UN / GLOBAL WATER SECURITY ASSESSMENT
23-Mar-2023
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Briefing on the outcomes of the 2023 Global Water Security Assessment, the Director of United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health, Kaveh Madani said, “unless we make meaningful progress on SDG 6, we cannot deliver and fulfil the goals that we have by 2030.” UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / GLOBAL WATER SECURITY ASSESSMENT
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DATELINE: 22, 23 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
TRT: 02:03
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 22, 23 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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22 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
1. Various shots, exterior UN headquarters
23 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press room dais
3. Close up, photographer
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kaveh Madani, Director of United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health:
“If we don't do enough for water, for the SDG 6, we will undermine the progress on the other SDGs. Whatever we want to do and deliver would have a relationship and interdependence on water. So, unless we have a serious action unless we make meaningful progress on SDG 6, we cannot deliver and fulfil the goals that we have by 2030.”
5. Med shot, reporters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Charlotte MacAlister, Senior Researcher, United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health:
“If we really want to reflect the situation that people feel on the ground and help the most vulnerable and marginalized, we have to think about how they experience water insecurity, whether that's physical and mental health, or you know that their inability to have a stable household income, and for water to be affordable to them. That is not, affordability is not assessed, not well assessed within the SDG six, and it was not assessed at all. In our assessment, and in the future, if we really do want to meet our development goals that needs to be addressed seriously.”
7. Wide shot, press room dais
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Kaveh Madani, Director of United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health:
“As scientists, we are supposed to say the things that many policymakers are not talking about. So, that that gap between science and policy would remain there forever. And it's a constructive gap. You know, it's a positive thing to have. And the reason we are here is because we are hopeful. We think that talking and speaking to people can change the game. The fact that we're showing that the progress has not been made, the fact that we are indicating this through valid data, reliable data, reliable measurements, can hopefully change the game.”
9. Wide shot, press room dais, end of briefing
1. Various shots, exterior UN headquarters
23 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press room dais
3. Close up, photographer
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kaveh Madani, Director of United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health:
“If we don't do enough for water, for the SDG 6, we will undermine the progress on the other SDGs. Whatever we want to do and deliver would have a relationship and interdependence on water. So, unless we have a serious action unless we make meaningful progress on SDG 6, we cannot deliver and fulfil the goals that we have by 2030.”
5. Med shot, reporters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Charlotte MacAlister, Senior Researcher, United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health:
“If we really want to reflect the situation that people feel on the ground and help the most vulnerable and marginalized, we have to think about how they experience water insecurity, whether that's physical and mental health, or you know that their inability to have a stable household income, and for water to be affordable to them. That is not, affordability is not assessed, not well assessed within the SDG six, and it was not assessed at all. In our assessment, and in the future, if we really do want to meet our development goals that needs to be addressed seriously.”
7. Wide shot, press room dais
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Kaveh Madani, Director of United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health:
“As scientists, we are supposed to say the things that many policymakers are not talking about. So, that that gap between science and policy would remain there forever. And it's a constructive gap. You know, it's a positive thing to have. And the reason we are here is because we are hopeful. We think that talking and speaking to people can change the game. The fact that we're showing that the progress has not been made, the fact that we are indicating this through valid data, reliable data, reliable measurements, can hopefully change the game.”
9. Wide shot, press room dais, end of briefing
STORYLINE
Briefing on the outcomes of the 2023 Global Water Security Assessment, the Director of United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health, Kaveh Madani today (23 Mar) said, “unless we make meaningful progress on SDG 6, we cannot deliver and fulfil the goals that we have by 2030.”
SDG 6, part of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, states that access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene is the most basic human need and is essential for human health and well-being, energy and food production, healthy ecosystems, climate adaptation, poverty reduction, and more.
Talking to reporters in New York, on the margins of the 2023 UN Eater Conference, Madani said, “whatever we want to do and deliver would have a relationship and interdependence on water.”
Presenting the data contained in the report, the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health Senior Researcher, Charlotte MacAlister, said, “if we really want to reflect the situation that people feel on the ground and help the most vulnerable and marginalized, we have to think about how they experience water insecurity, whether that's physical and mental health, or their inability to have a stable household income, and for water to be affordable to them.”
Affordability, MacAlister, said, “is not assessed, not well assessed within the SDG six, and it was not assessed at all,” and stressed that “in the future, if we really do want to meet our development goals that needs to be addressed seriously.”
Madani said, “as scientists, we are supposed to say the things that many policymakers are not talking about. So, that that gap between science and policy would remain there forever. And it's a constructive gap. You know, it's a positive thing to have.”
He said, “we think that talking and speaking to people can change the game. The fact that we're showing that the progress has not been made, the fact that we are indicating this through valid data, reliable data, reliable measurements, can hopefully change the game.”
The Global Water Security Assessment revealed that despite all efforts undertaken to date, the state of globally relevant water-related data on almost all water issues remains poor.
The report – undertaken by the United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health (UNU INWEH), the UN’s only think tank on water – provides a preliminary quantitative global assessment that evaluates the state of water security for 7.78 billion people living in 186 countries.
The 10 components of water security assessed are: drinking water, sanitation, good health, water quality, water availability, water value, water governance, human safety, economic safety, water resource stability
SDG 6, part of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, states that access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene is the most basic human need and is essential for human health and well-being, energy and food production, healthy ecosystems, climate adaptation, poverty reduction, and more.
Talking to reporters in New York, on the margins of the 2023 UN Eater Conference, Madani said, “whatever we want to do and deliver would have a relationship and interdependence on water.”
Presenting the data contained in the report, the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health Senior Researcher, Charlotte MacAlister, said, “if we really want to reflect the situation that people feel on the ground and help the most vulnerable and marginalized, we have to think about how they experience water insecurity, whether that's physical and mental health, or their inability to have a stable household income, and for water to be affordable to them.”
Affordability, MacAlister, said, “is not assessed, not well assessed within the SDG six, and it was not assessed at all,” and stressed that “in the future, if we really do want to meet our development goals that needs to be addressed seriously.”
Madani said, “as scientists, we are supposed to say the things that many policymakers are not talking about. So, that that gap between science and policy would remain there forever. And it's a constructive gap. You know, it's a positive thing to have.”
He said, “we think that talking and speaking to people can change the game. The fact that we're showing that the progress has not been made, the fact that we are indicating this through valid data, reliable data, reliable measurements, can hopefully change the game.”
The Global Water Security Assessment revealed that despite all efforts undertaken to date, the state of globally relevant water-related data on almost all water issues remains poor.
The report – undertaken by the United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health (UNU INWEH), the UN’s only think tank on water – provides a preliminary quantitative global assessment that evaluates the state of water security for 7.78 billion people living in 186 countries.
The 10 components of water security assessed are: drinking water, sanitation, good health, water quality, water availability, water value, water governance, human safety, economic safety, water resource stability
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