On 16 January 2024, the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators and the Worshipful Company of Plumbers jointly organised the event Clean Water and Sanitation: Ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. The event was part of the Lord Mayor’s Coffee Colloquies, are a series of in-person events held at Mansion House promoting connections that help address the leading issues of the day.
During the summer 2024, to convey the key points discussed during the colloquium, to create awareness of the challenges to secure the availability of water, its sustainable management, and to ensure there is universal access to sanitation, the Fleet Warden, Tom Flood CBE, Court Assistant Ramón Bravo González, and Carrie Park, Associate of the Water Conservators, put together a report SDG6: Clean Water and Sanitation for All.
The report highlights the critical importance of water for humanity and the challenges we need to overcome to achieve by 2030 the UN Sustainable Development Goal of Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG6) for all.
The report concludes with practical actions that can be taken to address these challenges:
- increase the value of water
- improve water education
- increase research and innovation
- improve data collection to improve water quality
- develop diverse partnerships
- engage young people to promote the United Kingdom’s sustainability expertise globally
The Lord Mayor’s leadership has been instrumental in promoting connections and creating a platform to make water and sanitation a reality for all.
As a next step, we plan to share the outcomes of the report with key stakeholders and continue the conversation to turn the recommended actions into practice.
SDG6 Water Sanitation for All FINAL
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