Opportunities to contribute comments to the 2026 UN Water Conference

[Madeline Kiser]

Good morning, all--

Given how much these days requires nurturing and attentiveness, it can be challenging to intuit where to put time, heart, effort.  In which rooms do we need to show up?

We're writing to share an appeal for groups challenging and creating alternatives to the dominant corporate economy and way of life to consider these two invitations, below, for in case they might resonate.  There remains a great need for groups like those in this network to enter into visible water policy-making spaces, and help shift the conversations underway in them.

In solidarity, with love and the hope that this note finds you well!

The deadline for side event applications for the 2026 UN Water Conference is *31 July*. Please note that only organisations accredited to the Conference can be listed as lead or co-organisers of side events featured in the Conference’s Side Events Programme. More information on how to participate is available here:

https://sdgs.un.org/conferences/water2026/events/side-events

Germany has also launched an online questionnaire, open until *9 August*, in relation to the Interactive Dialogue “Water in Multilateral Processes” (ID E). More information is available here, along with access to the questionnaire:

https://www.bundesumweltministerium.de/en/topics/water-management/policy-goals-and-instruments/water-as-a-key-resource-for-our-future-shaping-global-water-policy/online-consultation-id-e-water-in-multilateral-processes

Madeline Kiser and Oscar Beita
MARBE S.A., Costa Rica (a water & forest conservation farm)

Movimiento Ríos Vivos (Living Rivers Movement) 

Federación Costarricense para la Protección del Ambiente (Costa Rican Federation for Conservation of the Environment)

Longo Mai, Costa Rica