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(REF S620) Science and SDG 6: Cleaner Water and Sanitation
September 20, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm PDT
SDG 6 Cleaner Water and Sanitation
The SDG 6 is a universal and urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing – to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030. The goal, being adopted in 2015 is a follow-up of the partially achieved millennium goals.
Among others, this goal includes the achievement of universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water, access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene, improvement of water quality by reducing pollution, the increase of water-use efficiency, and the protection and restoration of water-related ecosystems. The creativity, know-how, technology and financial resources from all of society is necessary to achieve SDG 6 in every context.
The SDG 6 is a universal and urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing – to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030. The goal, being adopted in 2015 is a follow-up of the partially achieved millennium goals.
Among others, this goal includes the achievement of universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water, access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene, improvement of water quality by reducing pollution, the increase of water-use efficiency, and the protection and restoration of water-related ecosystems. The creativity, know-how, technology and financial resources from all of society is necessary to achieve SDG 6 in every context.
