Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all

Clean Water & Sanitation


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

Caribbean ASEAN Voluntary Council for Sustainable Development Goals

Caribbean ASEAN Council J

Caribbean Chamber of Commerce in Europe

CCCE 2019 Brussels Belgium E t

Caribbean Desalination Association

CaribDA Stuart FL USA D

Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation

CARILEC 1988 Castries St Lucia F

Caribbean Environment Programme

CEP Kingston Jamaica E g

Caribbean Information System for the Agricultural Sciences

CAGRIS St Augustine Trinidad-Tobago F g

Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology

CIMH 1967 Bridgetown Barbados E gj

Caribbean Meteorological Organization

CMO 1973 Port-of-Spain Trinidad-Tobago D g

Caribbean Public Health Agency

CARPHA 2010 Newtown Trinidad-Tobago E g

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

Caribbean Youth Environment Network

CYEN 1993 Bridgetown Barbados F

Caritas Australia

1964 Sydney NSW Australia G

Catalyst 2030

2020 Haarlem Netherlands J y

Catholic Relief Services

CRS 1943 Baltimore MD USA F

Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa

CYNESA 2012 Nairobi Kenya F

CDP

2000 London UK F

Center for Clean Air Policy

CCAP 1985 Washington DC USA G

Center for Human Rights and Environment

1999 Palm Beach Gardens FL USA G

Center for Oceanic Awareness, Research and Education

COARE 2006 Oakland CA USA G

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

Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium

CERIC Trieste Italy E

Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology

CAWST 2001 Calgary AB Canada G

Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa

CHRDA Buea Cameroon J

Centre international de lutte contre la pollution de l'Atlantique du Nord-Est

CILPAN 1990 Lisbon Portugal E g

Centre Muraz

1939 Bobo Dioulasso Burkina Faso E g

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 de Estudios Avanzados en Banda Ancha para el Desarrollo

CEABAD 2014 Managua Nicaragua E

Centro del Agua para América Latina y el Caribe

2008 Monterrey Mexico J

Centro Internacional de Demonstración y Capacitación en Aprovechamiento de Agua de Lluvia

CIDECALL G

Charity: Water

2006 New York NY USA G

Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management

CIWEM 1895 London UK G jv

Chemists Without Borders

2004 Sacramento CA USA N

Child Rights Connect

1983 Geneva Switzerland E y

Childbirth Survival International

CSI Baltimore MD USA G

ChildHope UK

1989 London UK G

ChildRights International Research Institute

1992 New York NY USA G j

China Europe Water Platform

CEWP 2012 F

Christian Aid Mission

1953 Charlottesville VA USA G

Christian Engineers in Development

CED 1985 South Brent UK G

Christian Relief Fund

CRF 1974 Amarillo TX USA G f

Christian World Service

CWS 1942 Christchurch New Zealand G

Church World Service

CWS 1946 Elkhart IN USA G

Circle of Blue

Traverse City MI USA G

CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation

1993 Johannesburg South Africa F y

Clean Air Initiative for Cities Around the World

CAI 1998 Washington DC USA F

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