The Agenda units out a sequence of action-oriented recreation altering commitments, from making smarter meals decisions to re-evaluating water as a strong financial driver, and a part of the Earth’s cultural heritage.

Water-secure future for all

The convention, and its 2,000 members, cast an “formidable imaginative and prescient”, the UN Secretary-Normal António Guterres mentioned.

“Your dedication to motion and transformation is propelling us in the direction of a sustainable, equitable and inclusive water-secure future for individuals and planet alike,” he mentioned. “This convention demonstrated a central fact: as humanity’s most treasured international widespread good, water unites us all, and it flows throughout various international challenges.”

From defending the unfold of illness to combating poverty, the pure useful resource additionally flows via the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Growth and its 17 Sustainable Growth Targets (SDGs) at a time when the world is grappling with local weather change, water shortage, and air pollution.

“That’s why water must be on the centre of the worldwide political agenda,” he mentioned. “All of humanity’s hopes for the longer term rely, ultimately, on charting a new science-based course toconvey the Water Motion Agenda to life.”

Doing so interprets into such forward-looking actions as growing new, different meals methods to cut back the unsustainable use of water in agriculture, whereas launching a new international data system to information plans and priorities to appreciate the SDGs. New concerns embody appointing a Particular Envoy for water forward of the SDG Summit in September, he mentioned.

Water Motion Agenda is ‘just the start’

Lending a number of views and experience to navigate the challenges forward, greater than 2,000 authorities representatives, scientists, lecturers, civil society teams, indigenous peoples, members of the personal sector, and youth delegates attended the convention, held at UN Headquarters 22 to 24 March.

Li Junhua, Underneath-Secretary-Normal for Financial and Social Affairs, mentioned Water Motion Agenda commitments cowl a variety of actions, from capacity-building to knowledge and monitoring methods, to bettering the resilience of infrastructure.

“That is just the start,” he mentioned. “The on-line platform internet hosting the Water Motion Agenda will stay open for submissions and out there for all to view via the Convention web site.”

One other key end result of the convention might be a abstract by the UN Normal Meeting President, capturing the numerous concepts, suggestions, and options to guard and help “our world’s lifeblood” that emerged throughout 5 interactive dialogues, 4 particular occasions and a whole lot of facet occasions, he mentioned.

“On the 2023 UN Water Convention, a decided international neighborhood got here collectively to make a distinction not just for the way forward for water however for the way forward for the world,” he mentioned.

‘A web page of historical past’

Normal Meeting President Csaba Kőrösi mentioned the $300 billion in pledges made to buoy the transformative Water Motion Agenda has the potential of unlocking a minimum of $1 trillion of socioeconomic and eco-system positive aspects.

“The end result of this convention will not be a legally binding doc, but it surely nonetheless turns the web page of historical past,” he mentioned, in closing remarks. “You will have reconfirmed the promise to implement the human proper to water and sanitation for all.”

Meaning reaching the thousands and thousands who will not be even conscious of this convention, he mentioned.

“We’ll maintain our ears and minds open to scientific proof as we transfer ahead to appreciate the transformation mentioned,” he mentioned.

Civil society and the personal sector are on the coronary heart of this transformation and “key to our success” he mentioned, including that they should be a part of extra inclusive partnerships and options.

“At the moment, we maintain the items of a water-secure and extra peaceable world in our fingers,” he mentioned. “Collectively, we are able to launch the transformation for a water-secure world, and these gamechangers can take us there.”

‘Our widespread future’

The Secretary-Normal pledged UN help “each step of the best way”, as Member States take motion via the second half of the Water Motion Decade.

“With out water, there will be no sustainable improvement,” Mr. Guterres mentioned, thanking all stakeholders. “As we go away this historic convention, let’s re-commit to our widespread future. Let’s take the subsequent steps in our journey to a water-secure future for all.”