Stockholm International Water Institute » integrated water management http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:00:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Reflecting on the “Integration” Aspects of the World Water Week http://www.siwi.org/publication/reflecting-on-the-%c2%93integration%c2%94-aspects-of-the-world-water-week/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/reflecting-on-the-%c2%93integration%c2%94-aspects-of-the-world-water-week/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:51:21 +0000 Nora http://www.siwi.org/publication/reflecting-on-the-%c2%93integration%c2%94-aspects-of-the-world-water-week/ The World Water Week is, as it says, about ‘water’. It focuses on the role of water in our lives, from the daily needs of the individual human being, animal or plant, to the long term survival of our globe. As such the World Water Week is concerned with the water-related challenges of the poorest and hungry billion people in the developing countries for whom every day is a challenge to survive, as well as with the role of water in ensuring the long term sustainability and well-being of a rapidly growing world population with increasing demands for food, energy and other essentials. These challenges translate into a continuous stream of world ‘crises’ – financial crises, food crises, energy crises etc – all of which risk to be fuelled by the impacts of climate change, and all of which have strong water dimensions.’

Article in the Stockholm Water Front, issue no 3, 2011.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/reflecting-on-the-%c2%93integration%c2%94-aspects-of-the-world-water-week/feed/ 0 SIWI at WEFTEC 2012 http://www.siwi.org/news/siwi-at-weftec-2012/ http://www.siwi.org/news/siwi-at-weftec-2012/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:35:14 +0000 Elin http://www.siwi.org/?post_type=news&p=1071 SIWI is present at the annual Weftech conference in New Orleans. Mr. Torgny Holmgren, Executive Director of SIWI is presenting the Stockholm Story. How Stockholm went from one of dirtiest and unhealthiest cities to become one of the cleanest cities in the world in terms of water and sanitation. Furthermore how the success of integrated water management inspired to start the Stockholm Water Prize and the World Water Week in Stockholm to share, discuss and encourage solutions for a water wise world.

Also present at the WEFTEC is this year’s winners of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize, Mr. Luigi Marshall Cham and Mr. Jun Yong Nicholas Lim from Singapore, who were honored in the opening session.

SIWI is also part of the Swedish Trade Councils booth, if you have a chance, please stop by booth 8821.

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