2.1 billion people still lack access to safe drinking water: Four organizations call for action ahead of the UN Water Conference.
Sixteen years after the UN recognized safe drinking water as a fundamental human right, the crisis is worsening: 2.1 billion people still lack access to safe drinking water, and 3.4 billion lack access to basic sanitation—figures that have risen since 2010. The Agora of the Inhabitants of the Earth, the Collectif Bassines Non Merci!, Rise For Climate and Vital condemn governments’ failure to uphold this right and call on citizen movements, labor unions, and civil society to mobilize ahead of the major UN Water Conference scheduled for December 2026.
