Sustainable development calls for concerted efforts towards building a resilient future for our societies. Interlinkages between water, energy, food and environment would also contribute to sustainable development. This sub-theme will focus on water for sustainable development considering the following topics:

• Promoting efficiency in domestic, agricultural and industrial water use
• Mitigating water quality degradation and pollution clean up
• Coping with water scarcity to achieve food security
• Water accounting for optimum water management
• Making clean water and safe sanitation accessible and affordable
• Interlinkages between water, energy, food and environment
• Managing water to alleviate poverty and hunger
• Progress towards achieving Goal 6 of the SDGs
• Public-private partnership (ppp) in water management