Signal Two UN water conferences ever, against annual processes for climate

Summary

Eurasia Group points out that the United Nations has held only two conferences on water so far. A third meeting is set for December, hosted by the UAE. By contrast, climate change, biodiversity and desertification each have an ongoing global process with regular meetings. Water has no annual conference of parties, no binding targets and no enforcement mechanism. The report treats this thin institutional record as evidence of a governance vacuum that leaves shared water resources exposed to rivalry and weaponisation.