While it becomes apparent that the sustainable development goal for water will likely not be met by 2030, the first UN Water Conference in almost half a century has produced a large number of non-binding commitments and pledges, thus falling short of closing the global governance gap that is widening through climate change. This article adopts a risk governance perspective and provides reflections and recommendations on the need for coordination, critical evaluation, integration and a deeper understanding of risk perceptions and responses related to the water SDG across public, private and civil society actors. Drawing on van Asselt and Renn, the paper proposes a water risk governance framework applying the principles of communication and inclusion, integration, and reflection, to assessing progress toward the water SDG. Focusing on the transformation of water services, it discusses who is represented, whose risks are perceived and responded to, and who is responsible for providing evidence and scaling innovation. It concludes that for scaling up four elements are necessary, including institutional innovation, financing mechanisms, monitoring, as well as social and policy uptake.

尽管水的可持续发展目标很可能无法在2030年实现，但近半个世纪以来的首届联合国水大会却产生了大量不具约束力的承诺和承诺，未能实现全球治理的闭环。由于气候变化而扩大的差距。本文采用风险治理的视角，并就公共、私营和民间社会参与者对与水可持续发展目标相关的风险认知和应对措施进行协调、批判性评估、整合和更深入理解的必要性提出了反思和建议。本文借鉴范阿塞尔特和雷恩的经验，提出了一个水风险治理框架，应用沟通、包容、整合和反思的原则来评估水可持续发展目标的进展。它重点关注水服务的转型，讨论了谁的代表、谁的风险被感知和应对，以及谁负责提供证据和扩大创新。报告的结论是，要扩大规模，必须具备四个要素，包括制度创新、融资机制、监测以及社会和政策吸收。