World Water Day 2023 focuses on accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. 

In 2015, the world committed to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 to achieve safely managed water and sanitation for everyone by 2030. 

However, billions of people and various institutions are still waiting for their human rights to water and sanitation to be fulfilled. 

1.4 million people die annually and 74 million will have their lives shortened by diseases related to poor water, sanitation, and hygiene. (WHO 2022) 

The UN 2023 Water Conference from March 22-24 in New York, aims to unite the world around solving the water and sanitation crisis and accelerating progress on SDG 6 and other water-related goals.

National governments and stakeholders from all levels of society will make voluntary commitments to deliver rapid, transformative change in the remainder of this decade to form the Water Action Agenda. 

UN is urging individuals to play their part in achieving this goal by becoming a part of the global campaign ‘Be the change’ which encourages people to take action in their lives to change how they use, consume, and manage water.