The UN 2023 Water Conference will take place March 22-24 in New York City. It is a midterm review of the Water Action Decade, which will raise awareness of the importance of water and mobilize action to address global water-related challenges. Take a moment to think about the following numbers:
Thank you for detailing all of this, including the event itself. I wish I could be there!
Those statistics are truly staggering, and YES, 100% embarrassing to think of billionaires flying through space for fun and oligarchs out to sea on mega-yachts or going to parties by private jets whilst others die from famine and unspeakable unsanitary conditions. I hope that those with the power to enact positive change will do so.
Excellent article of need and outcomes to be addressed by the end of Water Week in NY. Great expectations from our best scientists and advocates around the world 🌍. Take joy in your work and meeting colleagues during the many sessions, formal and otherwise. The relationships that inevitably follow such intense discussions will be very useful in coming months and years. Everyone on the planet 🌍 is wishing for you a resounding success. After the meetings conclude, the challenges will be the follow through on commitments made, documenting progress in the media, so the truth of water 💦 action is clear to all! Congratulations on a comprehensive, well organized and thoughtful program. Thank you especially for your concern for girls and women who have so few rights! Well done! 🇳🇱
I've walked 50k for the World Water Run and I've had a lot of time to think. Living in a country where I've never had to worry about where to get clean water (I could & would even drink out of each of the rivers I walked along), it's sometimes difficult to wrap my head around how this is not a given for so many people around the world. Poor sanitation seems like a problem we should be able to solve around the globe - why aren't we? And as you say clean drinking water is a human right.
Time to wake up and pay attention. I'm totally including myself in that plea. I've realized that I don't value water nearly enough.
Thank you for raising awareness and all the work you do.
I feel disappointed and angry when I read the numbers given and the very slow progress made in accessing drinkable water and sanitation for many. I’m also disappointed by the lack of political will of regimes that even conduct wars with their neighbors for the control of floods and their water. Thank god some countries have more positive constructive perspectives so let’s only hope that wisdom prevails and all protagonists will find appropriate solutions to advance.
Thanks a lot for your extensive report and all the local indications you write about.
The UN 2023 Water Conference could not be more important.
You have covered all the key points and reasons why access to clean safe water is a human right for all.
There’s nothing left to add.
Thank you for an excellent article as well as your diligent work in this crucial area.
Well done and best wishes for a successful, productive conference that brings this life dependent resource to everyone.
Thank you for detailing all of this, including the event itself. I wish I could be there!
Those statistics are truly staggering, and YES, 100% embarrassing to think of billionaires flying through space for fun and oligarchs out to sea on mega-yachts or going to parties by private jets whilst others die from famine and unspeakable unsanitary conditions. I hope that those with the power to enact positive change will do so.
Excellent article of need and outcomes to be addressed by the end of Water Week in NY. Great expectations from our best scientists and advocates around the world 🌍. Take joy in your work and meeting colleagues during the many sessions, formal and otherwise. The relationships that inevitably follow such intense discussions will be very useful in coming months and years. Everyone on the planet 🌍 is wishing for you a resounding success. After the meetings conclude, the challenges will be the follow through on commitments made, documenting progress in the media, so the truth of water 💦 action is clear to all! Congratulations on a comprehensive, well organized and thoughtful program. Thank you especially for your concern for girls and women who have so few rights! Well done! 🇳🇱
I've walked 50k for the World Water Run and I've had a lot of time to think. Living in a country where I've never had to worry about where to get clean water (I could & would even drink out of each of the rivers I walked along), it's sometimes difficult to wrap my head around how this is not a given for so many people around the world. Poor sanitation seems like a problem we should be able to solve around the globe - why aren't we? And as you say clean drinking water is a human right.
Time to wake up and pay attention. I'm totally including myself in that plea. I've realized that I don't value water nearly enough.
Thank you for raising awareness and all the work you do.
I feel disappointed and angry when I read the numbers given and the very slow progress made in accessing drinkable water and sanitation for many. I’m also disappointed by the lack of political will of regimes that even conduct wars with their neighbors for the control of floods and their water. Thank god some countries have more positive constructive perspectives so let’s only hope that wisdom prevails and all protagonists will find appropriate solutions to advance.
Thanks a lot for your extensive report and all the local indications you write about.
May it be a deep dive into the wisdom.