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The UN’s 2023 Water Action promises failed to match their ambition

As the sector gears up for the 2026 UN Water Conference, GWI looks back to the Water Action Agenda laid out in 2023.

Emilie Filou
EFEmilie Filou · 10 November 2026

The 2023 UN Water Conference in New York closed with more than 800 voluntary commitments pledged to the UN Water Action Agenda. We sifted through the entries at the time and picked 15 of the boldest. Three years on, eight are on track or ahead, while seven are behind or impossible to judge.

The split is not random. The pledges on track are...

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