Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
Access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene is the most basic human need for health and well-being. Billions of people will lack access to these basic services in 2030 unless progress quadruples. Demand for water is rising owing to rapid population growth, urbanization and increasing water needs from agriculture, industry, and energy sectors.
The demand for water has outpaced population growth, and half the world’s population is already experiencing severe water scarcity at least one month a year. Water scarcity is projected to increase with the rise of global temperatures as a result of climate change.
Investments in infrastructure and sanitation facilities; protection and restoration of water- related ecosystems; and hygiene education are among the steps necessary to ensure universal access to safe and affordable drinking water for all by 2030, and improving water-use efficiency is one key to reducing water stress.
There has been positive progress. Between 2015 and 2022, the proportion of the world’s population with access to safely managed drinking water increased from 69 per cent to 73 per cent.
Name | Acronym | Founded | City HQ | Country/Territory HQ | Type I | Type II |
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United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe |
UNRIC | 2004 | Brussels | Belgium | E | g |
United Nations Sustainable Development Group |
UNSDG | 1997 | New York NY | USA | E | g |
United Nations University - Institute for Water, Environment and Health |
UNU-INWEH | 1996 | Hamilton ON | Canada | K | j |
United Nations Volunteers |
UNV | 1971 | Bonn | Germany | F | g |
United Purpose |
UP | 1976 | Cardiff | UK | G | |
United Religions Initiative |
URI | 1993 | San Francisco CA | USA | F | |
UnitingWorld |
1977 | Sydney NSW | Australia | G | ||
Unity of Nations Action for Climate Change Council |
UNAccc | 2021 | Vadodara | India | G | |
Universal Peace and Violence Amelioration Centre |
UPVAC | 2015 | Jos | Nigeria | G | |
Universala Medicina Esperanto-Asocio |
UMEA | 1908 | Trier | Germany | C | v |
Universities Council on Water Resources |
UCOWR | 1962 | Carbondale IL | USA | N | |
University of the Arctic |
UArctic | 2001 | Rovaniemi | Finland | D | |
Unto |
Plano TX | USA | G | |||
UNUM OMNES International Council of Catholic Men |
ICCM | 1948 | Vatican City | Vatican | C | |
US/Canada Hydrographic Commission |
US/CHC | 1977 | Monte Carlo | Monaco | K | bg |
Utility Communicators International |
1921 | Sandy Springs GA | USA | N | ||
Utility Economic Development Association |
UEDA | Larchmont NY | USA | G | ||
Value Health Africa |
VAHA | Bamenda | Cameroon | G | ||
Verdens Skove |
1983 | Copenhagen | Denmark | G | ||
Verra |
2005 | Washington DC | USA | F | ||
VGB PowerTech |
VGB | 1920 | Essen | Germany | D | |
VIVAT International |
2000 | New York NY | USA | E | ||
WASH Alliance International |
WAI | 2011 | G | y | ||
WASH United |
2010 | Berlin | Germany | G | ||
WASTE |
1983 | The Hague | Netherlands | G | ||
Waste Free Oceans |
WFO | Brussels | Belgium | F | ||
Waste Free Waters |
2011 | Klimmen | Netherlands | G | ||
Water 1st International |
2005 | Seattle WA | USA | G | ||
Water and Development Information for Arid Lands Global Network |
G-WADI | 2004 | Paris | France | F | y |
Water and Sanitation for Africa |
WSA | 1988 | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | E | |
Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor |
WSUP | 2004 | London | UK | G | y |
Water and Sanitation Programme |
WSP | Washington DC | USA | E | g | |
Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean |
1992 | Panama | Panama | E | g | |
Water Engineers for the Americas |
WEFTA | 2002 | Santa Fe NM | USA | G | |
Water Environment Federation |
WEF | 1928 | Alexandria VA | USA | G | |
Water Environment Partnership in Asia |
WEPA | 2004 | Hayama | Japan | F | g |
Water Europe |
WE | 2004 | Brussels | Belgium | E | y |
Water Footprint Network |
WFN | Enschede | Netherlands | E | y | |
Water for People |
WFP | 1991 | Denver CO | USA | G | |
Water Governance Facility |
WGF | 2005 | Stockholm | Sweden | G | |
Water Inception |
2017 | Nyon | Switzerland | N | ||
Water Institute of Southern Africa |
WISA | Midrand | South Africa | N | jv | |
Water Integrity Network |
WIN | 2006 | Berlin | Germany | F | y |
Water Mission International |
Water Mission | 2001 | North Charleston SC | USA | G | |
Water Missions International |
WMI | 2001 | Charleston SC | USA | G | |
Water Monitoring Alliance |
WMA | 2005 | Marseille | France | F | |
Water Quality Association |
WQA | Lisle IL | USA | G | ||
Water Research Fund of Southern Africa |
WARFSA | 1999 | Harare | Zimbabwe | F | f |
Water Reuse Europe |
WRE | 2016 | Cranfield | UK | D | |
Water Science and Technology Association |
WSTA | Manama | Bahrain | D | v |