Global status on IWRM and acceleration needs to achieve SDG6 target 5 by 2030

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IWRM is an approach that helps to balance competing water demands from across society and the economy, without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems. This is achieved through coordinated policy and regulatory frameworks, management arrangements and financing.

• 6.5.2: Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe [UNECE] and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO], 2021). This report presents the global status and trends on IWRM implementation (indicator 6.5.1). It is part of a set of products to track progress and support countries in working

Everything is connected. Countless studies

towards target 6.5 – including country

have argued that the only hope of attaining the

factsheets, country Action Plans and regional

SDGs is through an integrated approach that

reports.5

deals with the interconnected nature of the economic, social and environmental dimensions

Reporting on indicator 6.5.1 is based on a

of sustainable development (Kroll, Warchold and

country survey, which typically involves extensive

Pradhan, 2019; Glass and Newig, 2019). SDG

stakeholder consultations. Despite the effort

target 6.5, with its in-built integrated approach

required, countries have shown considerable

to water management, directly and intentionally

commitment to working towards implementing

supports the achievement of many other SDG

IWRM in the context of the SDGs. This is

targets – such as on health, agriculture, poverty,

demonstrated by the 186 countries reporting

energy, climate, the environment, gender and

on the indicator since 2017 (Annex II), many of

peace – in a coordinated fashion that underpins

them hindered by the COVID-19 pandemic in

sustainable development and leaves no one

conducting the necessary consultations (Box 1).

behind.

This report attempts to bring their experiences and challenges to regional and global audiences, so that their efforts can be recognized and they

SDG target 6.5: “By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate.”

can be supported in their mission to reach target 6.5.

Two indicators track progress towards the target, as a measure of sustainable water resources management: • 6.5.1: Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0–100)

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Available at http://iwrmdataportal.unepdhi.org/.

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