R44 | Proposer: Green Party Iraq
The Global Greens acknowledge that:
Water is a finite resource which should be treated as scarce.
26% of the world’s population, approximately two billion people, do not have access to safe drinking water, and 3.6 billion lack access to safe sanitation services [according to the UN 2023 Water Conference].
Water scarcity should be recognised as a crisis of great magnitude.
Water scarcity has interconnected environmental and social dimensions.
Water scarcity is a sustainable development issue – without water there can be no sustainable development. [Sustainable Development Goal 6: ensure access to water and sanitation for all]
Institutions at local, national, and international level are failing to meet the water needs of all people.
Water scarcity is an increasing problem on every continent, but the environmental and social impacts of water scarcity are not felt evenly.
Some regions are particularly water-stressed and therefore subject to the most harsh environmental and social impacts of water scarcity.
Geopolitical considerations impact on safe and equitable water management and all aspects of the water crisis.
Transboundary conflicts around water management and supply result in threats to safe access to water.
Water scarcity provides a pertinent threat to food production.
Marginalised communities, in particular women and girls, are among those most badly affected by water scarcity.
Climate change is making water scarcity worse.
We must adopt a global and inclusive approach to management of water, where water as a resource is managed fairly within countries and across state boundaries.
Therefore, the Global Greens:
Support stronger action on the water crisis and urge all countries to contribute to the Water Action Agenda.
State that, in this action on water, countries should harness the power of a diverse range of perspectives including taking action to elevate the perspective of indigenous peoples.