Reporting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN

In the frame of this use case, satellite-based water monitoring services for inland and coastal waters are provided for selected number of pilot areas of major interest defined by the user.

The aims of the different Thematic Exploitation Platforms are often complementary to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set by the UN. For the Hydrology TEP, the most relevant goal is SDG 6, which aims at ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all (UN Water, 2018).

In order to track progress of SDG 6, a list of global indicators is defined. These should aid policy- and decision-makers in governmental agencies with the identification of challenges, opportunities, implementation, priority setting and progress monitoring. Hydrology TEP is positioned to play an important role in a country’s journey towards achieving SDG 6 by contributing with the monitoring of several global indicators.

EOMAP has developed the SDG 6 portal that can be accessed at: http://sdg6-hydrology-tep.eu/