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Emerging Advice on a
Potential SDG on Water
Joakim Harlin
UNDP
Budapest Water Summit,
October 2013
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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…
Objectives and process
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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
Why a water SDG?
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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
Building on existing commitments
and experience
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Building on existing commitments
and experience (continued)
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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!
Building on existing commitments
and experience (continued)
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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
Building on existing commitments
and experience (continued)
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.. which broadly correspond to the dimensions of sustainable development and contribute towards poverty reduction
Possible post-2015 development goals
need to address three priority areas…
– Universal access to water,
sanitation and hygiene
Healthy people
Shared prosperity
Healthy ecosystems – Improving water quality and
wastewater management
– Sustainable use and
development of water
resources
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Sustainable water for all
Universal access to safe
water supply, sanitation
and hygiene
Sustainable use and
development of water
resources
Improved water quality
and wastewater
management
Targets by 2030
Bring freshwater withdrawals in
line with sustainably available
water resources while
increasing water productivity
for all uses by [x%]
Maintain a threshold level of
environmental flows in all
countries [of y%]
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
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]
Improved governance and integrated management systems for freshwater
and sanitation in place in all countries in accordance with national targets
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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…
Costs and benefits
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Next steps
1. Revision of draft paper (until Dec. 2013)
– Side event at Budapest Water Summit (9 Oct. 2013)
– GWOPA Congress (27-29 Nov. 2013)
2. Side event during the 6th session of the OWG
3. UN-Water workshop to finalise paper (Geneva, 16-17 Dec. 2013)
4. Release of final version at a side event for the Member States (New York, 29 Jan. 2014)
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Thank you
Joakim Harlin
UNDP