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#WorldRiverRun

For 24 hours, people everywhere will run, walk or move for our rivers by taking one small action to protect them.

Each action, shared across the world, will build into a powerful movement for the ecosystems that give us life. #WorldRiverRun

Rivers are critical wetland ecosystems. They supply us with water for drinking and agriculture, provide livelihoods for over a billion people, and sustain diverse and endangered biodiversity. #WorldRiverRun

If we are serious about water for climate action, we need stronger leadership. Bold goals, courage to do the hard things, and the cross-sector collaboration that will ultimately solve this crisis.

But there are also gaps we can’t ignore: too few local voices, a lack of courageous leadership, not enough collaboration, and a tendency to lower expectations rather than rise together to meet them.

There are reasons for hope: more countries signing onto the Freshwater Challenge, more young people stepping up, more innovation and engagement in trying to secure real progress.

The best part is that don’t have to be in Stockholm to join! You can sign up for free and watch online here ➡️ 💧https://tinyurl.com/335m4b38

Later today I’ll be speaking at the #FreshwaterChallenge event about why accelerating collective action on the ground is so important, and how this challenge is helping to make it happen.

We all have the capacity to do hard things. And when we work together, those hard things become easier 💪💧

I started all of this as just one crazy person running alone in the middle of the desert. Today, there are thousands of us behind #RunBlue. Never underestimate the impact you can make, or your ability to bring your community with you.

Your marathon doesn't have to look like mine.

Maybe yours is organising a clean-up at your local river. Maybe it's rethinking what you eat, wear, or throw away. Maybe it's simply reminding yourself every morning that you have the power to make change in your own life and the lives of others.

But I do it because it takes me to the front lines of the water crisis. It lets me understand the challenges, and experience firsthand what it means to live and breathe this reality every single day.

It shows people that we can do hard things, and why those hard things need to be done.

On #WorldHealthDay, we’re reminded that health is about more than hospitals and medicines. It’s about the conditions that allow people to live with dignity and safety.

Let’s make sure no one is left behind.