Leveraging of the Principles for Resilient Infrastructure to help countries identify and address vulnerabilities in their infrastructure systems.

Water-related disasters account for nearly 95% of infrastructure loss and damage. These hazards severely affect water infrastructure, leading to health risks, economic setbacks, and environmental damage, while also increasing vulnerability to future disasters. Enhancing water infrastructure resilience is crucial to achieving SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation). National-level resilience assessments of the water sector are necessary to support the overall strengthening of critical infrastructure resilience. The Principles for Resilient Infrastructure support this process by providing a set of principles, actions and measures for identifying gaps and providing specific interventions to enhance water sector infrastructure resiliency.

Contributing Action Number

CA2.20

Primary Entry Point

2: Engage better for countries

Additional Entry Point(s)

3: Align UN system support for integration

Output(s)

Output 2.1: Expertise and resources are fully leveraged by the UN system to support countries, with emphasis on the water and sanitation needs of developing countries

Type of Engagement

Implementation (e.g. direct support and service delivery, pilot or larger scale)

Geographical Scope

Country-level (national, subnational and local)

Country(ies)

Bhutan

Tonga

Chile

Madagascar

Moldova

Colombia

Ghana

More information

https://www.undrr.org/publication/principles-resilient-infrastructure

Leading Entity

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

United Nations System-wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation

The Contributing Actions are key initiatives supporting the United Nations System-wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation, aligning individual and joint efforts across UN entities and partnering organizations to advance global water and sanitation goals. These actions are integrated into the Collaborative Implementation Plan (CIP) Results Framework 2025-2028, which provides a structured approach to achieving system-wide impact through coordinated UN efforts.
The Priority Collaborative Actions outlined in the framework focus on enhancing water security, improving governance, strengthening climate resilience, and accelerating progress on sanitation and hygiene. By fostering system-wide collaboration among UN agencies, these actions help drive policy coherence, knowledge sharing, and innovative solutions to address the world’s most pressing water challenges.