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Table of Contents
- Progress on Transboundary Water Cooperation 1
- Mid-term status of SDG Indicator 6.5.2 with a special focus on Climate Change 1
- Progress on Transboundary Water Cooperation 3
- Mid-term status of SDG Indicator 6.5.2 with a special focus on Climate Change 3
- Transboundary water cooperation holds huge potential in supporting sustainable development and climate action 5
- Presenting the UN-Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 6
- Foreword by the Chair of UN-Water 8
- Joint Foreword by UNECE and UNESCO 9
- Acknowledgements 11
- Contents 12
- List of figures 14
- List of tables 18
- List of boxes 19
- Explanatory note on use of data in the report 20
- Executive Summary 21
- Key messages 26
- 1. Introduction 29
- 1.1 Setting the context 30
- 1.2 Aims and objectives of this report 34
- 1.3 Why the special emphasis on climate change within a transboundary water context 34
- 2. The reporting process and the role of custodian agencies 37
- 2.1 Overview of SDG indicator 6.5.2 third monitoring and process 38
- 2.2 Overview of SDG indicator 6.5.2 responses and the review process 39
- 2.3 How well is the indicator working 44
- 3. Assessing progress in transboundary water cooperation at the global and regional levels 47
- 3.1 Global progress in transboundary water cooperation 48
- 3.2 Regional progress in transboundary water cooperation 57
- 4. Thematic analysis SDG indicator 6.5.2 and climate change 69
- 4.1 Introduction 70
- 4.2 Arrangements and climate change within a transboundary water context 72
- 4.3 Joint bodies and climate change within a transboundary water context 74
- 4.4 Data and information exchange and climate change within a transboundary water context 79
- 4.5 Joint or coordinated planning and climate change within a transboundary water context 81
- 5. Conclusions and recommendations 87
- 5.1 Lessons learned from the SDG indicator 6.5.2 monitoring exercises 88
- 5.2 Drawing on SDG indicator 6.5.2 findings to progress transboundary water cooperation 88
- 5.3 Insights from SDG indicator 6.5.2 for transboundary water cooperation and climate change 92
- Annexes 95
- Annex I 96
- Annex II 103
- Annex III 113
- Learn more about progress towards SDG 6 135
