Global thematic consultation on water and the post-2015 development framework : water in the post-2015 development agenda : beyond 2015

This Beyond 2015 paper focuses on setting out the importance of these topics for the overall post-2015 development agenda. It argues that the agreed overarching focus on poverty reduction for the post-2015 agenda cannot be achieved unless these three dimensions of water are addressed holistically. The paper further shows how integrating these themes into the future agenda is essential to realising all of the social,
economic and environmental pillars of sustainable development. As civil society organisations, we firmly believe in the need for a common set of principles that are key to achieving progress across the dimensions of the water theme, but also reach beyond the subject. The Millennium Declaration itself recognised the need for human rights, including equality and non-discrimination, as well as more inclusive and participatory
governance to form key objectives of the current set of MDGs. [authors abstract]