Water inequalities
I can explain the importance of UN Global Goal 6: clean water and sanitation.
Water inequalities
I can explain the importance of UN Global Goal 6: clean water and sanitation.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Not all people around the world have access to clean, safe water or wastewater treatment.
- One in three people live without basic sanitation, causing unnecessary disease and death.
- The Global Goals are a plan agreed to by world leaders to build a greener, fairer, better world by 2030.
- The aim of Global Goal 6, is to achieve access to safe water and sanitation for all by 2030.
Common misconception
That there is nothing we can do to help with water supply problems.
Water is a precious resource everywhere in the world, in all countries. We can all do our bit by using water more carefully and encouraging other people to do the same.
Keywords
Resource - A resource is anything that can be used for a human need.
Sanitation - Sanitation systems take dirty water and other waste products away.
Global Goals - 17 Global Goals created by the United Nations (UN), designed to be a way of working towards a better and more sustainable future for the world.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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