transformative action is the mainstreaming of water–climate finance within multilateral frameworks through the UN, World Bank, and regional development banks, ensuring all funded projects include measurable SDG 6 outcomes and transparent ESG reporting to drive accountability and long-term water resilience.

United Cities and Local Governemenst - UCLG

Global water governance remains fragmented, with limited inclusion of local and regional governments in multilateral processes and follow-up of SDG 6 commitments.

UCLG calls for an inclusive global water architecture integrating local and regional governments into UN-Water and SDG 6 follow-up, ensuring coherence and accountability across levels.

Through the Global Taskforce, UCLG advances the recognition of local governments in UN water processes, contributing to SDG 6 follow-up and advocating multi-level governance with partners such as UN-DESA, UN-Habitat and OECD.

Establish a permanent, inclusive mechanism within the UN system that institutionalizes the participation of local and regional governments in global water governance, ensuring SDG 6 implementation reflects territorial realities and shared accountability.

Agence de l'eau Adour-Garonne

While we already know that SDG 6 will not be achieved, global geopolitical tensions raise fears that no global agenda will replace the 2030 Agenda.

To avoid the risk of the spirit of the SDGs being lost, the United Nations General Assembly could propose a resolution on water that renews the goals of the 2030 Agenda without any time limit and without linking them to a specific agenda.

Global environmental and climate conservation initiative

Fragmented global coordination, inadequate financing, and weak accountability mechanisms hinder SDG 6 progress. Since 2023, geopolitical tensions, data gaps, and insufficient integration of water into climate and development agendas have slowed multilateral collaboration.

We strengthen multi-stakeholder partnerships, support policy dialogues, and promote youth participation in global water platforms. Our advocacy aligns national WASH actions with SDG 6 targets and fosters regional collaboration for inclusive and transparent water governance.

We collaborate with UN agencies, governments, and civil society to amplify youth voices in global water dialogues. The initiative enhanced youth representation in national SDG reviews and promoted policy alignment across Africa.

By 2030, the UN, governments, and partners must establish a Global Water Accountability Framework linking commitments to measurable outcomes, ensuring transparent reporting, inclusive participation, and financing for SDG 6 acceleration across all levels

Union of green climate orgnizations

Key challenges include fragmented governance, insufficient financing, climate change impacts, data gaps, limited cooperation among stakeholders, and slow implementation of integrated water management These issues must be prioritized at the 2026 UN Water Conference to accelerate SDG 6 progress

We implement integrated water management projects leveraging digital monitoring, foster multi-stakeholder partnerships, and promote sustainable financing models These actions enhance data transparency, resource efficiency, and community engagement to accelerate progress on SDG 6 and related goals.

The Yemen Water Coalition promotes cross-sector collaboration between government, NGOs, and private sector. It improved water access for 100,000+ people, enhanced data sharing, and strengthened governance. Led by local authorities with international support, it fosters community engagement and sustainable funding to accelerate SDG 6 progress.

A transformative action is establishing a global water governance framework led by UN agencies and member states This framework will enhance coordination, data sharing, and funding across borders, enabling effective integrated water management and accelerating progress toward SDG 6 by 2030 with active involvement of governments, private sector, and civil society.

Fragmented follow-up of the 2023 Water Action Agenda; SDG 6 off-track; weak, inconsistent MRV for commitments; poor linkage to climate/biodiversity/DRR tracks; limited role for science and local knowledge; scarce financing for country-level coordination and data.

Align NAPs, NDCs and biodiversity strategies with SDG 6 targets; register time-bound Water Action Agenda pledges; build open MRV portals; convene science–policy roundtables feeding subsidiary bodies; publish annual stocktakes and equity dashboards.

Initiative: Water–Climate–Biodiversity Tri-Board (ministries + CiSGER-UDD + academia). We harmonize indicators, align NAP/NDC targets with SDG 6, and run an open MRV prototype. Results: clearer budget lines, faster parliamentary briefings, and tracked delivery of WAA pledges.

Create a standing UN-Water Subsidiary Scientific Body to vet evidence, harmonize indicators and track WAA/SDG 6 across COPs and HLPF, with mandatory annual stocktake and open MRV. Actors: UN-DESA/UN-Water with Member States, science networks and local knowledge holders.

Africa Climate and Environment Foundation

Within 2030, transformative action requires coordinated leadership from governments, international organizations, and civil society to mainstream water resilience into all development agendas to ensure equitable access and ecosystem protection.

Our organization supports SDG 6 by implementing integrated water resource management, promoting transboundary cooperation, and scaling innovative sanitation and water recycling technologies. We enhance stakeholder capacity, strengthen data monitoring,

notable initiative is Cap-Net, which provides global capacity development in sustainable water management, including integrated water resources management and transboundary waters. It collaborates with over 40 international organizations, delivering training and tools that have strengthened water governance and monitoring in 120 countries, advancing SDG 6 progress.

By 2030, transformative action requires governments, IGOs, civil society, and the private sector to mainstream water resilience across sectors, reform policies, and mobilize scalable investments. Promoting integrated basin-level initiatives and inclusive governance at the 2026 UN Water Conference is vital to accelerating SDG 6 and broader water-related goals.

Women for Water Partnership

Recognize that women with disabilities, indigenous, older, displaced women, adolescent girls are often more severely affected. Monitoring must allow for intersectional disaggregation. Indigenous women households often have worse access within the same country (e.g., Paraguay, UNW).

Given the urgency, the concept paper should propose clear measurable targets&milestones for gender‐related WASH monitoring by 2026, 2028, and 2030, e.g. number of countries including gender‐disaggregated WASH data; % improvement in safe access for women in crisis settings and % health facilities.

The concept paper should clearly distinguish between stable settings vs crises (conflict, displacement, disaster, climate shocks) and adjust monitoring accordingly.
In crises, data collection is harder, but it is all the more necessary to track WASH indicators for women, because delays or gaps have magnified consequences (health, GBV risk, dignity).

Use satellite imagery, mobile surveys, community‐led monitoring, early warning systems in crisis zones. Require gender representation in global framework institutional reporting to guarantee women are part of decision-making in water governance. SDG 6 GMRs reflect gender-disaggregated progress across all levels. Introduce embedded accountability; specify how women NGOs are engaged.

Latin-American Alliance of Food and Beverage Industry Associations (ALAIAB)

Water governance requires stronger coordination among governments, the private sector, multilateral organizations, and communities. Gaps remain that limit water efficiency, watershed protection, and safe water access, undermining sustainability and food security.

The food and beverage industry drives joint solutions with governments, communities, and multilateral organizations to improve water efficiency, reuse, and watershed management. It promotes inclusive dialogue platforms to strengthen governance and contribute to SDG 6 through cooperation.

The food and beverage industry fosters public-private and multilateral partnerships, investing in water efficiency, reuse, and watershed protection. It tracks progress with sustainability indicators, works with suppliers to reduce impacts, and engages communities through dialogue, committing to water replenishment, watershed plans, and safe community access.

Establish multilateral and inclusive governance platforms where governments, the private sector, and communities define water policies and strategies. Promote innovation, investment, and technology transfer for water efficiency, reuse, and watershed protection, creating conditions that accelerate the achievement of SDG 6.