Contributing Actions to the United Nations System-wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation

UN-Water Members and Partners’ activities are categorised as Contributing Actions towards the United Nations System-wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation. These actions are integrated into the Collaborative Implementation Plan (CIP) Results Framework 2025-2028. In this section, you can discover who does what.

Convening, informing and enabling global policies and enabling commitments on water that address the environmental and climate perspectives necessary for long term water sustainability to meet both human and ecosystem needs and aligned with human rights.

Convening a high level dialogue on water within the Environmental Management Group. Implement United Nations Environment Assembly resolution on water and other related UNEA resolutions...

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1: Lead and inspire collective action

Geographical Scope

Global level

IAH Congress "Groundwater now and for the future" 15-19 September 2025 Melbourne, Australia particular focus on Indigenous groundwater knowledge

15 September 2025

The IAH 2025 Congress aims to contribute to groundwater resources sustainable management and governance and acknowledges Aboriginal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land...

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1: Lead and inspire collective action

Geographical Scope

Global level

Regional, transboundary and sub-regional (multi-country) level

Scale (freshwater) Nature-Based Solutions and Freshwater Ecosystem Based Approaches for Sustainable Development, Biodiversity, and Climate goals

Enhance the adoption of nature-based solutions (NbS) on water at national and transboundary levels, addressing freshwater ecosystem protection, conservation, restoration and sustainable management while contributing...

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1: Lead and inspire collective action

Geographical Scope

Global level