Africa

Cyanobacteria blooms resulting from the degradation of water quality (eutrophication) in lakes and reservoirs constitute a danger to human health and impact multiple water uses, including drinking water production. In northern countries, which have been confronted with these proliferations for more than 40 years, monitoring of these microorganisms has been set up and actions have been undertaken to (i) limit the dangers for human populations and (ii) fight against these phenomena. In sub-Saharan Africa, this issue is still largely ignored by managers and users of water bodies.

Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) is a public service approach to planning and implementing urban sanitation systems to achieve outcomes summarized by Sustainable Development Goal 6: safe, equitable, and sustainable sanitation for everyone in an urban area, paying special attention to the needs of the poor, the marginalized, and women and girls. To advance and sustain SDG outcomes at a meaningful scale, all CWIS systems must demonstrate three core functions:
• A responsible authority(ies) is executing a public mandate for inclusive urban service delivery.

The High-Level Panel (HLP) is intended to be a follow up event after the plenary session of the celebration of the UN-World Water Day 2022 organized by UNESCO and UN-WATER about the topic of the UNWWDay Groundwater: Making the invisible visible. The HLP panel will allow to organize a larger and in-depth debate about the UN Development Report 2022 that is presented the 21st of March at the opening with the participation of high-level countries representatives and high-level experts. The HLP is meant to discuss how groundwater can be a response to water security challenges.