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WATER AND
SANITATION LOOMS BEHIND FOOD, ENERGY AND CLIMATE CRISIS, CONCLUDES WORLD
WATER WEEK:
24/08/2008
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UNITED
NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / 24
August 2008 -- The World Water Week in Stockholm concluded
this week with 2400 scientists, leaders from governments and civil society
declaring that slow progress on sanitation will cause the world to badly fail
the Millennium Development Goals while weak policy, poor management,
increasing waste and exploding water demands are pushing the planet towards
the tipping point of global water crisis.
Action
is crucial, stakes are high and time is running out were key messages coming
from the World Water Week in Stockholm.
Sanitation
and hygiene, climate, water management, ecosystems and business issues were
prominent programme focal points throughout the week.
SIWI
itself released new research that showed half of food is lost after it is
produced and called for governments and individuals around the world to reduce
by half the amount of food that is lost to ease pressure on water and land
resources.
The
World Water Week, which included 200 co-convening organisations, witnessed the
launch of a number of new and groundbreaking studies, reports and initiatives
designed to improve a global situation where billions of people are without
sustainable access to safe drinking water or suffering ill health due to poor
sanitation, where bio-energy demands are diverting water from food production,
and where global climate change is shaking the overall water balance.
Preliminary
conclusions taken from the week written by subject experts following the key
themes of Sanitation, Water Resources Management, Climate, Environment and
Ecosystems, Transboundary Waters, are available at www.worldwaterweek.org.
Some of
the studies, reports, initiatives and announcements made during the week
included:
•
SIWI, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and
the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) released the report,
"Saving Water: From Field to Fork – Curbing Losses and Wastage in the
Food Chain."
•
The Asia Development Bank, International Water Association and USAID signed
a collaboration agreement entitled "Waterlinks" in Stockholm to
collaborate on Water Operation Partnerships initiatives in Asia.
•
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change presented "The IPCC
Technical Report on Water and Climate."
•
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) launched 4 new reports (1) UK Water
Footprint: the effect our consumption has on water resources, (2) Everything
you need to know about the UN Watercourses Convention, (3) Water for life:
Lessons for climate change adaptation from better, management of rivers for
people and nature, (4) Adapting freshwater to a changing climate.
•
Borealis & Borouge and Uponor launched the first water footprint
initiative in the water sector.
•
ITT and Water For People unveiled new partnership to provide clean water,
sanitation, and hygiene education in schools.
•
WaterAid presented the findings of its latest research from Madagascar and
Zambia on how the aid system can better respond to public health imperatives
and get the MDG for child mortality back on track.
•
The Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA) launched
the handbook "Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems (DEWATS) and
Sanitation in Development Countries."
•
The Japan Water Forum in collaboration with the Water Web Alliance launched
a renewal version of the "World Sanitation Project Map" on Google
Map/Earth.
Press
Releases during World Water Week (available at http://www.worldwaterweek.org/press/index.asp)
• Virtual
Water Innovator Receives Stockholm Water Prize
• 50
Percent of Food is Wasted Causing Water, Food and Hunger Crisis, Says SIWI,
FAO and IWMI
• Californian
Prodigy, Utilities Win Stockholm Junior and Industry Water Prizes
• Now
hear this: Radio and women take top honours in water, sanitation and hygiene
media competition
• United
States Wins Stockholm Junior Water Prize / pictures
• Poor
Sanitation Still Causes Heavy Health and Economic Losses in Indonesia
• Climate
Change in the Himalayas: Increased hazards and reduced water security
• IFC
CEO Says Public-Private Partnerships Can Avert Water Crisis
• UK
citizens using 58 baths of water a day
• Flow
plan for less talk and more action as climate change hits rivers
• Asia
Water Day highlights leadership role in solving region's water problems
• World
needs global water agreement now
• Borealis
and Uponor launch first water footprint initiative in the plastics industry
• Stockholm
World Water Week: WECF puts Europe's sanitation problems on the agenda
• Agreement
signed with WaterLinks to accelerate the delivery of safe drinking water and
sanitation to the people of Asia / pictures
• ITT
unveils ITT Watermark, announces strategic partnership with Water For People
• Behind
world food crisis is a world water crisis
• The
State of Wetlands and Their Role in a World of Global Climate Change
• Afripump:
A sustainable solution for Rural Water Supply
High
quality video content, including expert interviews on water, sanitation, Asia,
climate, food and related issues from the World Water Week are available to
registered journalists at www.thenewsmarket.com/siwi. For more
information, contact Stephanie Blenckner, +46 73 914 3986, stephanie.blenckner@siwi.org.
SIWI -
Independent, Leading-Edge Water Competence for Future-Oriented ActionThe
Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute that
contributes to international efforts to combat the world's escalating water
crisis. SIWI advocates future-oriented, knowledge-integrated water views in
decision making, nationally and internationally, that lead to sustainable use of
the world’s water resources and sustainable development of societies.
PRESS
INFORMATION
Stephanie
Blenckner, SIWI +46 (0)8-522 139 86, stephanie.blenckner@siwi.org
Josh
Paglia, SIWI +46 (0)8-522 139 96, josh.paglia@siwi.org
Anna
Norén, SIWI +46 (0)8-522 139 89, anna.noren@siwi.org
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