The self-reported struggle of many countries to design effective plans to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has inspired a new UN University online tool to guide such nations along a 6-step path towards the critical SDG 6: clean water and sanitation for all.
The self-reported struggle of many countries to design effective plans to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has inspired a new UN University online tool to guide such nations along a 6-step path towards the critical SDG 6: clean water and sanitation for all.
The SDG Policy Support System (SDG-PSS, http://sdgpss.net/en/) was launched Friday March 22, World Water Day, in English (with French and Spanish versions soon to follow) on the website of UNU’s Canadian-based Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH). It draws on extensive research into a universal recipe for accelerating SDG-6 progress.
It has been created by UNU-INWEH, the United Nations Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD), the Korea Environment Corporation (K-eco), the Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea, and national institutions from Costa Rica, Ghana, Pakistan, and Tunisia — five partner countries in the system’s development in 2017-2018.
Read more at United National University Institute for Water, Environment and Health
Image: To meet water-related Sustainable Development Goals, countries now need to better understand how they will achieve it, and to build national action plans that will ensure real sustainability for all. The SDG-Policy Support System draws on research including this UNU-INWEH Policy Brief: https://bit.ly/2Tioc04 (Credit: Kibae Park, UN)
