2026 UN Water Conference - Global Online Stakeholder Consultation on the Themes for the Interactive Dialogues

The high-level 2026 United Nations Water Conference to Accelerate the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all will be held in the United Arab Emirates from 2–4 December 2026, co-hosted by Senegal and the United Arab Emirates.  

The 2026 UN Water Conference will be comprised of plenary sessions and six interactive dialogues (A/RES/78/327). The Conference secretariat, UN-DESA, will prepare a background note on potential themes of the interactive dialogues, based on the inputs of Member States, the UN system, and a wide range of other stakeholders.  

The Conference will result in a summary of the proceedings of the Conference, to be prepared by the Presidents of the Conference, as its outcome document. For more background information on the Conference, please see: https://sdgs.un.org/conferences/water2026.   

Summary Report: 2026 UN Water Conference Global Online Stakeholder Consultation: Themes of the Interactive Dialogues  

Non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions, the scientific community, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, persons with disabilities, the private sector and philanthropic organizations, and other actors were invited to contribute inputs on the themes for the Interactive Dialogues of the 2026 UN Water Conference through a global online stakeholder consultation. They were asked to indicate which Interactive Dialogue themes from the UN 2023 Water Conference remain relevant, propose amendments to the existing themes or revised titles, suggest additional themes, and share a message to world leaders. 

The Summary Report reflects valuable inputs from 478 organizations across 87 countries. Please find all the input received here.