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One Water Summit

The One Planet Summit for an international cooperation agenda on water
2024-12-03 , Riyadh

The Summit was held on December 3rd in the margin of COP16 of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 

It aimed to contribute to the ongoing United Nations discussions and process to enhance global water governance, accelerate action on SDG6 on water and sanitation, building on the momentum of the UN Water Conference in 2023. In fact, the aim of the summit was to act as an incubator for solutions, in preparation for the next UN Water Conference in 2026. 

It will furthermore integrate its agenda into the other existing water processes and initiatives, such as the World Water Forum, the Dushanbe Conference, or the World Water Week. 

 

This agenda must be resolutely focused on solutions, to change our approach to water management by integrating water in all policies, whether they involve strengthening:

international cooperation on transboundary waters and freshwater ecosystems;

technical solutions for access to water (nature-based solutions, innovative science, technologies…);

water footprint methodologies;

opportunities to bridge the global financing gap in the water and sanitation sectors.


The One Water Summit’s ambition is to scale-up projects by stimulating partnerships between States, international organizations, local authorities, development and private banks, businesses, philanthropies, scientific experts, NGOs and civil society, in line with previous One Planet Summits.