Sustainable Development Goal 6

GOAL 6: Drinking water and sanitation

Ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all:

Sustainable management of water resources and access to safe water and sanitation are essential to unlock economic growth and productivity, and provide a significant advantage for existing investments in health and education. The natural environment, for example, forests, soils and wetlands, contributes to the management and regulation of the availability and quality of water, strengthening the resilience of hydrographic basins and complementing investments in physical infrastructure and institutional and regulatory arrangements for access, water use and disaster preparedness. Water scarcity undermines the food security and incomes of rural farmers, while improved water management makes national economies, agriculture and food sectors more resilient to rainfall variability and able to meet needs. of a growing population.

UNEP is working to develop a coherent approach to measure the water-related problems included in. All indicators of the SDG Goal 6 are coordinated by  UN Water  and UNEP is actively working with UN Water and UN Water partners on these indicators. UN Water has developed a  data portal  as a hub for SDG 6. In addition, the  Global Environmental Monitoring Initiative  for SDG 6 acts as a coordinating initiative for all SDG 6 methodologies (all SDG 6 methodologies, including those developed by UNEP, are available as part of this initiative).