Tracking Water Resilience: Measuring Progress in WASH and through Transboundary Lens under the Global Goal on Adaptation

This side-event will explore progress in enhancing climate resilience of WASH and in transboundary basins. Building on the UAE–Belém Work Programme on Indicators, the event will showcase how robust water-related indicators can strengthen measuring progress under the global goal on adaptation highlighting the benefits of climate-informed transboundary management and cooperation in adaptation in this respect.

The session will feature policy perspectives, technical insights, and country experiences from Africa (e.g. Senegal), Europe and Latin America, showcasing how climate-informed transboundary water management and resilient water supply and sanitation can inform reporting on GGA (including through SDG indicator 6.5.2 measuring transboundary water cooperation). The event will also present good practices and lessons learnt in adaptation in transboundary basins as well as the on-coming Knowledge product on climate change adaptation in transboundary basins.

The format will combine short expert interventions with an interactive discussion engaging country representatives, youth, women and development partners.

This event aligns with Luxembourg’s strong engagement in climate and water diplomacy and is built on the recent UNECE project Strengthening climate resilience in the water and sanitation sector and in transboundary basins through capacity-building and policy action funded by Luxembourg.