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Clean water and sanitation are fundamental human rights. Without them, 850,000 people die each year, and the economies of entire nations are at risk. The global economy suffers a $260 billion loss yearly due to a lack of basic water and sanitation. No one flourishes without access to these essential needs, yet billions of people worldwide live without them.

Basic sanitation is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as "having access to facilities for the safe disposal of human waste (feces and urine), as well as having the ability to maintain hygienic conditions, through services such as garbage collection, industrial/hazardous waste management, and wastewater treatment and disposal."

Clean water is more than water that appears clear; it's safe water that is uncontaminated, so people can drink it without getting sick.

For those of us who have access to clean water and sanitation, it's nearly impossible to picture existing without being unable to turn on a faucet while expecting clean water any time we want it. We also may not be able to imagine a lifetime of not having a toilet to flush, knowing waste will be taken away and purified. But the reality is that far too many people live this way, so how can we help the clean water and sanitation crisis both nationally and internationally? First, let's look at the facts.

Clean Water and Sanitation Facts

Extensive statistics can make us feel overwhelmed. When we see a picture of one child dying from a water-related illness, it usually affects us more deeply than hearing the fact that 6,000 children die daily from water-related diseases. However, it's essential to grasp the problem before suggesting solutions. That's why the United Nations (UN) provides these striking facts about water and sanitation.

One in three people in the world don't have access to clean drinking water - that's the equivalent of 2.2 billion people.

At least 2 billion people worldwide have to drink water contaminated with feces.

4.2 billion people do not have safely managed sanitation services - more than half of the world's population.

32% of the world's population (2.4 billion) lacks basic sanitation facilities such as toilets or latrines.

Six hundred seventy-three million people have no option but to defecate in the open (in street gutters, behind bushes, or into open bodies of water), leading to the assault of innocent adults and children.

This data clearly represents a genuine crisis, and it isn't acceptable. It also reveals the heart of why Healing Waters exists because these numbers expose more than data; they represent human lives who daily suffer because they don't have access to clean water and sanitation.

Water Concerns Affect Americans Too

We often think of third-world countries when we consider water crises, but we have them in the U.S. as well. More than two million Americans lack access to running water, indoor plumbing, or wastewater services, primarily affecting communities of color, lower-income people in rural areas, and tribal communities. Even more people do not have access to proper sanitation.

Here are a few examples of what is sometimes referred to as our "invisible public health crisis."

To meet basic needs, families on the Navajo Nation in the Southwest drive several hours to haul barrels of water back home. People drink from polluted streams in West Virginia, and yards in Alabama are flooded with sewage preventing children from playing outside.

You might be familiar with the plight of residents in Flint, Michigan water when their public water supply was polluted with dangerous levels of lead and bacteria from 2014-2016. The contaminated water caused deaths and illnesses, including an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, a severe lung infection. Time will reveal how much people will suffer from the permanent effects of lead poisoning.

Another example affects western America. Lake Mead and Lake Powell are the two largest man-made reservoirs in the United States, which store Colorado River water and supply water to 40 million people. The water levels of these two reservoirs are projected to dip critically low by 2025, forcing current water conservation strategies, including drought contingency plans.

We Can Help Clean Water and Sanitation Nationally and Internationally

There is good news! We can help the crisis of clean water and sanitation nationally and internationally. The UN developed seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all."

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 2.6 billion people have gained access to an improved drinking water source since 1990, demonstrating that our collective efforts have resulted in measurable progress towards goal six of the SDG to ensure access to water and sanitation for everyone. The targets of goal six include:

Safe and affordable drinking water

End open defecation and provide access to sanitation and hygiene reuse

Improve water quality, wastewater treatment, and safe reuse

Increase water-use efficiency and ensure freshwater supplies

Implement integrated water resources management

Protect and restore water-related ecosystems

Expand water and sanitation support to developing countries

Support local engagement in water and sanitation management

There are creative ways you can help clean water and sanitation at national and international levels.

Get involved in a charity like Healing Waters. Partner with us in ending the global water crisis by learning how to implement safe water solutions.

Raise awareness about the need for clean water and sanitation through social media. Help your audience connect with the data as much as possible using photos and human experience stories.

Engage your community by organizing a cleanup project for your local river or ocean.

Do your part to conserve water. Take shorter showers and raise your awareness about your water usage.

Get involved in legislation.

Organize or participate in a water drive. This is just what residents of East Porter, California did when they lost access to running water.

Stay informed. Follow our blog and other news sources to stay abreast of challenges and developments.

We Invite You To Join Us

Healing Waters invites you to join us in our mission to end the global water crisis. Reach out today and learn more about how you can be part of the solution.

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Don’t overuse water. Make sure to close a tap when washing dishes, take short showers – Bathtubs require gallons more water than a 5-10 minute shower. Consider getting a water meter to be aware of your water usage.

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Access to clean water and safe sanitation is essential to the health of all people; however, only half of households around the world have access to clean water—and the number of people without adequate sanitation is increasing every year.

Each day, nearly 1,000 children die due to preventable water and sanitation-related diseases.

Thanks to global development efforts, 2.6 billion people have gained access to improved drinking water sources since 1990, but 663 million people are still left behind. About 1 in 3 people in the world still live without basic sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines.

As of fall 2018, there were 65 long-term drinking water advisories in effect in Indigenous communities in Canada, though 67 have been lifted since 2015.

By ensuring access to clean water and sanitation, we can improve the health and livelihoods of millions of people around the world by 2030.

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In 2020, 74 per cent of the global population had access to safely managed drinking water services, up from 70 per cent in 2015. Still, two billion people live without safely managed drinking water services, including 1.2 billion people lacking even a basic level of service, in 2020.

Between 2015 and 2020, the population with safely managed sanitation increased from 47 per cent to 54 per cent and the population with access to handwashing facilities with soap and water in the home increased from 67 per cent to 71 per cent. Rates of progress for these basic services would need to quadruple for universal coverage to be reached by 2030.

At the current rates of progress, 1.6 billion people will lack safely managed drinking water, 2.8 billion people will lack safely managed sanitation, and 1.9 billion people will lack basic hand hygiene facilities in 2030.

Eight out of 10 people who lack even basic drinking water service live in rural areas, and about half of them live in least developed countries (LDCs).

Water use efficiency worldwide rose from $17.4 per cubic metre in 2015 to $19.4 per cubic metre in 2019, a 12 per cent efficiency increase.

Assessment of rivers, lakes and aquifers in 97 countries in 2020 shows that 60 per cent of water bodies have good water quality. For at least 3 billion people, the quality of the water they rely upon is unknown owing to a lack of monitoring.

From 2015 to 2020, the population practising open defecation decreased by a third, from 739 million people to 494 million. The world is on track to eliminate open defecation by 2030.

Over the past 300 years, over 85 per cent of the planet’s wetlands have been lost, mainly through drainage and land conversion, with many remaining wetland areas degraded. Since 1970, 81 per cent of species dependent on inland wetlands have declined faster than those relying on other biomes, and an increasing number of these species are facing extinction.

Across the world, water stress levels remained safe at 18.6 per cent in 2019. However, Southern Asia and Central Asia registered high levels of water stress at over 75 per cent, whereas Northern Africa registered a critical water stress level of over 100 per cent. Since 2015, water stress levels have increased significantly in Western Asia and Northern Africa.

Data from 2017 and 2020 suggest only 32 countries have 90 per cent or more of their transboundary waters covered by cross-border cooperative arrangements.

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Seven years on from their initial implementation, questions are being raised about the applicability of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in places of extreme poverty. Today, w e're reflecting on progress made towards accessible clean water and sanitation facilities in Afghanistan, particularly in the face of COVID-19.
What is SDG 6?

SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation aims to ensure water and sanitation for all by 2030. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, hand-washing has been deemed by experts to be the most effective way to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. This gives SDG 6 a renewed sense of purpose, with 3 billion people worldwide lacking basic hand-washing facilities at home .

SDG 6 is made up of eight targets that take on two key dimensions: the health of people and the health of the planet. Regarding the former, the goal endeavours to achieve access to safe and affordable drinking water and adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities for all by 2030, paying close attention to the specific needs of women and girls. The goal also aims to protect and restore water-related ecosystems, improve water quality and efficiency, and implement integrated water resource management, in order to address water scarcity for the sake of both people and the environment. As Afghanistan deals with the effects of the worst drought in decades, it reinforces the need for a climate focus to SDG 6, to ensure people everywhere have access to water.

SDG 6 is broad, but the survival of our people and our ecosystems are at its very core and thus it is crucially bound to the other SDGs - for example, SDG 1: No Poverty and SDG 15: Life on Land .

How does this apply to Afghanistan?

The SDGs were established with the view of being realised everywhere by 2030, irrespective of country-specific challenges.

Afghanistan is a land-locked country that shares five river basins with bordering countries. This, in addition to it lacking infrastructure to store water, means that it only uses one third of the water that originates there, as the rest flows into the neighbouring countries.

One third of Afghans do not have access to clean drinking water;

80 per cent of the population have toilets;

Only 43 per cent of the toilets are considered safe, meaning they separate human waste from human contact.

As for the country's climate, it experiences harsh winters, low rainfall and high temperatures, which mean it is prone to both droughts and flash floods. The latter occur when spikes in temperature cause snow to melt and rush down the mountains.

In order to achieve SDG 6 in Afghanistan, we know that we must not only be attuned to the challenges posed by its extreme climate, but by the decades of conflict that has destroyed water and sanitation facilities and internally displaced millions of people.

Afghanaid and SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

We've been working towards SDG 6 by:

1) Installing clean water systems in villages and schools across Afghanistan

Women in 27-year-old Gul Bahar's village used to walk up to 1km to fetch drinking water from nearby rivers. It was difficult for them to collect any water during the winter months due to the heavy snow and every year, as a result of the cold weather, many of the women who collected it would catch pneumonia. On top of this, the water wasn't safe enough to drink, and each month, numerous villagers would fall sick with diarrhea, typhoid or other water-born illness. Young children were at the most risk and, every year, at least one of the village's 31 families would lose a child.

Three years ago, we began working with Gul Bahar's village, who identified access to clean water as the most pressing need. We supported the community to build a water supply network to connect the 31 households to a constant supply of clean drinking water. The new pipe system has multiple access points, so that families in the centre and outskirts of the village can have 24-hour access to potable water. As a result of the project, rates of water-borne illness and disease have fallen dramatically and this year, no child died as a result of unclean drinking water.

"Before Afghanaid came to our village, we didn't have access to any clear water - it was too hard for us to collect safe water, as the nearest source was so far away. This meant that people were often sick from the dirty water, and our children were dying."⁣ - Gul (pictured).

Over the past three years we have installed 532 solar water pumps like this one across Afghanistan.

2) Distributing hygiene equipment and PPE, building hand-washing stations and educating on the importance of personal hygiene in the face of COVID-19

"Our children use the masks and gloves provided by Afghanaid and, if they do leave the home, they follow Afghanaid's advice and when they return they wash their hands thoroughly using the soap and hand-washing liquid that came in the kit." - 50-year-old Ozran, mother of three (pictured).

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our teams quickly mobilised to provide effective protection to communities at risk of infection. We reached over 10,800 people with our COVID-19 response, including the provision of hygiene packs, PPE and hand-washing facilities. We also provided awareness to 30,706 families about coronavirus, helping them to protect themselves.

3) Training communities in natural resource and disaster management

"This year's drought has meant that there is currently no natural water source in the village, so we have distributed watering cans for people to make sure that their saplings do not dry out." Ansari, husband and father of five (pictured).

In the last three years, our projects have established 71 community-based natural resource management associations across communities in Afghanistan, so that they can improve and manage rangelands in an inclusive and sustainable way.

Rangeland activities focus on soil and water conservation, which have played a major role in:

Reducing soil erosion;

Reducing natural disasters, including flooding and avalanches;

Increasing surface water storage;

Increasing vegetation.

Over 90% of the population where we work is dependent on agriculture as their primary source of income. This means that training farmers in sustainable management of water and disaster preparedness is vital to the long-term success of our livelihoods projects.
"We have also told the whole village to not waste water. As well as this, we are collecting small amounts of money from each of our pockets, so that we can pay for the construction of a small water pipe to bring the spring water to the bottom of the village."
Ansari is a member of a community-based Disaster Management Committee that we established in his village. These committees are intended to empower locals to understand how climate change and natural disasters affect their lives and how they can reduce risks accordingly.

What challenges are there for realising SDG 6 by 2030?

In many cases, people in Afghanistan have been unable to restore the water sources that have been destroyed by internal conflict. Furthermore, people who have been displaced by conflict or climate have little choice in where they go - this can mean leaving behind clean water and sanitation facilities to settle elsewhere where such facilities are simply not available. Adopting new habits and lifestyles regarding water is a particular challenge in rural areas where illiteracy is widespread and people lack knowledge of the importance of clean drinking water.

On a systemic level, Afghanistan's national and local water service providers have low capacity to be able to improve and react to the impact that unpredictable conflict and natural disasters have on water availability and quality. The drop in implementation of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects by the international community in recent years in Afghanistan has made it difficult to account for lacking funds, capacity and infrastructure in the country. To compound these challenges, the collapse of the economy, the withdrawal of many international organisations from Afghanistan, and the increase in widespread food insecurity following the change of power in August 2021 have all meant that WASH programming has been further deprioritised in many areas.

Without long-term support, we can only run shorter-term projects, which have a significant positive impact, but not in the consistent, incremental manner that will truly achieve the SDG 6 targets.

What can you do to help?

Your support ensures that we can continue to improve community access to clean water and sanitation facilities and respond with vital emergency support when disasters strike.

Thank you for joining us in working towards SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation.

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UNSAFE WATER, INADEQUATE SANITATION and INSUFFICIENT HYGIENE kill 3.5 million people every year
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From intelligent solutions for small farmers to recycling showers, technology can make a significant impact on the availability of water and its consumption.

Special thanks to our partner, Intuit, who contributed to the starter kits and are providing design thinking tools.

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The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by all UN member states in 2015 and address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate change and environmental degradation. As part of UK Government, the Met Office is supporting the UK's contribution to the SDGs. The examples below provide information on some of the ways we are doing this.
Goal 1 - No poverty Goal 2 - Zero hunger Goal 3 - Good health and wellbeing Goal 4 - Quality education Goal 5 - Gender equality Goal 6 - Clean water and sanitation Goal 7 - Affordable and clean energy Goal 8 - Decent work and economic growth Goal 9 - Industry, innovation and infrastructure Goal 11 - Sustainable cities and communities Goal 12 - Responsible consumption and production Goal 13 - Climate action Goal 14 - Life below water Goal 15 - Life on land Goal 17 - Partnerships for the goals Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia
Developing and improving underpinning capability in forecasting systems, and advancing the understanding of high-impact weather events in order to provide better advice and mitigate socio-economic impacts.

Also supporting goals 11 and 13.
India
Working in partnership to improve prediction and advice of high impact weather in India.

Also supporting goals 11 and 13.
Global
Leading the UK contribution to the WMO VCP by supporting other national meteorological services to sustainably develop their weather and climate services.

Also supporting goals 2 and 17.

1. Wheat Rust Alert Service for Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Using dispersion forecasts the partnership produce alerts and guidance for farmers, local government agents and central government on the occurrence and risk of Wheat Rust along with actions that can be taken.

Also supporting goal 3.
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan
Strengthening weather forecasting systems across Asia to help vulnerable communities use weather warnings and forecasts to better prepare for climate-related shocks.

Also supporting goals 13 and 17.
China
Undertaking collaborative research to aid the development of weather and climate services for sectors including food security, energy, urban environment and air quality.

Also supporting goals 7 and 13.
East Africa
Working in partnership across East Africa and the Sahel to improve the quality, accessibility and use of weather and climate information services at all levels of decision making for sustainable development in Africa.

Also supporting goals 9 and 13.

5. Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) - AFRICAP
Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia
Creating an evidence base to help make agriculture and food production in Sub-Saharan Africa more productive, sustainable and resilient to climate change.

Also supporting goal 13.

6. Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) - Common Sensing
Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
Supporting small island nations by developing satellite-based information services to strengthen climate action policy and reduce the impact of natural disasters and food security.

Also supporting goals 13 and 17.
Uganda
Aiming to improve climate modelling and its impact on agriculture through the development of an Environment Early Warning Platform (EWP).

Also supporting goals 6 and 13.
Senegal, Niger, Mali
Integrating climate and livelihoods information into social protection programmes, enabling a move away from expensive post-disaster emergency aid towards anticipatory action.

Also supporting goal 13.
Global and Sudan
Working in partnership to improve the understanding of weather and climate on food security.

Also supporting goal 13.
Global
Leading the UK contribution to the WMO VCP by supporting other national meteorological services to sustainably develop their weather and climate services.

Also supporting goals 1, 13 and 17.
UK
Aiming to better predict exposure to air pollution and its effects on vulnerable groups, and catalyse innovation in technology, business models and policy best practice.

Heat & Cold Health Alert System
UK
Working in partnership to alert Public Health officials, the NHS and care home providers when hot or cold conditions occur that may have an impact on the health of vulnerable groups.

Also supporting goals 11 and 13.

2. Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) - Dengue fever Early Warning System (DEWS)
Vietnam
Developing an early warning system to predict dengue fever outbreaks in Vietnam.

Also supporting goal 13.

3. Cholera prevention in Yemen
Yemen
Verifying ability to predict cholera outbreaks from rainfall and temperature forecasts and targeting interventions to prevent outbreaks of cholera.

Also supporting goal 17.

4. Wheat Rust Alert Service for Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Using dispersion forecasts the partnership produce alerts and guidance for farmers, local government agents and central government on the occurrence and risk of Wheat Rust along with actions that can be taken.

Also supporting goal 2.
UK
Combining world-leading meteorology expertise with a sense of fun and adventure, our free resources aim to spark students' curiosity in the world around them and help them be prepared for the effects of weather and climate change.

1. Supporting gender equality in the WMO
UK
The Met Office has been actively supporting the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to effectively address gender inequality, in line with the SDGs, for many years. The UK's Permanent Representative (the Met Office Chief Executive) is a member of the WMO's Executive Council Gender Mainstreaming group and we have been a key player in creating the WMO's Gender Action Plan.

Equality, diversity and inclusion strategic action

Equality, diversity and inclusion are three areas that the Met Office wants to enhance to provide an environment for everyone to achieve their full potential.
UK
Working together to enable effective water resource planning, efficient operations and management of future risks associated with the impacts of climate change.

Providing the most up-to-date assessment of how the climate of the UK may change over the 21st century, including information to help with climate change risk assessments and adaptation plans.

Also supporting goals 12 and 13.
Uganda
Aiming to improve climate modelling and its impact on agriculture through the development of an Environment Early Warning Platform (EWP).

Also supporting goals 2 and 13.

3. Future Climate For Africa (FCFA)
Africa
Generating fundamentally new climate science focused on Africa, and ensuring that this science has an impact on human development across the continent.

Also supporting goals 9 and 13.
UK
Working together to balance demand and generation, support safe efficient operations, and plan for extreme weather impacts and climate change adaptation.

Also supporting goals 8 and 12.
South Africa
Developing the capacity to support development of user-led weather services and enhance impact-based forecasting.

Also supporting goal 11.
China
Undertaking collaborative research to aid the development of weather and climate services for sectors including food security, energy, urban environment and air quality.

Also supporting goals 2 and 13.
UK
Working together to balance demand and generation, support safe efficient operations, and plan for extreme weather impacts and climate change adaptation.
UK
Working together to enable effective water resource planning, efficient operations and management of future risks associated with the impacts of climate change.

Also supporting goals 6, 7 and 12.
UK
Supporting policy decision-making, design, build, operation, and decommissioning of large UK infrastructure projects.

Also supporting goal 13.
East Africa
Working in partnership across East Africa and the Sahel to improve the quality, accessibility and use of weather and climate information services at all levels of decision making for sustainable development in Africa.

Also supporting goals 2 and 13.

3. Future Climate For Africa (FCFA)
Africa
Generating fundamentally new climate science focused on Africa, and ensuring that this science has an impact on human development across the continent.

Also supporting goals 6 and 13.
UK
Aiming to better predict exposure to air pollution and its effects on vulnerable groups, and catalyse innovation in technology, business models and policy best practice.

Also supporting goal 3.
Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia
Developing and improving underpinning capability in forecasting systems, and advancing the understanding of high-impact weather events in order to provide better advice and mitigate socio-economic impacts.

Also supporting goals 1 and 13.
India
Working in partnership to improve prediction and advice of high impact weather in India.

Also supporting goals 1 and 13.

4. Building resilience to climate extremes in the Philippines
Philippines
Worked in partnership with the national meteorological service of the Philippines (PAGASA) to improve resilience to severe weather and climate change in the Philippines.

Also supporting goal 13.
South Africa
Developing the capacity to support development of user-led weather services and enhance impact-based forecasting.

Also supporting goal 7.
Global
Engaging at policy level and providing advice to governments, meteorological services and agencies to enhance global resilience to natural disasters and reduce associated risks e.g. during the 2017 Caribbean hurricanes.

Also supporting goals 13 and 17.
UK
Working together to balance demand and generation, support safe efficient operations, and plan for extreme weather impacts and climate change adaptation.
UK
Working together to enable effective water resource planning, efficient operations and management of future risks associated with the impacts of climate change.

Also supporting goals 6, 7 and 8.
UK
Forecasting weather to support resilience, and protect lives and livelihoods across the UK.
UK
The Met Office HCCP undertakes scientifically excellent research on climate variability and change, benefitting the UK climate science base including the development of core UK climate science infrastructure. It serves the needs of the UK Government by providing policy-relevant scientific evidence and advice.
UK
Providing the most up-to-date assessment of how the climate of the UK may change over the 21st century, including information to help with climate change risk assessments and adaptation plans.

Also supporting goal 6.
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan
Strengthening weather forecasting systems across Asia to help vulnerable communities use weather warnings and forecasts to better prepare for climate-related shocks.

Also supporting goals 2 and 17.
East Africa
Working in partnership across East Africa and the Sahel to improve the quality, accessibility and use of weather and climate information services at all levels of decision making for sustainable development in Africa.

Also supporting goals 2 and 9.
Brazil
Undertaking collaborative research to improve climate modelling capabilities and analyse severe weather events to inform decision makers in climate mitigation and adaptation strategy.

Also supporting goal 17.

5. Future Climate For Africa (FCFA)
Africa
Generating fundamentally new climate science focused on Africa, and ensuring that this science has an impact on human development across the continent.

Also supporting goals 6 and 9.
China
Undertaking collaborative research to aid the development of weather and climate services for sectors including food security, energy, urban environment and air quality.

Also supporting goals 2 and 7.

7. Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) - African-SWIFT
Kenya
Developing sustainable African weather forecasting capability, to enhance the livelihood of African populations and improve the economies of their countries.

8. Building resilience to climate extremes in the Philippines
Philippines
Worked in partnership with the national meteorological service of the Philippines (PAGASA) to improve resilience to severe weather and climate change in the Philippines.

Also supporting goal 11.

9. Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) - Common Sensing
Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
Supporting small island nations by developing satellite-based information services to strengthen climate action policy and reduce the impact of natural disasters and food security.

Also supporting goals 2 and 17.

10. Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) - AFRICAP
Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia
Creating an evidence base to help make agriculture and food production in Sub-Saharan Africa more productive, sustainable and resilient to climate change.

Also supporting goal 2.
Senegal, Niger, Mali
Integrating climate and livelihoods information into social protection programmes, enabling a move away from expensive post-disaster emergency aid towards anticipatory action.

Also supporting goal 2.
Global
Leading the UK contribution to the WMO VCP by supporting other national meteorological services to sustainably develop their weather and climate services.
Global
Trialling the application of Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme outputs in Commonwealth nations around the globe. This includes global climate model projections and sea level rise estimates.

Also supporting goals 1, 2 and 17.

1. Contribution to the Marine Climate Change Impact Partnership (MCCIP) Report Card
UK
The Report Card 2020 summarises the latest evidence from 26 topics regarding the physical, ecological, and social and economic impacts of climate change on UK coasts and seas. New topics for 2020 include oxygen, cultural heritage, and transport and infrastructure.

The Met Office led the temperature report and contributed to the salinity report.

Also supporting goal 13.

2. Maritime Industries- Environmental risk and Vulnerability Assessment (MINERVA)
Europe
MINERVA projections of marine environmental change around the European shelf seas have been used for a number of studies including harmful algal blooms, future fisheries and marine pathogens.

Reanalysis and daily forecasts of European shelf seas
Europe
The Met Office produce, as part of the Copernicus Marine Service, reanalyses and daily forecasts of the European shelf seas environment, which support monitoring and operational activity.

Also supporting goals 2 and 13.
UK
Holders of Wildlife Trusts' Biodiversity Benchmark for our HQ site and involved in Civil Service Network for Nature.
UK
The Met Office works in partnership to build meteorological capacity, helping to save lives and strengthen resilience and response to crises.

Also supporting goal 13.
Brazil
Undertaking collaborative research to improve climate modelling capabilities and analyse severe weather events to inform decision makers in climate mitigation and adaptation strategy.

Also supporting goal 13.
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan
Strengthening weather forecasting systems across Asia to help vulnerable communities use weather warnings and forecasts to better prepare for climate-related shocks.

Also supporting goals 2 and 13.

4. Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) - Common Sensing
Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
Supporting small island nations by developing satellite-based information services to strengthen climate action policy and reduce the impact of natural disasters and food security.

Also supporting goals 2 and 13.

5. Cholera prevention in Yemen
Yemen
Verifying ability to predict cholera outbreaks from rainfall and temperature forecasts and targeting interventions to prevent outbreaks of cholera.

Also supporting goal 3.

6. World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Global
Developing understanding, awareness and partnerships with multiple countries internationally.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Global
Contributing to the IPCC in order to support international efforts to combat climate change and help put research into practice.
Global
Leading the UK contribution to the WMO VCP by supporting other national meteorological services to sustainably develop their weather and climate services.
Global
Trialling the application of Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme outputs in Commonwealth nations around the globe. This includes global climate model projections and sea level rise estimates.
Global
Engaging at policy level and providing advice to governments, meteorological services and agencies to enhance global resilience to natural disasters and reduce associated risks e.g. during the 2017 Caribbean hurricanes.

Also supporting goals 1, 2 and 13.

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The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by all UN member states in 2015 and address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate change and environmental degradation. As part of UK Government, the Met Office is supporting the UK's contribution to the SDGs.

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That's where Water.org comes in. Water.org offers smart solutions that break down the financial barriers between people living in poverty and access to safe water and sanitation.

Our solutions are working! Today more than 60 million people around the world can turn on a tap or safely use a toilet because small, affordable loans empowered them to get access to safe water and sanitation at home.

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Water.org: A Global Charity for Water & Sanitation

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Water.org, founded by Gary White and Matt Damon, provides access to safe water and sanitation solutions. Support us by donating, fundraising, and exploring our initiatives.

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Why Water

771 million people globally don't have access to safe water. Drinking dirty water makes people ill. That's just part of the picture... A lack of safe water and sanitation holds back development and makes it harder for communities to escape the poverty trap. Just £5 can transform a life with safe water today.

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771 million people globally don't have access to safe water. Drinking dirty water makes people ill. That's just part of the picture... A lack of safe water and sanitation holds back development and makes it harder for communities to escape the poverty trap. Just £5 can transform a life with safe water today.

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Working Together for Healthy Watersheds | Kenai Watershed Forum

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1. Find a Goal 6 charity you want to support. Any donation, big or small, can make a difference!

2. 4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services. ...

3. Run a campaign on hygiene. ...

4. Don't overuse water. ...

5. Organize a clean up project for rivers and oceans. ...

6. Stay informed.

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https://www.unwater.org/

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End open defecation and provide access to sanitation and hygiene reuse. Improve water quality, wastewater treatment, and safe reuse. Increase water-use efficiency and ensure freshwater supplies. Implement integrated water resources management

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Experts Name the Top 19 Solutions to the Global Freshwater Crisis

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"...Decisions executives make to respond to freshwater scarcity will penetrate almost every aspect of their business operations."

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By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally.

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By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes.

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WHO fact sheet on water: key facts, access to water, water and health

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Key facts

Over 2 billion people live in water-stressed countries, which is expected to be exacerbated in some regions as result of climate change and population growth.

Globally, at least 2 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with faeces. Microbial contamination of drinking-water as a result of contamination with faeces poses the greatest risk to drinking-water safety.

While the most important chemical risks in drinking water arise from arsenic, fluoride or nitrate, emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and microplastics generate public concern.

Safe and sufficient water facilitates the practice of hygiene, which is a key measure to prevent not only diarrhoeal diseases, but acute respiratory infections and numerous neglected tropical diseases.

Microbiologically contaminated drinking water can transmit diseases such as diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid and polio and is estimated to cause 485 000 diarrhoeal deaths each year.

In 2020, 74% of the global population (5.8 billion people) used a safely managed drinking-water service – that is, one located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination.

Overview

Safe and readily available water is important for public health, whether it is used for drinking, domestic use, food production or recreational purposes. Improved water supply and sanitation, and better management of water resources, can boost countries’ economic growth and can contribute greatly to poverty reduction.

In 2010, the UN General Assembly explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. Everyone has the right to sufficient, continuous, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic use.

Drinking-water services

Sustainable Development Goal target 6.1 calls for universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water. The target is tracked with the indicator of “safely managed drinking water services” – drinking water from an improved water source that is located on premises, available when needed, and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.

In 2020, 5.8 billion people used safely managed drinking-water services – that is, they used improved water sources located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination. The remaining 2 billion people without safely managed services in 2020 included:

1.2 billion people with basic services, meaning an improved water source located within a round trip of 30 minutes;

282 million people with limited services, or an improved water source requiring more than 30 minutes to collect water;

368 million people taking water from unprotected wells and springs; and

122 million people collecting untreated surface water from lakes, ponds, rivers and streams.

Sharp geographic, sociocultural and economic inequalities persist, not only between rural and urban areas but also in towns and cities where people living in low-income, informal or illegal settlements usually have less access to improved sources of drinking-water than other residents.

Water and health

Contaminated water and poor sanitation are linked to transmission of diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid and polio. Absent, inadequate, or inappropriately managed water and sanitation services expose individuals to preventable health risks. This is particularly the case in health care facilities where both patients and staff are placed at additional risk of infection and disease when water, sanitation and hygiene services are lacking. Globally, 15% of patients develop an infection during a hospital stay, with the proportion much greater in low-income countries.

Inadequate management of urban, industrial and agricultural wastewater means the drinking-water of hundreds of millions of people is dangerously contaminated or chemically polluted. Natural presence of chemicals, particularly in groundwater, can also be of health significance, including arsenic and fluoride, while other chemicals, such as lead, may be elevated in drinking-water as a result of leaching from water supply components in contact with drinking-water.

Some 829 000 people are estimated to die each year from diarrhoea as a result of unsafe drinking-water, sanitation and hand hygiene. Yet diarrhoea is largely preventable, and the deaths of 297 000 children aged under 5 years could be avoided each year if these risk factors were addressed. Where water is not readily available, people may decide handwashing is not a priority, thereby adding to the likelihood of diarrhoea and other diseases.

Diarrhoea is the most widely known disease linked to contaminated food and water but there are other hazards. In 2017, over 220 million people required preventative treatment for schistosomiasis – an acute and chronic disease caused by parasitic worms contracted through exposure to infested water.
In many parts of the world, insects that live or breed in water carry and transmit diseases such as dengue fever. Some of these insects, known as vectors, breed in clean, rather than dirty water, and household drinking water containers can serve as breeding grounds. The simple intervention of covering water storage containers can reduce vector breeding and may also reduce faecal contamination of water at the household level.

Economic and social effects

When water comes from improved and more accessible sources, people spend less time and effort physically collecting it, meaning they can be productive in other ways. This can also result in greater personal safety and reducing musculoskeletal disorders by reducing the need to make long or risky journeys to collect and carry water. Better water sources also mean less expenditure on health, as people are less likely to fall ill and incur medical costs and are better able to remain economically productive.

With children particularly at risk from water-related diseases, access to improved sources of water can result in better health, and therefore better school attendance, with positive longer-term consequences for their lives.

Challenges

Historical rates of progress would need to double for the world to achieve universal coverage with basic drinking water services by 2030. To achieve universal safely managed services, rates would need to quadruple. Climate change, increasing water scarcity, population growth, demographic changes and urbanization already pose challenges for water supply systems. Over 2 billion people live in water-stressed countries, which is expected to be exacerbated in some regions as result of climate change and population growth. Re-use of wastewater to recover water, nutrients or energy is becoming an important strategy. Increasingly countries are using wastewater for irrigation; in developing countries this represents 7% of irrigated land. While this practice if done inappropriately poses health risks, safe management of wastewater can yield multiple benefits, including increased food production.

Options for water sources used for drinking-water and irrigation will continue to evolve, with an increasing reliance on groundwater and alternative sources, including wastewater. Climate change will lead to greater fluctuations in harvested rainwater. Management of all water resources will need to be improved to ensure provision and quality.In many parts of the world, insects that live or breed in water carry and transmit diseases such as dengue fever. Some of these insects, known as vectors, breed in clean, rather than dirty water, and household drinking water containers can serve as breeding grounds. The simple intervention of covering water storage containers can reduce vector breeding and may also reduce faecal contamination of water at the household level.

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What’s the goal here?
To ensure access to safe water sources and sanitation for all.
Why?
Access to water, sanitation and hygiene is a human right, yet billions are still faced with daily chal- lenges accessing even the most basic of services.
Around 1.8 billion peo- ple globally use a source
of drinking water that
is fecally contaminated. Some 2.4 billion people lack access to basic san- itation services, such as toilets or latrines. Water scarcity affects more than 40 per cent of the global population and is projected to rise. More than 80 per cent of wastewater result- ing from human activities
is discharged into rivers
or sea without any treat- ment, leading to pollution.
© UN Photo / Kibae Park

What are the effects of this?
Water and sanitation- related diseases remain among the major causes of death in children under five; more than 800 children die every day from diarrhoeal diseases linked to poor hygiene.
Proper water and sanita- tion is a key foundation for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, including good health
and gender equality.
By managing our water sustainably, we are also able to better manage our pro- duction of food and energy and contribute to decent work and economic growth. Moreover, we can preserve our water ecosystems, their biodiversity, and take action on climate change.
What would it cost to correct the problem?
A study by the World Bank Group, UNICEF
and the World Health Organization estimates that extending basic water and sanitation services to the unserved would cost US$28.4 billion per year from 2015 to 2030, or
0.10 per cent of the global
product of the 140 coun- tries included in its study.
What would it cost if we don’t correct the problem?
The costs are huge– both for people and for the economy.
Worldwide, more than 2 million people die every year from diarrhoeal dis- eases. Poor hygiene and unsafe water are respon- sible for nearly 90 per cent of these deaths and mostly affect children.
The economic impact
of not investing in water and sanitation costs 4.3 per cent of sub-Saharan African GDP. The World Bank estimates that 6.4 per cent of India’s GDP is lost due to adverse eco- nomic impacts and costs of inadequate sanitation.
Without better infrastruc- ture and management, millions of people will continue to die every year and there will be further losses in biodiversity and ecosystem resilience,
undermining prosperity and efforts towards a more sustainable future.
What can we do?
Civil society organizations should work to keep gov- ernments accountable, invest in water research and development, and promote the inclusion of women, youth and indige- nous communities in water resources governance.
Generating awareness of these roles and turn- ing them into action will lead to win-win results and increased sustain- ability and integrity
for both human and ecological systems.
You can also get involved in the World Water Day and World Toilet Day campaigns that aim to provide informa- tion and inspiration to take action on hygiene issues.

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1.PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES and avoid water pollution
2. STOP DUMPING CHEMICALS AND WASTE into the environment, INVEST IN SANITATION and RAISE AWARENESS on best hygiene practices
3. RESTORE ECOSYSTEMS to secure access to safe water

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The 21st century will be the century of water. At the beginning of the 20th century, there are " the 19th century for coal, the 20th century for oil, the 21st century for water & ot;. The 47th session of the General Assembly designated 22 March as & quo; World Water Day & quo; to the global shortage of fresh water resources. Globally, according to the United Nations, the global consumption of fresh water has increased by about 6-7 times compared with the early 20th century, and twice higher than the rate of population growth. At present, 1.4 billion people in the world lack safe and clean drinking water, that is, l of every 5 people are short of water. It is estimated that by 2025, nearly one-third of the world's population (2.3 billion) will be short of water, affecting more than 40 countries and regions, and China is one of them. China has been recognized by the United Nations as one of the world's 13 poorest countries in fresh water. Fresh water resources in China ranked sixth in the world, but per capita occupancy is only a quarter of the world average, ranked 109th in the world, and water resources in the time and regional distribution is uneven, there are 10 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions of water resources is lower than the survival line, where the per capita water resources have less than 500 cubic meters. At present, there are 300 cities in China that are short of water, among which 110 cities are seriously short of water. They are mainly distributed in north China, northeast China, northwest China and coastal areas, and water has become the bottleneck of economic development in these areas. After 2010, China will enter a period of severe water shortage, and some experts estimate that China's water shortage will reach 60 billion cubic meters by 2030. Therefore, in order to ensure the sustainable development of China's economy, it is urgent to solve the problem of freshwater resources.

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The 21st century will be the century of water. At the beginning of the 20th century, there are " the 19th century for coal, the 20th century for oil, the 21st century for water & ot;. The 47th session of the General Assembly designated 22 March as & quo; World Water Day & quo; to the global shortage of fresh water resources. Globally, according to the United Nations, the global consumption of fresh water has increased by about 6-7 times compared with the early 20th century, and twice higher than the rate of population growth. At present, 1.4 billion people in the world lack safe and clean drinking water, that is, l of every 5 people are short of water. It is estimated that by 2025, nearly one-third of the world's population (2.3 billion) will be short of water, affecting more than 40 countries and regions, and China is one of them. China has been recognized by the United Nations as one of the world's 13 poorest countries in fresh water. Fresh water resources in China ranked sixth in the world, but per capita occupancy is only a quarter of the world average, ranked 109th in the world, and water resources in the time and regional distribution is uneven, there are 10 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions of water resources is lower than the survival line, where the per capita water resources have less than 500 cubic meters. At present, there are 300 cities in China that are short of water, among which 110 cities are seriously short of water. They are mainly distributed in north China, northeast China, northwest China and coastal areas, and water has become the bottleneck of economic development in these areas. After 2010, China will enter a period of severe water shortage, and some experts estimate that China's water shortage will reach 60 billion cubic meters by 2030. Therefore, in order to ensure the sustainable development of China's economy, it is urgent to solve the problem of freshwater resources.

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Change for Children supports community-led projects to elevate quality of life; to strive for the respect of traditions, languages, and cultural identity; to strengthen individual and collective rights; and to provide material, economic, and technical assistance.
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Change for Children supports community-led projects to elevate quality of life; to strive for the respect of traditions, languages, and cultural identity; to strengthen individual and collective rights; and to provide material, economic, and technical assistance. For over 45 years, Change for Children has promoted health and human rights by championing creative solutions to poverty through sustainable development.

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Donations made by our customers to our onboard

Change for Children

appeal is changing that. Since 2010, our charity partner Free The Children

has provided over

19,920 people

with clean water sources and sanitation

facilities, reducing the spread of waterborne diseases.

Free The Children helps provide communities in need with localised clean water sources and

sanitation facilities. They also work with individual community members to promote local education

in basic hygiene practices and waterborne disease prevention.

This not only helps to reduce the spread of disease, it also relieves children-especially girls-of

their daily treks to collect water, freeing them to attend school.

Why?

For many developing communities around the world, the same

water source that's used to collect household water for drinking

and cooking is also used as a dumping ground for human and

animal waste. Often remote, these water sources are also plagued

with bacteria and contaminants.

It's no wonder, then, that 80% of illnesses in the developing world

are linked to poor water and sanitation.

What's more, these stagnant, unclean sources of water are

frequently located many miles from communities, forcing women

and children to spend hours each day hauling back-breaking loads

of water to their homes.

Without a reliable, sustainable source of clean water, children are

either too ill or don't have time to go to school. And so, the cycle of

poverty continues

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Donations made by our customers to our onboard Change for Children appeal is changing that. Since 2010, our charity partner Free The Children has provided over 19,920 people with clean water sources and sanitation facilities, reducing the spread of waterborne diseases. Free The Children helps provide communities in need with localised clean water sources and sanitation facilities.

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We think that other human volunteers is happy enough to help us other people erase out what we have done in these centuries:
throwing trash, wasting water, polluting the air, etc. But, a big no-no. If we continue to make harm to nature, human civilization may be wiped out of this world, because if we destroy nature, we are destroying our own home, and our home is earth, so we won't have a home to live in.
This is a picture of a lake that is destroyed by human pollution.