Wiki for Sustainable Futures 2026/Topic lists

Wiki for Sustainable Futures 2026. Knowledge to transform: Water, Food and Energy

Explore the Global Topic List and start contributing. For this year’s campaign, we are using the five UN reports showcased in the Global Topic List as the basis for building the global topic list. The global topic list features 15 top encyclopedic concepts contained in the reports that need to be updated and/or translated. These global reports need to be translated into local knowledge.

Water: Global Water Bankruptcy, reflecting a changing reality

The Institute for Water, Environment and Health at the United Nations University published this year a report on “Global Water Bankruptcy”. UN State Members will meet at the end of the year at the 2026 United Nations Water Conference. This is an opportunity to update Wikipedia’s information on the topic.

In most parts of the world, water is becoming less available and of lesser quality, entering an irreversible state. A ¼ of the global population now lives at least one month under water stress. Water is essential for growing our food, powering our societies and building goods. Wikipedia needs to reflect that water is no longer an "infinitely available resource" accordingly.

Adapting the global topic to your national or local context

Search for progress on Sustainable Development Goal 6 at your national or local level. Add it to the national or city-level article.
Document and update water sources in your region, country or city. Add sections on water quality, pollution, or availability.
Search for water-hungry crops and drought-resistant crops being grown in your region. Update their information.
Search for hydropower plants in your national or local context. Update them.
Search for water intensive industries in your national or local context. Add information about them either in the national-level article or in the industry directly.

Report: Global Water Bankruptcy: Living Beyond Our Hydrological Means in the Post-Crisis Era

Source: https://unu.edu/inweh/collection/global-water-bankruptcy

Available only in English Summary: This report presents key facts around "water bankruptcy". This term is used to refer as a post-crisis era for water management. The author of the report suggests that talking about "water scarcity" and "water crisis" inaccurately reflects the current situation of water systems, where resources have been depleted and impoverished to reach a state where they can no longer be restored to its original baseline. This affects both rural and urban environments, food and energy production, and health. The report describes this situation and explains some of the measures that need to be taken to adapt to the new scenario.

List of concepts

№	Image	Article	Description	en	fr	de	hi	ja	ms	pt	ru	es	sw	Σ	Wikidata	st.
1		Kaveh Madani (por crear) (1981)	Iranian environmental scientist	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	Q28836926	11	+
2		UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health (por crear)	United Nations agency	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Q96419586	1
3		water bankruptcy (por crear)	a condition in which repeated water crises become chronic states, where water systems can't return to their baseline state	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Q138648843	7
4		groundwater depletion, creado	unsustainable extraction of groundwater	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	2	Q7113626	4
5		anthropogenic drought (por crear)	drought events caused or intensified by human activities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	Q138648929	3
6		water pollution, creado	contamination of water bodies	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	9	Q183129	11	+
7		chemical water pollution (por crear)	adverse effect on bodies of water caused by chemical pollutants	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	Q70440357	1
8		water scarcity, creado	when water demand exceeds available resources	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	10	Q5376358	6	+
9	File:PeakWaterAquifer.PNG, SaudiArabiaWaterSupply1980-2000inMCM.png	peak water (por crear)	on the quality and availability of freshwater resources	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Q7157872	2	+
10	File:Sustainable Development Goal 06CleanWaterSanitation.svg, Objetivo Desenvolvimento Sustentável 6 PT.webp, Sustainable Development Goal 6-ar.png, SDG-icon-fi-06.svg	Sustainable Development Goal 6, creado	global goal to achieve clean water and sanitation for all people by 2030	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	5	Q48741129	9	+
11		wastewater (por crear)	used water from any combination of domestic, industrial, commercial or agricultural activities, surface runoff / storm water, and any sewer inflow or sewer infiltration	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	8	Q336191	7	+
12		groundwater, creado	water located beneath the ground surface	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	9	Q161598	13	+
13		virtual water, creado	hidden flow of water if food or other commodities are traded from one place to another; e.g. it takes 1340 m³ of water on average to produce 1000 kg of wheat	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	6	Q1897240	3
Σ	→ Autolist			11	7	6	4	5	5	6	4	6	1	55	avg: 4\6\42%	78

Food: Women in agriculture; pastoralists and rangelands

What food we grow, how do we grow it and who grows it? Wikipedia needs to reflect better on the role of women and pastoralists in growing our food and taking care of the land.

This Year is the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists and the International Year of the Woman Farmer. FAO has created a resource hub through the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub . The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems is a global report, that also features two sub-regional reports for Latin America & the Caribbean and for Sub-saharan Africa.

Adapting the global topic to your national or local context

Search for progress on Sustainable Development Goal 2 at your national or local level. Add it to the national or city-level article.
Document and update water sources in your region, country or city. Add sections on water quality, pollution, or availability.
Search for water-hungry crops and drought-resistant crops being grown in your region. Update their information.
Search for hydropower plants in your national or local context. Update them.
Search for water intensive industries in your national or local context. Add information about them either in the national-level article or in the industry directly.

Report: The status of women in agrifood systems

Source: Global Report Available in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish Regional reports:

Summary: Women represent an important part of the workforce in agriculture. In less developed countries, they can represent up to 50% of the workforce. However, they have less access to land, financial resources, and digital technologies to improve farming practices. Alongside with their work responsibilities, women also do a significant amount of unpaid work, such as cleaning, cooking, and taking care of children in the farm. They also spend more time gathering wood and water. Cultural and societal norms impose gender roles that prevent them from having better access to the market. For every dollar that a man makes in agriculture, a woman makes 82 cents. To address the gender disparities in agriculture, gender-transformative approaches can help change norms, while being cost-effective and having high returns.

Report: Global actions for sustainable rangelands and pastoralism to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality

Source: https://wocat.net/en/wocat-media-library/iyrp-ldn-policy-brief/

Available in English, Arabic, French, Spanish and Russian Find more publications and resources in the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub.

List of concepts

№	Image	Article	Description	en	fr	de	hi	ja	ms	pt	ru	es	sw	Σ	Wikidata	st.
1		natural resource management, creado	management of natural resources	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	5	Q3743137	9
2		agricultural land, creado	land used for agricultural purposes	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	5	Q3395383	4	+
3		land tenure, creado	legal regime in which land is owned by an individual, who is said to "hold" the land	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	4	Q66493932	3
4		food security, creado	condition related to the supply and availability of food, and individuals' access to it	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	9	Q1229911	8	+
5		land degradation, creado	process in which the value of the biophysical environment is affected by a combination of human-induced processes acting upon the land	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	4	Q3497778	5	+
6		rangeland (por crear)	open grazing land	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	Q3364870	8	+
7		pastoralism, creado	branch of agriculture concerned with raising livestock	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	7	Q9056738	3	+
8		nature-based solutions, creado	sustainable management and use of nature for tackling socio-environmental challenges	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	7	Q2421934	3
9		nature restoration (por crear)	improvement of damaged location	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	4	Q1639207	5	+
10		forage, creado	plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	6	Q13377214	3	+
11		Gender roles in agriculture (por crear)		+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	Q5531014	1	+
12		land use, creado	characterization of land based on what can be built on it and what the land can be used for	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	10	Q1165944	9	+
13		effects of climate change on agriculture, creado	impact of modern changes in temperature on agriculture	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	5	Q465932	4	+
14		climate change vulnerability, creado	The propensity or predisposition to be adversely affected by climate change. It can apply to humans but also to natural systems (ecosystems).	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	5	Q104834114	7	+
15		climate resilience, creado	capacity of social, economic and ecosystems to cope with a hazardous event or trend or disturbance	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	4	Q17072637	5
Σ	→ Autolist			15	10	9	5	9	3	8	6	12	4	81	avg: 5\8\54%	77

Energy: Defossilizing our economies and seizing the moment of opportunity

Global events such as the war in Ukraine, the occupation of Venezuela and the war in Iran are pushing the conversation around decarbonizing the economy. Fossil fuels emissions are the main drivers of climate change. Climate change impacts water, food, nature and living beings.

Last year, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change published a report on the impact on fossil fuels on human rights. If we want to live in a survivable planet, we need reliable knowledge on fossil fuels, their role in the climate crisis, and how we can move away from them. There's momentum to do so: a UN Report from 2025 signaled an important growth on renewable energies and the energy transition. Having reliable, updated information on renewable energies is key to counter the disinformation campaigns being pushed by fossil fuel interests.

The imperative of defossilizing our economies – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change

Source: https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/thematic-reports/ahrc5942-imperative-defossilizing-our-economies-report-special

Available in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish

Summary:

Report: Seizing the moment of opportunity: supercharging the new energy era of renewables, efficiency, and electrification

Source: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/moment-opportunity-2025

Available only in English

Summary:

№	Image	Article	Description	en	fr	de	hi	ja	ms	pt	ru	es	sw	Σ	Wikidata	st.
1		fossil fuels and human rights (por crear)	the impacts of the life cycle of fossil fuels on the enjoyment of human rights	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	Q138666293	3
2		fossil fuel extraction (por crear)	the process of withdrawing fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) from the Earth's crust	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	Q138666328	2
3		fossil fuels lobby (por crear)	lobbying supporting the fossil fuels industry	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	3	Q3835939	8	+
4		fossil fuel subsidy, creado	funding mechanism	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	3	Q16636333	4	+
5		fossil-fuel phase-out, creado	discontinuation of the use of fossil fuels	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	5	Q2326542	8
6		price of oil, creado	generally refers to the spot price of a barrel of benchmark crude oil—a reference price for buyers and sellers of crude oil	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	8	Q297279	3	+
7		energy poverty, creado	lack of access to modern energy services	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	5	Q1341244	7	+
8		sustainable energy, creado	use of energy in ways that meet present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	9	Q1962383	10	+
9		energy transition, creado	long-term structural change towards sustainable energy systems	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	7	Q795757	11	+
10		environmental impact of the energy industry (por crear)		+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	2	Q5381254	4
11		just transition, creado	Framework developed by the trade union movement to encompass wide range of social interventions needed to secure decent work opportunities and a greener economy.	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	7	Q6316391	5	+
12		Just Energy Transition Partnership (por crear)	financing cooperation mechanism to help a heavily coal-dependent emerging economy to make a just energy transition away from coal as an energy source	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	Q124053787	1
13		energy poverty and cooking (por crear)		+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Q106936195	2
14		environmental impact of mining, creado	environmental problems with the uncontrolled mining	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	5	Q5381247	4	+
15		human rights and climate change, creado	framework for addressing climate change	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	5	Q13861074	5	+
Σ	→ Autolist			13	11	5	2	7	2	8	5	9	0	62	avg: 4\6\41%	77