Working Paper.2016

Session report: Water and Faiths — Faith-based organizations contributing to the Water SDGs

The theme of the 2016 World Water Week was ‘Water for Sustainable Growth’ and has directly addressed the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Paris agreement on climate change.

In this context, the Church of Sweden, the Global Water Partnership, the Stockholm International Water Institute, and the Swedish Institute Alexandria invited representatives of various Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) to contribute to a discussion on how to effectively implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a special World Water Week session entitled ‘Water and Faiths’.