Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
Clean, accessible water for all is an essential part of the world we want to live in and there is sufficient fresh water on the planet to achieve this. However, due to bad economics or poor infrastructure, millions of people including children die every year from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene.
Water scarcity, poor water quality and inadequate sanitation negatively impact food security, livelihood choices and educational opportunities for poor families across the world. At the current time, more than 2 billion people are living with the risk of reduced access to freshwater resources and by 2050, at least one in four people is likely to live in a country affected by chronic or recurring shortages of fresh water. Drought in specific afflicts some of the world’s poorest countries, worsening hunger and malnutrition. Fortunately, there has been great progress made in the past decade regarding drinking sources and sanitation, whereby over 90% of the world’s population now has access to improved sources of drinking water.
To improve sanitation and access to drinking water, there needs to be increased investment in management of freshwater ecosystems and sanitation facilities on a local level in several developing countries within Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, Southern Asia, Eastern Asia and South-Eastern Asia.
Name | Acronym | Founded | City HQ | Country/Territory HQ | Type I | Type II | Type III |
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Bureau of International Recycling |
BIR | 1948 | Brussels | Belgium | C | ||
C40 |
2005 | London | UK | F | |||
Canadian Lutheran World Relief |
CLWR | 1946 | Winnipeg MB | Canada | G | Humanitarian Organizations | |
Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief |
CPAR | 1984 | Toronto ON | Canada | G | Humanitarian Organizations | |
Cap Anamur - German Emergency Doctor |
1979 | Cologne | Germany | G | Humanitarian Organizations | ||
Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum |
CSLF | 2003 | Washington DC | USA | F | g | IGOs |
Caribbean Desalination Association |
CaribDA | 2008 | Stuart FL | USA | D | ||
Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation |
CARILEC | 1988 | Castries | St Lucia | F | ||
Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology |
CIMH | 1967 | Bridgetown | Barbados | E | gj | Institutes, IGOs |
Caribbean Meteorological Organization |
CMO | 1973 | Port-of-Spain | Trinidad-Tobago | D | g | IGOs |
Caribbean Water and Sewerage Association |
CAWASA | 1996 | Gros-Islet | St Lucia | D | ||
Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association |
CWWA | 1988 | St Joseph | Trinidad-Tobago | D | v | |
Caribbean WaterNet |
St Augustine | Trinidad-Tobago | F | ||||
Caritas Australia |
1964 | Sydney | Australia | G | Humanitarian Organizations | ||
Catholic Relief Services |
CRS | 1943 | Baltimore MD | USA | F | Humanitarian Organizations | |
CDP |
2000 | London | UK | G | |||
Center for Clean Air Policy |
CCAP | 1985 | Washington DC | USA | G | ||
Center for Communications, Health and the Environment |
CECHE | 1990 | Washington DC | USA | G | ||
Center for Human Rights and Environment |
1999 | Palm Beach Gardens FL | USA | G | Human Rights Organizations | ||
Central American Engineering Institutions Network |
REDICA | 1998 | San José | Costa Rica | F | ||
Central American Water Resource Management Network |
CARA | 1999 | Calgary AB | Canada | E | ||
Central Asia Research Institute for Irrigation |
SANIIRI | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | G | j | Institutes | |
Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium |
CERIC | Trieste | Italy | E | |||
Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology |
CAWST | Calgary AB | Canada | G | |||
Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa |
CHRDA | Buea | Cameroon | J | Human Rights Organizations | ||
Centre Muraz |
1939 | Bobo Dioulasso | Burkina Faso | E | g | IGOs | |
Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution |
1978 | Brest | France | G | |||
Centres régionaux d'enseignement spécialisé en agriculture |
CRESA | Dschang | Cameroon | E | |||
Centro del Agua para América Latina y el Caribe |
2008 | Monterrey | Mexico | J | |||
Charity: Water |
New York NY | USA | G | ||||
Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management |
CIWEM | 1895 | London | UK | G | jv | Institutes |
Child Rights Connect |
1983 | Geneva | Switzerland | E | y | International Federations, Human Rights Organizations | |
ChildHope UK |
1989 | London | UK | G | Human Rights Organizations | ||
ChildRights International Research Institute |
1992 | New York NY | USA | G | j | Institutes, Human Rights Organizations | |
China Europe Water Platform |
CEWP | 2012 | F | ||||
Christian Aid Mission |
1953 | Charlottesville VA | USA | G | Humanitarian Organizations | ||
Christian Relief Fund |
CRF | 1974 | Amarillo TX | USA | G | f | Humanitarian Organizations, Funds |
Church World Service |
CWS | 1946 | Elkhart IN | USA | G | Humanitarian Organizations | |
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation |
1993 | Johannesburg | South Africa | F | y | International Federations | |
Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities |
Clean Air Asia | 2001 | Pasig City | Philippines | E | y | International Federations |
Clean Air Initiative for Cities Around the World |
CAI | 1998 | Washington DC | USA | F | ||
Clean Air Institute |
CAI | 2006 | Washington DC | USA | E | j | Institutes |
Clean Clothes Campaign |
CCC | 1990 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | F | Human Rights Organizations | |
Clean Energy Ministerial |
CEM | 2009 | Paris | France | F | gc | Conference Series, IGOs |
Clean Shipping Coalition |
CSC | Brussels | Belgium | C | y | International Federations | |
Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative |
Clean Sky JTI | 2008 | Brussels | Belgium | E | ||
Clean the World |
2009 | Orlando FL | USA | G | |||
Clean Up the World |
CUW | 1993 | Darlinghurst | Australia | F | ||
Climate and Clean Air Coalition |
CCAC | 2012 | Paris | France | E | y | International Federations |
Climate Investment Funds |
CIF | 2008 | F | f | Funds |