SDG Detail

Water: Addressing the Global Crisis

MOOC

Project description

The course intends to explain the global water crisis through linkages between water, environment, and societal development, focusing on how to tackle issues such as growing water uncertainty and deteriorating water quality.

Year 2021

Location United States

Organization SDG Academy X

Project aims

It aims to build theoretical knowledge as well as provide exposure to concrete practices from around the world through a series of case studies related to good water governance. It deals with issues of water and sanitation services, the role of ecosystems, the impact ofclimate change,the role of water for food and energy production, as well as shared water resources as a source of conflicts and cooperation.

Project outcome

Learn about - The scale, scope, and challenges in achieving the SDG 6 , safe access to water for all. - The issues of climate change and its influence on water. Water and sanitation for health, the food, energy and water nexus. - The environmental, economic and social dimensions of SDG 6 and the critical role of water governance. - The transboundary cooperation needed to achieve the goal on water. - Lessons from concrete practices around the world through a series of case studies.