{"id":3551,"date":"2025-09-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/southern-africa\/news\/g20-presidential-legacy-global-outlook-council-on-water-investments-at-the-united-nations-general-assembly\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:12:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:12:21","slug":"g20-presidential-legacy-global-outlook-council-on-water-investments-at-the-united-nations-general-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/southern-africa\/news\/g20-presidential-legacy-global-outlook-council-on-water-investments-at-the-united-nations-general-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"G20 Presidential Legacy-Global Outlook Council on Water Investments at the United Nations General Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hosted by Hon. Pemmy Majodina, Minister of Water and Sanitation – South Africa, on behalf of the G20 President – South Africa, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), African Union, AIP High-Level Panel, AUDA-NEPAD, Global Water Partnership Organisation (GWPO), and invited partners, the Dialogue will bring together Ministers, Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives to the UN, development banks, and Champions of the Global Outlook Council on Water Investments.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

At the G20 AU \u2013 AIP Africa Water Investment Summit<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> in Cape Town on 13 August 2025, H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa and 2025 G20 President, launched the Global Outlook Council on Water Investments<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> \u2014 a G20 Presidential Legacy Initiative. Building on this landmark moment, momentum now shifts to UNGA to present the Roadmap for the Council towards G20 Leaders Summit, COP 30 in Brazil, and the UN 2026 Water Conference. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Summit was convened by the Republic of South Africa, African Union Commission, AU-Continental Africa Water Investment Programme (AIP), AU-AIP International High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa, the African Union Development Agency \u2013 NEPAD and Global Water Partnership. It was hosted in the context of South Africa\u2019s G20 Presidency, aligning with its priorities of rapid and inclusive economic growth, poverty and hunger eradication, and climate sustainability.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The G20 AU \u2013 AIP Africa Water Investment Summit identified a pipeline of USD 10\u201312 billion in priority water investments and adopted a Summit Declaration with the G20 Global Outlook Council.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Global Outlook Council \u2014 comprising invited current and former Heads of State, global leaders, and senior public and private sector representatives \u2014 together with the Global Water Investment Platform<\/span>,<\/strong> will serve as the world\u2019s premier high-level political and investment platform on water.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Dialogue will refine the Global Outlook Council\u2019s Roadmap, explore the need for a G20 Global Water Investment Compact <\/span><\/strong>as a financial framework to accelerate global efforts towards water-related SDGs to close the global water investment gap of at least USD 114\u2013150 billion annually by 2030 with the G20 Global Water Investment Platform as the delivery mechanism. These steps will help elevate water on the agendas of the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit, COP30, and the UN 2026 Water Conference.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The G20 – Global Water Investment Platform (GIP) will scale up the Africa Investment Programme (AIP) globally<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, track financing flows, showcase investment-ready projects, and provide transparent updates on the Global Outlook Council\u2019s 2025\u20132030 Roadmap. It will serve as a central hub for governments, investors, and partners to follow progress and contribute to closing the global water financing gap.<\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This invitation-only event at UNGA marks a critical step from ambition to action, building momentum for transformative investments in water security, resilience, and sustainable development worldwide.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Global Outlook Council forms a core pillar of the Global Water Partnership’s (GWP) new Strategy 2026-2030<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, launched in August 2025. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To view the address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Africa Water Investment Summit and Launch of the G20 Presidential Legacy Initiative on Water Investments,<\/strong> on 13 August 2025 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, please click here. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

To view the AU – AIP Africa Water Investment Summit 2025 Summit Declaration, please click here. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 22 September 2025, the G20 Presidential Legacy-Global Outlook Council on Water Investments will convene a High-Level Consultative Dialogue on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,4],"tags":[11,82,22,35,21,23],"class_list":["post-3551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-news","tag-climate","tag-english","tag-finance","tag-global","tag-iwrm","tag-southern-africa"],"acf":[],"spectra_custom_meta":{"_sidebar_content":["field_69d4d421acab1"],"sidebar_content":["

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