Upcoming report focuses on partnerships to realize human rights to water and sanitation

The 2023 United Nations World Water Development Report (UN WWDR) shows how building partnerships and enhancing cooperation across all dimensions of sustainable development are essential to accelerate progress towards water goals and targets, and human rights to water and sanitation.

Partnerships and cooperation take place in almost any water-related endeavor. There is a long history of partnerships in water resources management, with both good and bad experiences. This report reviews these experiences, an highlights how enhancing positive and meaningful cooperation amongst the water, sanitation and broader ‘development’ communities is required to accelerate progress.

Each year, the United Nations World Water Development Report focuses on a different strategic issue, while reporting on progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) targets on clean water and sanitation as well as changes in the resource and its management. This is of great importance as water resources and how they are managed impact almost all aspects sustainable development.