United Nations 2023 Water Conference

United Nations 2023 Water Conference

The UN 2023 Water Conference takes place at the UN HQ in New York from 22 to 24 March 2023 and aims to mobilize water action and create the political momentum needed to achieve SDG 6 and other water related goals and targets. 

The Conference features an opening and closing ceremony, six plenary meetings and five multi-stakeholder interactive dialogues. It will also feature a number of high-level special events and side events organized by Member States, the UN system and other stakeholders. 

WMO is present at the UN 2023 Water Conference and is advocating its mandate and activities related to water, as well as foster and establish strategic partnerships with Governments, UN, private sector, academia, IFIs, NGOs, CSOs and other partners. 

WMO is leading a delegation of members and organizing side-events.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

2025 International year of Glaciers' Preservation

22 March 2023, 14:00 – 15:15 EET  l  19:00 – 20:15 CET
​ECOSOC, UN Headquarters, New York
Official Side Event to the UN 2023 Water Conference

Multistakeholder Commitments to the Water Action Agenda – Integrated Water and Climate Solutions – From Science to Decisions to Actions

 

22 March 2023, 12:30 – 13:45 EET | 17:30-18:45 CET
Conference Room A, UN Headquarters, New York
Official Side Event to the UN 2023 Water Conference

Responding to the UN Secretary-General’s Call to Action: Realizing Early Warning Systems for All in a World with Increasing Water Related Hazards

 

23 March 2023, 08:00 – 09:15 EST | 13:00-14:15 CET
Conference Room 2, UN Headquarters, New York
Official Side Event to the UN 2023 Water Conference

Water for Climate, Resilience and Environment: Source to Sea, Biodiversity, Climate, Resilience and DRR

 

23 March 2023, 10:00 – 13:00 EET |15:00- 18:00 CET
Conference Room 4, UN Headquarters, New York
Interactive Dialogue 3 

Placing Water at the Heart of Climate Action through Locally led Adaptation

23 March 2023, 14:00 – 15:15 EET  l  19:00 – 20:15 CET
Conference Room 6, UN Headquarters, New York
Official Side Event to the UN 2023 Water Conference

Drought resilience: transforming water scarcity into prosperity pathways

23 March 2023, 14:00 – 15:30 EET  l  19:00 – 20:15 CET
Conference Room 8, UN Headquarters, New York
Official Side Event to the UN 2023 Water Conference

Enhancing collaborative efforts toward knowledge and innovation for action in the water-climate nexus

 

24 March 2023, 08:00 – 09:15 EET  l  13:00 – 14:15 CET 
Conference Room 4, UN Headquarters, New York TEST
Official Side Event to the UN 2023 Water Conference

Groundwater: An Invisible cross-sectoral fundament for implementation of the Water Action Agenda

 

24 March 2023, 08:00 – 09:15 EET  l  13:00 – 14:15 CET
Trusteeship, UN Headquarters, New York
Official Side Event to the UN 2023 Water Conference

Related publications

ISBN

978-92-63-11278-1

WMO Pub No.

1278