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Research, sector analysis, and field stories on the global water crisis and the opportunity it holds: how water unlocks the SDGs, and what it takes to make safe drinking water last.
The Invisible 95%: Why Fairaction Now Leads With Research, Not Construction
More than 95% of our work builds the knowledge that makes water solutions last. For nine years we told our story through the less than 5% that is construction. This is why that ended.
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When Water Projects Optimise for the Wrong Goal
A sustainable water solution can cost ten times as much as a conventional one, so why would anyone build the expensive one? Because the cheapest solution is the rational answer to the wrong question.
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Water and the Multiplier SDGs: Why Systems, Cities and Climate Rest on the Household Tap
Across energy, work, infrastructure, cities, production and climate, water is the input, the medium or the constraint underneath the outcome. Why the multiplier collapses without durable water service.
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Water and the Foundation SDGs: Why Ecosystems, Equity and Peace Rest on the Household Tap
Equality, ecosystems and peace stand on the water beneath them, and partnership is what carries the water itself. The case for Target 6.1 as the point where the foundation holds or cracks.
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Water and SDG 4: Why Quality Education Starts at the Water Source
273 million children are out of school and the number is rising. The case for treating reliable water service, not another classroom, as a primary education intervention where SDG 4 is most off track.
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Water and SDG 5: Why Gender Equality Depends on Reliable Water Service
Women and girls spend an estimated 250 million hours a day collecting water. The case for treating reliable water service, not water access, as core infrastructure for gender equality.
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