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

WEEELABEX Organisation

2013 Prague Czechia E

WeForest

2008 Brussels Belgium F

West African Women's Association

WAWA 1984 Dakar Senegal E

Wetlands International

1995 Wageningen Netherlands B

Wherever the Need

WTN 1997 Bath UK G

WHO Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities

GNAFCC 2010 Geneva Switzerland F y

WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

EMRO 1948 Cairo Egypt E g

WMO Hydrology and Water Resources Programme

HWRP Geneva Switzerland F g

WMO Resource Mobilization Office

RMO Geneva Switzerland K g

Women First International Fund

1969 New York NY USA F f

Women for Water Partnership

WfWP 2004 The Hague Netherlands F

Women's International Network of Utility Professionals

WINUP 1923 Grove City OH USA N t

Women's International News Gathering Service

WINGS 1986 Denman Is BC Canada G

Women's World Summit Foundation

WWSF 1991 Geneva Switzerland F f

Working Committee of the Malting Industry of the EU

1959 Brussels Belgium E t

World Agroforestry Centre

ICRAF 1977 Nairobi Kenya E

World Alliance for Clean Technologies

Lausanne Switzerland J

World Alliance for Low Carbon Cities

WALCC Helsinki Finland J

World Aquatic Veterinary Medical Association

WAVMA 2007 Conifer CO USA D

World Association for Sustainable Development

WASD 2003 London UK C

World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations

WAITRO 1970 St Augustin Germany B yt

World Association of Soil and Water Conservation

WASWAC 1983 Beijing China B

World Association of Veterinary Food Hygienists

WAVFH 1955 Berlin Germany C

World Bamboo Organization

WBO 1992 Plymouth MA USA C

World Benchmarking Alliance

WBA Amsterdam Netherlands C y

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

WBCSD 1995 Geneva Switzerland C

World Climate Foundation

WCF Copenhagen Denmark J

World Concern International

1955 Seattle WA USA F

World Council for Renewable Energy

WCRE 2001 Dessau Germany C

World Council of Civil Engineers

WCCE 2005 Madrid Spain C y

World Council of Power Utilities

WCPU 1995 Delhi India D

World Council on City Data

WCCD Toronto ON Canada J

World Culture Forum

WCF Delhi India G

World Eatology Forum

WEF 2017 Beijing China J

World Economy, Ecology and Development

WEED 1990 Berlin Germany G

World Emergency Relief

WER 1985 San Dimas CA USA G

World Energy & Meteorology Council

WEMC 2015 Norwich UK C

World EOD Foundation

Watford UK F f

World Evangelical Alliance Sustainability Center

WEA Sustainability Center 2018 Bonn Germany G

World Farmers' Organisation

WFO 2011 Rome Italy C

World Federation of Engineering Organizations

WFEO 1968 Paris France A y

World Federation of United Nations Associations

WFUNA 1946 New York NY USA E

World Food Programme

WFP 1961 Rome Italy F g

World for World Organization

WFWO 2001 Rome Italy G

World Geospatial Industry Council

WGIC 2018 The Hague Netherlands C t

World Green Infrastructure Network

WGIN 2008 Toronto ON Canada F

World Health Innovation Summit

WHIS Carlisle UK J

World Health Organization

WHO 1946 Geneva Switzerland B g

World Hydrological Cycle Observing System

WHYCOS 1993 Geneva Switzerland F g

World Meteorological Organization

WMO 1947 Geneva Switzerland B g

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