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The Global Annual Results Report on Goal Area 4 of the UNICEF Strategic Plan 2022-2025 presents results on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as climate, environment, energy and disaster risk reduction (CEED).
Goal Area 4 of the Strategic Plan aims that every child has access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, and lives in a resilient community and a safe climate and environment. UNICEF works on three results areas: to provide WASH services through direct support, to support government partners to strengthen national WASH systems, and to address climate change, disaster risks and environmental degradation, with a focus on the most vulnerable children. In 2024 UNICEF made progress on the Sustainability and Climate Change Action Plan (SCAP) 2023-2030, for realizing children’s right to a safe, healthy and clean environment that will help states to implement global frameworks and commitments, such as the SDGs.
Headline results:
- UNICEF’s direct support enabled 18 million people to gain access to at least basic sanitation service, 33.3 million to access safe water, and 21 million to access basic hand hygiene services while 8,677 schools and 3,827 health care facilities were provided with basic WASH services.
- UNICEF continues to provide direct WASH support in humanitarian crises on a large scale, reaching 41 million people with water services and 9.4 million with sanitation services.
- 6.7 million people were provided with a climate-resilient water service, 3.0 million people were provided with a climate-resilient sanitation service, and 2,118 solar-powered water systems were supported.
- As of April 2025, the Today and Tomorrow Initiative (TTI) has delivered over US$11.4 million in insurance payouts and US$6.9 million in investments in risk reduction and climate adaptation. TTI provides cyclone insurance coverage for up to 13.5 million people across 8 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific, including Bangladesh, Comoros, Fiji, Haiti, Madagascar, Mozambique, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.