Indicators, measures and methods for monitoring climate-resilient WASH: discussion paper

Overview

In 2024, WHO and UNICEF launched a joint review to identify indicators for enhanced national and global monitoring of climate-resilient WASH. The joint review is supported by a consortium of academic partners led by the University of Leeds in collaboration with University of Technology Sydney: Institute for Sustainable Futures, The University of Bristol and Oxford University. 

This discussion paper is an output of the ongoing project on Indicators, Measures and Methods for Monitoring Climate-Resilient WASH. Its purpose is to: summarise key concepts used in the WASH sector when framing climate resilience for the purposes of monitoring; summarise key concepts drawn from resources used to conceptualise and monitor climate resilience in other WASH-adjacent sectors; present a review of evidence supporting indicators of climate-resilient WASH that are being used or proposed for the WASH sector; and, reflect on the implications of the above for development of new indicators for the WASH sector.