Stockholm International Water Institute » Anders Jägerskog http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 World Leading in Five Thematic Areas by 2017 http://www.siwi.org/publication/world-leading-in-five-thematic-areas-by-2017/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/world-leading-in-five-thematic-areas-by-2017/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:50:42 +0000 Sanna http://www.siwi.org/?post_type=publication&p=5050 Stockholm WaterFront No.4 2012 article

With its vision for a “water wise world”, the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) recently produced its 2013-2017 strategy, placing its various programmes and activities within five thematic areas: Climate Change; Transboundary Water Management; Water Governance; Water, Energy and Food Nexus; and Water Economics. In this article, we highlight why we work with these themes and the key services we provide under each theme.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/world-leading-in-five-thematic-areas-by-2017/feed/ 0 Feeding a thirsty world: Challenges and opportunities for a water and food secure world http://www.siwi.org/publication/feeding-a-thirsty-world-challenges-and-opportunities-for-a-water-and-food-secure-world/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/feeding-a-thirsty-world-challenges-and-opportunities-for-a-water-and-food-secure-world/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:57:51 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/feeding-a-thirsty-world-challenges-and-opportunities-for-a-water-and-food-secure-world/ This report presents the latest thinking and new approaches to emerging and persistent challenges to achieve food security in the 21st century. It focuses on critical issues that have received less attention in the literature to date, such as: food waste, land acquisitions, gender aspects of agriculture, and early warning systems for agricultural emergencies. It also offers perspectives on how to better manage water and food linkages.

Published in 2012.

Addendum

This addendum clarifies issues relating to the research results published in:

Falkenmark, M. (2012) ‘Food security: overcoming water scarcity realities’, in Feeding a Thirsty World: Challenges and Opportunities for a Water and Food Secure World, SIWI Report 31. Jägerskog, A. and Jønch Clausen, T., (ed). Stockholm International Water Institute, Stockholm.

Clarification of citation

The chapter is based on the in May 2012 latest accessible modeling in the well published multiyear research project at Stockholm Resilience Center starting in 2007. The project is being summarised in the book:

Rockström, J., Falkenmark, M., Folke, C., Lannerstad, M., Hoff, H., Heinke, J., Gordon, L., Enfors, E., & Barron, J. (2013). Confronting the water challenge in a turbulent world. Towards a green-blue resilience approach for global sustainability. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.

The results presented in the chapter originate from work in progress. The forthcoming publication will consider additional water productivity gains for crop and livestock production, different fractions of animal source foods in the diet, and sensitivity of the analysis, depending on the chosen assumptions.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/feeding-a-thirsty-world-challenges-and-opportunities-for-a-water-and-food-secure-world/feed/ 0 Feeding a Thirsty World http://www.siwi.org/publication/feeding-a-thirsty-world/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/feeding-a-thirsty-world/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:57:25 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/feeding-a-thirsty-world/ The World Water Week 2012 in Stockholm will zoom in on food security and the global water situation. This is warranted not least from the perspective of the increasing imbalances in global food security. In this article, Dr. Anders Jägerskog sums up the thrust of a report he edited on this topic, which is meant to provide input for the Week’s deliberations.

Article in Stockholm Water Front Magazine, issue no 2, 2012.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/feeding-a-thirsty-world/feed/ 0 The Global Rush for Land: What about Water? http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-global-rush-for-land-what-about-water/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-global-rush-for-land-what-about-water/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:56:56 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-global-rush-for-land-what-about-water/ This article presents the SIWI report “Land Acquisitions: How Will They Impact Transboundary Waters?”, which explores how the current surge in land acquisitions could impact transboundary water resources and relations, a topic that has received little attention previously. The report was launched at the 6th World Water Forum.

Article in Stockholm Water Front, issue no 1, 2012.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-global-rush-for-land-what-about-water/feed/ 0 Land Acquisitions: How Will They Impact Transboundary Waters? http://www.siwi.org/publication/land-acquisitions-how-will-they-impact-transboundary-waters/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/land-acquisitions-how-will-they-impact-transboundary-waters/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:56:45 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/land-acquisitions-how-will-they-impact-transboundary-waters/ This exploratory report investigates how the current surge in land acquisitions and investments by foreign countries, sovereign wealth funds and private corporations, as well as domestic investors, will affect transboundary water management, an area where current knowledge is sparse. The majority of land deals tend to be made in places with low land lease prices, weak legislation, inexpensive labour and relative abundance of land and water and very few include regulations or agreements for water used on the acquired territories. With many of the largest land leasing countries located on the transboundary water basins, shared waters will be affected with unknown implications for regional relations. Two case illustrations in the Nile and Niger basin regions are presented to explore how land acquisitions have affected global, regional, national and local actors in those areas and point out key questions that require more research.

Report published in 2012.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/land-acquisitions-how-will-they-impact-transboundary-waters/feed/ 0 Whose river is it, anyway? http://www.siwi.org/publication/whose-river-is-it-anyway/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/whose-river-is-it-anyway/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:49:22 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/whose-river-is-it-anyway/ Transboundary Water Management: Principles and Practice Edited by Anton Earle, Anders Jägerskog and Joakim Öjendal Published by Earthscan © 2010

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/whose-river-is-it-anyway/feed/ 0 Regional Water Intelligence Report Central Asia http://www.siwi.org/publication/regional-water-intelligence-report-central-asia/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/regional-water-intelligence-report-central-asia/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:45:46 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/regional-water-intelligence-report-central-asia/ Water is an increasingly strategic resource in the Central Asian region for economic and social development. Water cuts across critical issues such as food and fibre production, energy generation, environmental sustainability and human security.

This paper highlights these issues and their inter-linkages and targets the Aral Sea Basin, with focus on Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Afghanistan (also a part of the basin) and influential neighboring countries like China and Russia are part of the regional analysis.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/regional-water-intelligence-report-central-asia/feed/ 0 Drainage Basin Security – Prospects for Trade-offs and Benefit Sharing in a Globalised World (the World Water Week Niche Report) http://www.siwi.org/publication/drainage-basin-security-prospects-for-trade-offs-and-benefit-sharing-in-a-globalised-world-the-world-water-week-niche-report/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/drainage-basin-security-prospects-for-trade-offs-and-benefit-sharing-in-a-globalised-world-the-world-water-week-niche-report/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:42:20 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/drainage-basin-security-prospects-for-trade-offs-and-benefit-sharing-in-a-globalised-world-the-world-water-week-niche-report/ Each year, the World Water Week addresses a theme that fits within a broader niche. This report looks back over the niche on Drainage Basin Security, which covered the years 2003 to 2007. This report reflects on the knowledge, experience and lessons learned over the course of the five years, and offer a set of key messages that emerged from the plenary sessions, workshops, seminars and side events.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/drainage-basin-security-prospects-for-trade-offs-and-benefit-sharing-in-a-globalised-world-the-world-water-week-niche-report/feed/ 0 The TWO Analysis – Introducing a Methodology for the Transboundary Waters Opportunity Analysis http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-two-analysis-introducing-a-methodology-for-the-transboundary-waters-opportunity-analysis/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-two-analysis-introducing-a-methodology-for-the-transboundary-waters-opportunity-analysis/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:39:44 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-two-analysis-introducing-a-methodology-for-the-transboundary-waters-opportunity-analysis/ This report presents a conceptual framework that can be used by stakeholders concerned by the development and management of shared freshwater resources. The objective is to promote the sustainable and equitable use of transboundary water resources, and to clarify trade-offs relating to development.

The report outlines a concept for analysing potential benefits in a transboundary river basin to optimise economic growth, political stability and regional integration. The conceptual framework is intended to be used by basin State Governments, Regional Economic Communities, and financing entities.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-two-analysis-introducing-a-methodology-for-the-transboundary-waters-opportunity-analysis/feed/ 0 Innovations in Groundwater Governance in the Mena Region http://www.siwi.org/publication/innovations-in-groundwater-governance-in-the-mena-region/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/innovations-in-groundwater-governance-in-the-mena-region/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:38:10 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/innovations-in-groundwater-governance-in-the-mena-region/ This report is based on a seminar on innovations in groundwater governance in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Region during the World Water Week in Stockholm 2008. It demonstrated that there are lots of innovative activities being tried and tested in the region, for example in managing groundwater better at the local, national and cross border level, increasing the efficiency of use, creating new water, monitoring, decision support systems, and building management and business skills.

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