What can be done to climate-proof the WASH sector from a systems-strengthening perspective?

Climate change is already causing negative impacts on economies, livelihoods and the environment through droughts, floods, rising sea levels, glacial melting and changes in rainfall patterns worldwide (UNICEF, 2020). From a global perspective, there is growing recognition of the potential of the WASH sector to contribute to worldwide climate mitigation efforts by reducing emissions, increasing water and energy efficiency of operations, and supporting energy recovery (UNICEF, 2020).

It is imperative to address climate change as part of overall efforts to strengthen WASH systems to increase efficiency, sustainability and equity in access to, and use of, WASH facilities, as well as sustaining healthy sanitation and hygiene behaviours (UNICEF, 2020). 

Listen to this four-minute podcast with Aidan Cronin, Director of the WASH Programme Group at UNICEF, on how we can start to climate-proof the WASH sector as part of our efforts to strengthen WASH systems.   

This podcast was recorded for the online course 'Introducing water, sanitation and hygiene systems strengthening'. 

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https://agora.unicef.org/mod/page/view.php?id=281895
https://www.ircwash.org/news/become-a-systems-champion

Climate-proofing the WASH sector

In July, the World Health Organization and UNICEF published the first assessment of drinking water and sanitation service under the sustainable development goals.

Circle of Blue reporter Brett Walton spoke with Catarina Fonseca, head of the international and innovation program at IRC, a water and sanitation organization, about the report's strengthens and weaknesses as well as the successes and failures that it documents. Fonseca notes that though more people have gained access to water in recent years, those gains are unevenly distributed.

"There has been progress, but the progress is not fast enough, especially on sanitation, to achieve the sustainable development goals," she says.

his is HotSpots Podcast Episode 12.

UN Report Sets New Baseline for Drinking Water and Sanitation

IRC's podcast series WASH Talk shares ideas on changes the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector has to make in order to contribute to achieving universal access by 2030. To do so speakers from all over the world are given a voice in this podcast series. Find out more on www.ircwash.org/washtalk.

In this seventh episode host Andy Narracott band co-host Patrick Moriarty (IRC's CEO) talk with Sophie Tremolet from the World Bank about the need for blenden finance. This is essential to make progress to reach universal access and leave no one behind (Sustainable Development Goal 6). Read more on this topic and the speakers: https://www.ircwash.org/news/wash-talk-podcast-blended-finance.
Read the Show Notes here - https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/show_notesep07.pdf

The IRC WASHtalk Podcast: Sustainable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene | SDG6 | WASH  

WASH Talk EP07 - Blended Finance with Sophie Tremolet

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IRC is an international think-and-do tank that works with governments, NGOs, entrepreneurs and people around the world to find long-term solutions to the global crisis in water, sanitation and hygiene services. At the heart of its mission is the aim to move from short-term interventions to sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services.  

With over 50 years of experience, IRC runs projects in more than 25 countries and large-scale programmes in seven focus countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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