A Post-2015 Global Goal for Water: Synthesis of key findings and recommendations from UN-Water

This paper is the result of a broad technical consultation process among UN-Water Members and Partners, as well as a range of other stakeholders.It proposes a set of potential targets and indicators to support a dedicated global goal for water and is conceived as a contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals(SDG) consultation process as well as to the discussions on the post-2015 development agenda. The paper draws upon multiple sources including, but not limited to, the reports of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda(HLP), the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network(SDSN), the UN Development Group(UNDG),the Budapest Water Summit, the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals(OWG), as well as the results of the numerous thematic, national and regional stakeholder consultations. [author's abstract]