During the UN 2023 Water Conference, co-founders of Water.org & WaterEquity, Matt Damon and Gary White joined the SDG Media Zone to address the global water crisis and the gaps and challenges around water. This year, as we approach the midpoint review of the 2030 Agenda, we must address the critical need for urgent action and acceleration on progress.

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The UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) official Patron of the Oceans, Lewis Pugh undertook a 315-mile marathon swim ending at the tip of Manhattan, to emphasise the urgent need to protect the world's waterways ahead of the UN's landmark High Seas Treaty and Climate Ambition Summit next week.

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Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly.

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United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action, "Water for Sustainable Development", 2018–2028 (22-24 March 2023).

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Sustainable Development Goal 6 aims to ensure the availability of sanitary drinking water for all, focusing on the sustainable management of water resources, wastewater, and water ecosystems. As well as acknowledging the importance of enabling the environment.

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United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action, "Water for Sustainable Development", 2018–2028 (22-24 March 2023) - Informal opening ceremony organized by the co-hosts of the UN 2023 Water Conference-the Governments of Tajikistan and the Netherlands.

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More than 60% of freshwater resources worldwide are shared by two or more countries. Climate change, population growth, urbanization and unsustainable economic development are negatively impacting such rivers, lakes and groundwaters. Transboundary water cooperation is therefore crucial for peace, sustainable development and climate action.

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Water, Peace and Security are interconnected and interlinked, as water is a driver of conflict in many parts of the world while transboundary and sub-national water cooperation also serves as a conduit for peace and security. This is particularly relevant in Africa where water use and allocation have been a source of increased tension or have served to strengthen cooperation in various river basins or transboundary waters across the Continent.

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This side event will present significant advances in the area of regional cooperation on data, information and knowledge generation and sharing in the Amazon basin, detailing results and commitments of relevant partnerships.

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Access to clean water, energy and food production, and ecosystems are under increasing pressure from different global processes, such as a rising global population, rapid urban and economic development, changing diets and climate change.

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