United Nations (UN) Sustainability: UNSDG #6: Global Water Issues

UNSDG #6: Ensure clean water and sanitation for all.

Resources: 

• GOAL: Clean Water and Sanitation
• United Nations: Department of Economic and Social AffairsSustainable Development: Water and Sanitation
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Jul 7, 2022

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 reviews progress of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Using the latest available data and estimates, The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 gives the global community a reality check on the devastating impacts of multiple crises affecting people’s lives and livelihoods. It details the reversal of years of progress in eradicating poverty and hunger, improving health and education, providing basic services, and much more. The report also highlights areas that need urgent actions in order to rescue the SDGs and deliver meaningful progress for people and the planet by 2030. The report is prepared by UN DESA in collaboration with more than 50 international and regional organizations.

United Nations. (2022, July 7). Goal 6 - Clean water and sanitation [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldQo1V6tScc

Apr 17, 2020

In partnership with Vox Media Studios and Vox, this enlightening explainer series will take viewers deep inside a wide range of culturally relevant topics, questions, and ideas. Each episode will explore current events and social trends pulled from the zeitgeist, touching topics across politics, science, history and pop culture -- featuring interviews with some of the most authoritative experts in their respective fields. In this episode: The global water crisis is at an inflection point. How do we price our most valuable resource, while also ensuring access to it as a human right?

Netflix. (2020, April 17). Explained | World's water crisis | FULL EPISODE [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C65iqOSCZOY&t=1s

Nov 29, 2021

In this episode of ‘Planet A’, Professor Deborah McGregor explains why human systems like the commodification of water are at the root of the current crisis, how climate change will intensify water scarcity and why we need to change our relationship with water to avoid a bigger, looming crisis. In 'Planet A', VICE World News takes viewers on a global tour of the ecosystems that sustain life on earth to expose the existential threats that reach far beyond climate change.

DW News. (2021, November 29). Water crisis: A global problem that's getting worse | Planet A [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi3aZLA1tMw

05/01/2009

In California, the Water Education Foundation educates the public about the rapidly decreasing supply of water in the state. The Colorado Rivers serves 7 states, and its water levels are shrinking.

California dry: Water crisis in the golden state. (2008). In Films On Demand. Films Media Group. https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=97541&xtid=39916