Stockholm International Water Institute » sustainable development 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 Water and Sustainability: A Reappraisal http://www.siwi.org/publication/water-and-sustainability-a-reappraisal/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/water-and-sustainability-a-reappraisal/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:38:24 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/water-and-sustainability-a-reappraisal/ In 1987, the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) analysed the environmental problems of the time. It presented as its core idea the concept of sustainable development, with the goal of meeting “the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” The committee’s guiding image of the world followed the mainstream idea at the time of environmental problems as pollution and land degradation. The committee paid no particular attention to crucial environmental resources such as water, nor did it examine fundamental environmental constraints that would influence the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Published in the March/April 2008 issue of Environment Magazine.

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]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/water-and-sustainability-a-reappraisal/feed/ 0 Stockholm Water Front No. 4 2001 http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-4-2001/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-4-2001/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:29:58 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-4-2001/ This Water Front presents the workshop conclusions of World Water Week 2001. Some of the workshop topics were about the relation between industry and other water interests in a catchment context, the driving forces and incentives for change towards sustainable water development, and how you can increase the status of water issues in policy-making and in the public perception.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-4-2001/feed/ 0 SIWI at Rio+20 – Key Messages and Sessions http://www.siwi.org/news/siwi-at-rio20-key-messages-and-sessions/ http://www.siwi.org/news/siwi-at-rio20-key-messages-and-sessions/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:30:45 +0000 Nora http://www.siwi.org/?post_type=news&p=838

SIWI will take an active part in the Rio+20 summit:

Key messages

SIWI has prepared a Key Messages document, which provides a series of priorities on water issues to be included in the outcomes of Rio+20. The main points are:

  • Access to drinking water and sanitation is a human right: A sustainable development goal on water must  set targets for achieving universal access.
  • Set a sustainable development goal on water for improved water efficiency, reduced water pollution and improved wastewater management.
  • Set a sustainable development goal on energy and food security and include targets to significantly increase water use efficiency.
  • Integrate water in climate adaptation and mitigation policy and implementation at all levels.
  • Call for more effective cooperation on transboundary waters.
  • Establish good water governance as a prerequisite for sustainable development.

Read the full document

Session involvement

SIWI will be involved in the following sessions:

TUESDAY 12 JUNE
16.00-18.00, Water Security: Growing Multiple Needs and Scarcity. (Pontifical Catholic University Rua Marquês São Vicente, 225 – Gávea).
Session Convenors: UNESCO-IHP, GWSP.

18.00-20.00, Water Resources; Uncertainties and Opportunities. Case Studies from Geographic Hotspots.
(Pontifical Catholic University Rua Marquês São Vicente, 225 – Gávea).
Session Convenors: UNESCO-IHP, French Water Academy, FAO – Mountain Partnership Secretariat,
ICIWaRM.

THURSDAY 14 JUNE
17.30-19.00, UN Watercourses Convention side-event. (T-8, RioCentro).
Session Convenors: SIWI, WWF (others TBC).

FRIDAY 15 JUNE
11.00-11.40, The Water, Food and Energy Nexus – A Fundament for a Green Economy. (Common Space Conference Room CNO 3 at Athlete’s Park).
Session Convenor: SIWI and KTH.

SATURDAY 16 JUNE
9.00-10.30, Sustainable Water Use in Textile Production – A Case for Cooperation at the UN Global Compact’s Rio +20 Corporate Sustainability Forum (Windsor Barra Hotel & Congresses)
Session Convenor: The Government of Sweden.

SUNDAY 17 JUNE
11:00-13.30, The Economics of Sustainable Development, Including Sustainable Patterns of Production
and Consumption. (Venue TBC).
Session Convenor: TBC.

MONDAY 18 JUNE
9.30-11:00, Mountain Knowledge Solutions for Improved Water, Food, Energy and Environment Nexus (P3-A, RioCentro).
Co-convenors: ICIMOD, SIWI, Govt. of Nepal, Mountain Partnership, EVK2CNR and GGCA.

14.00-14.40, Sweden Textile Water Initiative Session (Common Space Conference Room CNO 4 at Athlete’s Park).
Session Convenor: SIWI

TUESDAY 19 JUNE
09.30-13.00, Water Day

17.30-21.00, Part 1: Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), Benefiting Countries for a Sustainable and Equitable Future. Interactive Policy Dialogue and Launch of the UN-Water Report on Water Resources Management. Access to Water & Sanitation, Reflections on the Rio +20 Outcome document. (Venues TBC).
Convenor: UN-Water.

Part 2: Water and Sanitation as a Human Right. International Year of Water Cooperation and World
Water Day 2013. (Venue TBC).
Convenor: UN-Water.

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