Sustainable Development Goal 6

So it's called the water-electric paradox.

And it's really interesting because I was speaking at the UN in New York for Climate Week, and your Sustainable Developmental Goals, SDG 6, which is water, and SDG 7, are now in conflict with each other.

And we can't cannibalize one or the other.

So I think there's a real mandate that we and these huge tech guys, you're shooting everything off to space.

And 2026 in general is quite an important year for water.

which will culminate in the UN Water Conference in Abu Dhabi in December, aiming at pushing political commitments, implementation and partnerships around SDG 6, the Sustainable Development Goal that deals with water and sanitation, And overall, we're also seeing growing momentum around rethinking the future architecture of global water governance.

How do we better govern water to prevent some of these conflict situations or manage some of these conflict situations that we've been talking about until now? And there have been calls for, for example, a more regular and institutionalized global process, similar to those that we have for water, biodiversity, desertification.

So, Suzanne, in your view, maybe, do you think that the international system that we have now for managing water resources is effective? What are the biggest gaps and where are its biggest strengths, perhaps?

Well, I think it's always great to have the opportunity of discussing with the leaders, with a lot of the ministers and prime ministers, a lot of what's going on.

For me now, also in my second role as chair of UN Water, we have presented the review of SDG 6, the synthesis report of progress on water and sanitation, which is fundamental.

It's a super connector.

And I think just on UN water, which is a system-wide coordination mechanism that is not very well known, I think it's one of the beauties of the UN.