Just after the Pope's UN speech, the General Assembly approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development commonly known as the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).  Goal #6 is water and sanitation, and water is cited in several other goals as well.  Several background reports have analyzed the water content of the SDGs:

- Consolidated metadata note from UN agencies for SDG 6 indicators on water and sanitation shows interlinkages among the various water targets and indicators;

- The Critical Role of Water in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, by Douglas Merrey, (Consultant) and Seleshi Bekele Awulachew (UN-DESA), Draft report Feb. 2015

- Water in the World We Want, by C.J. Schuster-Wallace and R. Sandford, 2015, report published by UNU-INWEH.