You can find lakes all over the world, usually freshwater, sometimes alkaline or salty, some of them spanning thousands of square kilometers, others no larger than a few football fields. They are cradles of human civilization and support diverse life forms but have been badly affected by a combination of over-abstraction, pollution and climate change. That's why Member States adopted the United Nations Environment Assembly resolution on Sustainable Lake Management in March 2022 and want to see it implemented as quickly and as fully as possible.