Momentum genuine action on water and freshwater environments
The UN 2023 Water Conference concluded with 700 dedications from federal governments, business, and civil society. While these are non-binding, they have the prospective to considerably speed up action on water and freshwater environments. Critically, they signal a transformation in attitudes to water and unmatched momentum that we need to profit from.
Connecting water, nature, and environment
The connection in between water, nature, and environment is vital and resonates broadly. One of the main styles throughout the conference was the value of freshwater environments in environment adjustment and durability, and the immediate requirement to scale up transformational nature-based services. WWF assisted arrange and lead an occasion on extreme cooperation for durability with the CEO Water Mandate—an unique effort developed in 2007 by the UN Secretary-General and the UN Global Compact (UNGC) to advance business water stewardship around the globe—and other significant UN groups representing Indigenous Peoples, ladies, youth, farmers, and businesses. We likewise premiered our brief movie, Journey of Water – New York: From the Catskills to the City, demonstrating how NY has actually purchased healthy watersheds and freshwater environments to secure its water system and advantage individuals and nature.
Launch of the biggest river and wetland repair effort in history
Initiated by WWF, the Freshwater Challenge was gone for a top-level session hosted by the federal governments of Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Gabon, Mexico, and Zambia with the objective to bring back 186,411 miles of abject rivers and more than 864 million acres of abject wetlands by 2030.
More meaningful and structured technique to business cumulative action
A range of occasions brought the water stewardship neighborhood together to drive a more united technique to guarantee higher effect, consisting of registering for joint policy asks to speed up public-private cooperation on water. These occasions included a vast array of partners, from federal governments to international organizations, business, civil society, and Indigenous Peoples, making sure a variety of viewpoints and understanding was shared.
