A call to action from the Transboundary Water Cooperation Coalition on the occasion of the 2023 SDG Summit
A call to action from the Transboundary Water Cooperation Coalition on the occasion of the 2023 SDG Summit. Transboundary waters account for 60 per cent of the world’s freshwater flows and more than 3 billion people depend on them. In addition, climate change exacerbates issues of both water quantity and quality. Cooperation over transboundary surface and groundwater is not only central to SDG target 6.5, and other SDG 6 targets, but is essential to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda: