World Water Day is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to unite for water and collectively accelerate progress in this area. The problems in the water cycle are undermining the progress of the great planetary conflicts: from health to hunger, from gender equality to employment, education, industry, natural disasters and lack of peace In 2015, the world committed to achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 as part of the 2030 Agenda: by 2030, everyone can manage water and sanitation safely.
We are still a long way from the goal To day Today, the basic rights of access to water and sanitation for billions of people and countless schools, businesses, medical centers, farms and factories are not being met. According to the United Nations World Water Development Report, more than 2 billion people do not have access to basic drinking water services, and around 4.2 billion do not have access to basic sanitation services. There is an urgent need to accelerate change and move beyond settling for what we have. The latest analysis tells us that governments need to work four times faster on average to meet SDG 6 on time, but this is not a situation that can be tackled by a single actor. Water affects everyone and requires action from all of us. At ABIN we are proud to work all year to build this goal. We do it inside and outside our company. We manage, train and promote the use of water and the efficient management of our waste both in our company and among our clients and collaborators. We want to make progress every day in our commitment to SDG 6, which is why we incorporate the most innovative and environmentally friendly technology into our portfolio of products and services.
You too can be the change. This year, the United Nations' Be the Change global campaign encourages people to take action in their own lives to change the way they use, consume and manage water. The individual actions are added to a Water Action Agenda that will also count on the larger-scale commitments of governments, companies, organizations, institutions and coalitions.
On the official website of World Water Day, you can choose your actions to help achieve the goal, there are already many around the world who have joined.