Stockholm International Water Institute » 2010 http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:39:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Financial Flows to the Water Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-impact-of-the-global-financial-crisis-on-financial-flows-to-the-water-sector-in-sub-saharan-africa/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-impact-of-the-global-financial-crisis-on-financial-flows-to-the-water-sector-in-sub-saharan-africa/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:49:18 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-impact-of-the-global-financial-crisis-on-financial-flows-to-the-water-sector-in-sub-saharan-africa/ The omnipresent nature of the global financial crisis led us at SIWI to question the impact of the crisis on financial flows to the water sector, focusing our attention on Sub-Saharan Africa. In this report we unpack how the water sector is presently financed and then trace the impact of the crisis on these financial flows.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-impact-of-the-global-financial-crisis-on-financial-flows-to-the-water-sector-in-sub-saharan-africa/feed/ 0 Regional Water Intelligence Report – The Nile Basin and the Southern Sudan Referendum http://www.siwi.org/publication/regional-water-intelligence-report-the-nile-basin-and-the-southern-sudan-referendum/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/regional-water-intelligence-report-the-nile-basin-and-the-southern-sudan-referendum/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:49:16 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/regional-water-intelligence-report-the-nile-basin-and-the-southern-sudan-referendum/ Regional Water Intelligence Reports The purpose of the Regional Water Intelligence Reports (RWIR) is to provide regular updates on the political economy of transboundary water resources issues, management and development. The RWIR focuses on the socio-economic aspects of water management and highlight the links between water, energy, food and human security from a regional perspective. This RWIR provides an analysis of the political landscape at the national and regional level in the Nile Basin including a political and legal analysis of the upcoming Southern Sudan referendum 2011. The objective is to prepare a base line to analyse key political events and their potential impact on Nile cooperation, within the framework of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), with a specific focus on the upcoming referendum in Southern Sudan. Some recommendations are explored that the international community could consider taking in the post referendum process to strengthen development and cooperation. The analysis of political events provides input to further analysis on the political economy of water in the Nile basin. The report does not provide a detailed overview of the NBI process to date which is provided elsewhere. Input to the RWIR is based on public referenced information and confidential interviews.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/regional-water-intelligence-report-the-nile-basin-and-the-southern-sudan-referendum/feed/ 0 2010 Overarching Conclusions http://www.siwi.org/publication/2010-overarching-conclusions/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/2010-overarching-conclusions/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:49:14 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/2010-overarching-conclusions/ Building Capacity – Promoting Partnership – Reviewing Implementation

Tackling the Water Quality Challenge
Overarching Conclusions
Rapporteur Theme Reports:
Managing water across borders
Coping with Climate Change
Balancing Competing Demands
Responding to Socio-economic and Demographic Changes
Ensuring Human and Environmental Health
Convening Organisations
2010 Stockholm Water Prize
2010 Stockholm Junior Water Prize
2010 Stockholm Industry Water Award
2010 Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award
Best Poster
WASH Media Award
2010 World Water Week Supporters and Sponsors

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/2010-overarching-conclusions/feed/ 0 Stockholm Water Front No. 4 2010 http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-4-2010/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-4-2010/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:48:55 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-4-2010/ This issue of the Stockholm Water Front looks into some statistics and arguments related to urbanisation in conjunction with the theme of the 2011 World Water Week in Stockholm: “Responding to Global Changes: Water in an Urbanising World.”

Demographic changes cannot be separated from climate changes. In his reflections on some of the fundamental issues related to climate change, SIWI’s Mats Eriksson draws some arguments related to an increased focus on adaptation versus mitigation.

Erosion and sedimentation in China is assessed by Zhou Zhide and Tong Yuling, from the International Research and Training Centre on Erosion and Sedimentation, Beijing, China. They look into how natural pollution affects water quality globally, and the human equation in the process.

SIWI’s John Joyce reflects upon the effects of the international financial crisis on financial flows for the water sector in Africa, based upon a recently published SIWI report. The two main conclusions being that: (a) local governments and households (who are not well integrated in the international economy and therefore not heavily effected by the crisis) play a crucial role in financing water sector related infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa, (b) Chinese Arab investments may have played a stabilising role in Sub-Saharan Africa during the recent financial crisis. Therefore, the effects have not been as severe as what could have been expected.

And Mr. John Feighery, PhD candidate at Columbia University and winner of the Best Poster award during the 2010 World Water Week in Stockholm wrote for this issue of the Stockholm Water Front about his research on water quality in Bangladesh which won him this honour.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-4-2010/feed/ 0 Climate Change, Water and Adaptation – Some Fundamental Reflections http://www.siwi.org/publication/climate-change-water-and-adaptation-some-fundamental-reflections/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/climate-change-water-and-adaptation-some-fundamental-reflections/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:48:53 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/climate-change-water-and-adaptation-some-fundamental-reflections/ “Few countries have just the right amount of water throughout the year [...] finding ways and means to deal with increased droughts and floods becomes a major task for managers worldwide.”

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/climate-change-water-and-adaptation-some-fundamental-reflections/feed/ 0 The impact of the global financial crisis on financial flows to the water sector in Sub-Saharan Africa – Persistent Underinvestment, Minimal Impacts http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-impact-of-the-global-financial-crisis-on-financial-flows-to-the-water-sector-in-sub-saharan-africa-persistent-underinvestment-minimal-impacts/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-impact-of-the-global-financial-crisis-on-financial-flows-to-the-water-sector-in-sub-saharan-africa-persistent-underinvestment-minimal-impacts/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:48:51 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-impact-of-the-global-financial-crisis-on-financial-flows-to-the-water-sector-in-sub-saharan-africa-persistent-underinvestment-minimal-impacts/ The omnipresent nature of the global financial crisis led us at SIWI to question the impact of the crisis on financial flows to the water sector, focusing our attention on Sub-Saharan Africa. SIWI’s lead on water and economics, John Joyce, led a study team to investigate the pathways and estimate the impacts. This article summarises the thrust of the study.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-impact-of-the-global-financial-crisis-on-financial-flows-to-the-water-sector-in-sub-saharan-africa-persistent-underinvestment-minimal-impacts/feed/ 0 Stockholm Water Front No. 3 2010 http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-3-2010/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-3-2010/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:48:49 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-3-2010/ In this issue of Water Front, you can visit back to the 2010 World Water Week in Stockholm, and recapture highlights leading up to the closing of the 2010 Stockholm Statement. The United Nations Environmental Programme contributes with a feature on the effects on industrial pollution on ecosystems and human well-being. A feature on water quality in Stockholm gives good practices and examples from Europe’s first Green Capital on managing water and sanitation with an ecological approach. Much more in the November issue of the Stockholm Water Front!

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-3-2010/feed/ 0 The Effects of Industrial Pollution on Ecosystems and Human Well-Being http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-effects-of-industrial-pollution-on-ecosystems-and-human-well-being/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-effects-of-industrial-pollution-on-ecosystems-and-human-well-being/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:48:47 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-effects-of-industrial-pollution-on-ecosystems-and-human-well-being/ Exploring the links between ecosystems and human well-being, this article looks at the effects of industrial pollution on water quality and their impacts. Informed by a recent UNEP report “Clearing the Waters: A focus on water quality solutions”, released on World Water Day, 22 March, 2010, and also by other UN reports, the article highlights pathways to arrive at the sustainable management of human activities and processes within ecosystems, for improved water quality globally.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-effects-of-industrial-pollution-on-ecosystems-and-human-well-being/feed/ 0 The Stockholm Statement and Reflections on the MDG Summit http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-stockholm-statement-and-reflections-on-the-mdg-summit/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-stockholm-statement-and-reflections-on-the-mdg-summit/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:48:45 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-stockholm-statement-and-reflections-on-the-mdg-summit/ The Stockholm Statement – Our Goals Need Water
At the closing session of this year’s World Water Week, participants voted unanimously on a statement to the MDG Review Summit. The Stockholm Statement stipulates that MDGs cannot be achieved without giving more attention to water and sanitation as cross-cutting solutions for achieving the other goals in addition to their status as MDG targets.

Reflections on the MDG Summit
The timing could have been pure coincidence. But just one week after the UN Millennium Development Goal Summit in New York, the UN Human Rights Council recognised the right to water and sanitation as a human right.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-stockholm-statement-and-reflections-on-the-mdg-summit/feed/ 0 In Retrospect: 2010 World Water Week http://www.siwi.org/publication/in-retrospect-2010-world-water-week/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/in-retrospect-2010-world-water-week/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:48:43 +0000 Nora http://www.siwi.org/publication/in-retrospect-2010-world-water-week/ Over the past 20 years, the World Water Week has established itself as a highly dynamic and well balanced forum for deepened dialogue, constructive critique, solution finding and enriching exchanges. This anniversary year gathered more than 2,600 delegates from 130 nations in Stockholm to discuss issues and solutions related to the Water Quality Challenge.

Published in Water Front Magazine No. 3 2010.

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