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World Water Day 2023. At ABIN We Are the Change.
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.
Among the most popular actions in Europe are:
Save water: Take shorter showers and not leave the tap running when brushing your teeth, washing dishes or preparing the food.
Stop contaminating: Do not flush leftover food, oil, medicines or chemicals down the toilet or drain.
Consume local products: Buy local and seasonal foods.
Look for products that have been made using less water.
What will be yours? We encourage you to get involved in your daily life and choose yours here:
What is the global water and sanitation crisis? When you hear about the water and sanitation crisis, it is hard to imagine the reality that big data translates into globally. p>
We want to share with you some of the most shocking data after this crisis and what it means: Every year 1.4 million people die and 74 million will see their lives shortened due to diseases caused by poor conditions in the areas of water, sanitation and hygiene (WHO, 2022). Preventable diseases, such as cholera or typhoid fever, pose a deadly threat to communities living without safely managed water and sanitation services. Intestinal parasite infections and malnutrition from frequent bouts of diarrhea and vomiting can have lifelong consequences. Almost half of the world's population, that is, 3.6 billion people, lack safe sanitation systems (WHO/UNICEF, 2021). “Safe sanitation” means “safely managed sanitation” (the official term), i.e. a toilet not shared with other households that safely disposes of human excreta on-site or allows for its removal and treatment elsewhere . Globally, 44% of domestic wastewater is not treated safely (UN-Water, 2021). This means that almost half of the wastewater from households (toilet, sink, drain and gutter) returns to nature without its harmful content being removed. A total of 1.8 billion people are cared for or work in health care centers that lack basic water services (WHO, 2021). This means that almost a quarter of the world's population works or receives treatment in clinics or hospitals where the water supply is more than a 30-minute walk away or where this resource is extracted from an unprotected source, such as a spring. , river or pond. The global crisis of water and sanitation is a global and urgent problem, a responsibility shared by all. That is why today we ask you to join us in “World Water Day”