ISOE-Blog Post: Groundwater messages to the UN – from (in)visibility to envisioning

Reflections on the UN Groundwater Summit, December 6–8 2022, Paris

Foto: Danilo-Rizzuti – stock.adobe.com

From December 7 to 8, 2022, decision-makers, practitioners and researchers gathered in Paris for the first groundwater summit of its kind at UN level. The high-level meeting’s objective was to formulate a clear message on groundwater to pass to the UN water summit in New York, 2023. The groundwater community gathered to draw attention to what many see as missing for example in the formulation of SDG6: Groundwater as a key element in meeting the SDGs. The event that also marked the final phase of the UN water year lasting from March 2022 to March 2023 was held under the title ‘Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible’.

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