From 22 to 24 March 2023 the world will come together in New York during the UN 2023 Water Conference. It is convened by the UN General Assembly and co-hosted by the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Tajikistan.

It is a call to action to every single person on the planet to accelerate change to solve the water crisis around the world. It marks a watershed moment that call governments and decision makers to take concerted actions and commitments to achieve the internationally agreed water-related goals and targets, including those contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It is the most important water event in a generation, the first event of its kind for nearly 50 years.

FAO will be extremely active at the UN 2023 Water Conference, organizing, co-organizing and supporting two interactive dialogues, three special events and over 30 side events, including:

• Source to Sea (S2S) approach: from methodology to practice
• Implementing the 2023 Praia Call for Action through the Decade’s work streams - Watch the event here
• The Drought-Fragility-Finance nexus: Managing drought risk and overcome conditions of fragility - Watch the event here
• National Water Roadmaps towards the 2030 Agenda - Watch the event here
• Disaggregation of the SDG indicator 6.4.2 (level of water stress) by river basin - Watch the event here
• Securing water allocation for sustainable food production and the environment using innovative technologies and real time data - Watch the event here

Discover FAO's full calendar of events at the UN 2023 Water Conference here.