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Emerging Advice on a Potential SDG on Water

Emerging Advice on a Potential SDG on Water. Joakim Harlin UNDP. Cap-Net annual meeting, November 2013. Objectives and process. To contribute to the SDG consultation process as well as to the discussions on the post-2015 development agenda

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Emerging Advice on a Potential SDG on Water

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  1. Emerging Advice on a Potential SDG on Water Joakim Harlin UNDP Cap-Net annual meeting, November 2013

  2. Objectives and process • To contribute to the SDG consultation process as well as to the discussions on the post-2015 development agenda • Guided by the priorities agreed at the Rio+20 Conference • Building on thematic, national and regional consultations • Drawing on the reports of the High Level Panel, Sustainable Development Solutions Network, UN Global Compact, the Open Working Group on SDGs • Work in progress…

  3. Why a water SDG? • The Future We Want: • “water is at the core of sustainable development” • Water is at the heart of adaptation to climate change • Billions lack access to the most basic water supply and sanitation services • Increasing demand, pollution, risks, competition for water resources… • Current situation presents a global threat to human health and wellbeing as well as to the integrity of ecosystems A dedicated water SDG provides a unique opportunity to address this situation, managing the water cycle in a holistic and sustainable way. Splitting water across multiple goals risks contributing to a silo approach.

  4. Building on existing commitmentsand experience • Monitoring progress on the MDG Target on water supply and basic sanitation • The human right to water and sanitation • Obligations on all Member States to make provision for progressive realization of the right • Finishing the “unfinished business” in WASH must remain a top priority

  5. Building on existing commitmentsand experience (continued)

  6. Building on existing commitmentsand experience (continued) • Finishing the “unfinished business” in water resources management is also a priority • Agenda 21 (1992), JPOI (2002) and subsequent CSD meetings (2005, 2008, 2012) • Recent UN-Water survey of more than 130 countries, thematic and national consultations • show that there has been widespread adoption of integrated approaches to water management, but… • Significant challenges still remain!

  7. Building on existing commitmentsand experience (continued) • Improving water quality and wastewater management need to be a priority too • Water quality has to date been very much neglected • 80% of wastewater is discharged without treatment • Impact on the water resource and therefore on drinking-water supply • Impact on ecosystems • These concerns were clearly expressed at Rio+20

  8. Possible post-2015 development goals need to address three priority areas… .. which broadly correspond to the dimensions of sustainable development and contribute towards poverty reduction • Healthy people • Shared prosperity • Healthy ecosystems • Universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene • Sustainable use and development of water resources • Improving water quality and wastewater management

  9. Sustainable water for all Sustainable use and development of water resources Universal access to safe water supply, sanitation and hygiene Improved water quality and wastewater management • Targets by 2030 • No one practices open defecation • Everyone has water, sanitation and hygiene at home • All schools and health centres have water, sanitation and hygiene • Water, sanitation and hygiene are sustainable and inequalities in access have been progressively eliminated • Targets by 2030 • Bring freshwater withdrawals in line with sustainably available water resources • Increase water productivity for all uses by [x%] • Put in place integrated management and improved water governance systems in all countries • Targets by 2030 • Reduce both the urban population with untreated wastewater and untreated industrial wastewater flows by [x%] • Increase urban and industrial wastewater reused safely by [y%] • Reduce nutrient pollution from agriculture by [z%] • Crosscutting targets by 2030 • Improve resilience to floods, droughts and other water related disasters of all people by [x] and economies by [y]

  10. Costs and benefits • Universal access to sanitation, benefits outweigh costs 5.5 to 1 • Universal access to drinking-water, the ratio is 2 to 1 • Irrigation infrastructure in Africa, rates of return are up to 26% • Watershed protection initiatives in the US yield USD 7.5 to USD 200 for every dollar invested, compared to conventional water treatment costs • 1% increase in drought area, 2.8% reduction in economic growth • 1% increase in the area impacted by floods, 1.8% reduction in economic growth • Bogota River, Colombia, lack of wastewater treatment costs USD 110 million/year • … to be continued…

  11. Next steps • Revision of draft paper (until Dec. 2013) • GWOPA Congress (27-29 Nov. 2013) • Side event during the 6th session of the OWG • UN-Water workshop to finalise paper (Geneva, 16-17 Dec. 2013) • Release of final version at a side event for the Member States (New York, 29 Jan. 2014) • National workshops/consultations Feb-July 2014 (GWP)

  12. Preparatory work on capacity buildingSDG on Water: UN-Water Work Plan (WRM)

  13. Thank youJoakim HarlinUNDP

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