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The Evolution of Water Crisis
During this period governments begin highlighting the need for sanitation and clean water supplies. This moment in history marked the starting point for a global movement that will address the issues of public health, hygiene, and equitable access to clean water, ultimately leading to the establishment of World Water Day as a change and awareness on a worldwide scale. -
1900s The Urgency of Water Crisis
Since 1900, more than 11 billion people have died from drought, and drought has affected more than one billion people. -
Signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
This landmark document enshrines the rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being regardless of religion, gender, national or social origin, or other status. We should all have equal access to clean healthy water and there should be no one left behind behind without water. -
1993 A Global Call to Action
The United Nations (UN), the General Assembly designates March 22 as World Water Day. -
1994 WWD - The First Ever World Water Day
In 1994, the United Nations (UN) marked the first World Water Day, highlighting the theme "Caring for our water resources is everybody's business." Looking back to early 1994, Auckland, New Zealand faced a severe water supply crisis due to low rainfall and reservoir depletion during the previous year. Each theme underscores the importance of responsible water use in daily life. -
1995 Empowering Women for a Thirsty World WWD - Women and Water
In countries like Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru, women play an important role in securing essential resources like water for their families, facing life-or-death choices. This helped the United Nations (UN) to raise awareness of gender equality and women's rights in water management. -
2014 Call to Action for Water and Energy WWD - Water and Energy
In 2014, on World Water Day in Tokyo, the World Water Development Report revealed a fact showing that 15% of our water is used for energy, and by 2035, it's projected to rise to 20% due to population growth and changing consumption patterns.
In conclusion, the United Nations has chosen to spotlight the relationship between water and energy to boost awareness. -
2015 Unveiling Waters Vital Role WWD - Water for Sustainable Development
Water has always been the heartbeat of sustainable progress, a hero for shaping our world. Its impact through the tapestry of our lives, from ensuring food and energy security to safeguarding human and environmental health.
Recognizing this, the United Nations has made a choice. They are turning the spotlight on water, positioning it as an important element for the sustainable development. -
2018 Countdown to Crisis WWD - Nature of Water
Imagine 3.6 billion people and half of the world's population, currently struggling with water scarcity for at least a month each year. Shockingly, this number could increase to 5.7 billion by 2050 if we stay on our current course.
In response, the United Nations has announced its commitment to the environmental preservation. -
2019 Awaking for Prosperity WWD - Leaving No One Behind
In the corners of our planet, there are countless souls enduring a harsh reality, lacking access for safe water – their homes, schools, workplaces, fields, and factories caught in a struggle for survival and prosperity. The World Water Day 2019 stated a powerful message about the commitments made by the UN Member States when they embraced the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. -
2020 Confronting the Climate Crisis WWD - Water and Climate Change
In 2020, the United Nations emphasized the crucial theme of climate change, urging the unity of water and climate change communities to address challenges and improving water management for adaptation. Climate change significantly impacts water, endangering its availability and quality, threatening human rights to water and sanitation, making it a vital call to action. -
2021 Beyond the Surface WWD - Valuing Water
Water is an element that we need to value the most which helps in our lives, homes, food, culture, health, education, and the environment. Overlooking these values risks mismanaging this imporatant resource. The UN is committed to raising awareness of the global water crisis and achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 for universal water and sanitation by 2030, and no one left without water. -
2022 The Power Beneath Our Feet WWD - Making the Invisible Visible
"Making the invisible visible" spotlights groundwater's hidden power beneath our feet, fueling economic, social, and environmental progress. Groundwater is a lifeline for nearly half the world's population, sustaining 40% of irrigated agriculture and one-third of the water industry. Ecosystems, like wetlands and rivers, rely on groundwater. This theme, proposed by IGRAC and by the UN for World Water Day 2022. -
2023 WWD - Accelerating Change
In 2015, the world made a promise about the sustainable Development Goal 6, assuring access to safe water and sanitation for all by 2030. Yet, today, that promise remains largely unfulfilled.
Now, as we stand on the cusp of World Water Day 2023, it's a call to action, a moment of unity to reunite the commitment to SDG 6. -
75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
This remains one of the world's most groundbreaking global pledges however there are still millions of people dying every year from diarrhea caused by consuming unsafe drinking water or insufficient sanitation practices. There are still kids who are the age of 5, dying every 2 minutes because of drinking unsafe water in our world.