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The Third World Water Forum and the future agenda
Published in François Guerquin, Ahmed Tarek, Mi Hua, Tetsuya Ikeda, Vedat Özbilen, Marlies Schuttelaar, World Water actions, 2010
François Guerquin, Ahmed Tarek, Mi Hua, Tetsuya Ikeda, Vedat Özbilen, Marlies Schuttelaar
The Third World Water Forum addressed several new topics that reflect new actors and a broader scope: water and transport, water and energy, water and culture, and water and medicine. Two received particular attention.
Water − state of the resource
Published in Amithirigala Widhanelage Jayawardena, Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulics, Hydrology and Water Resources for Civil Engineers, 2021
Amithirigala Widhanelage Jayawardena
Its primary product, the World Water Development Report (WWDR) is a periodic comprehensive review providing information on the state of the world’s freshwater resources. The basis for the WWDR springs from the Rio Earth Summit of 1992 and the UN Millennium Declaration of 2000. The first four issues of WWDR have been published to coincide with the four World Water Forums held respectively in Kyoto, Japan (2003), Mexico city, Mexico (2006), Istanbul, Turkey (2009), and Marseille, France (2012). The first World Water Forum was held in Marrakesh, Morocco in 1997, followed by the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth held respectively in the Hague, Netherlands (2000), Kyoto, Japan (2003), Mexico City, Mexico (2006), Istanbul, Turkey (2009), Marseille, France(2012), Deigu, Korea (2015), and Brasilia, Brazil (2018). The next World Water Forum is expected to be held in Dakar, Senegal in 2021. The titles of the World Water Development Reports so far have been as follows: Water for People, Water for Life (WWDR1, 2003)Water: A Shared Responsibility (WWDR2, 2006)Water in a Changing World (WWDR3, 2009)Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk (WWDR4, 2012)Water and Energy (WWDR, 2014)Water for a Sustainable World (WWDR, 2015)Water and Jobs (WWDR, 2016)Wastewater: An untapped resource (WWDR, 2017)Nature based solutions for water (WWDR, 2018)Leaving no one behind (WWDR, 2019).
The status of the UN Watercourses Convention: does it still hold water?
Published in International Journal of Water Resources Development, 2020
Since the convention was adopted by the UNGA more than two decades ago, much has occurred in the world of water. In 2000, the member states of the UN agreed to establish the Millennium Development Goals for development progress, with a 2015 target to halve the number of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation (Millennium Development Goals and Beyond 2015, n.d.) . This goal was actually achieved in 2010, five years ahead of schedule (UNICEF/WHO, 2012). In 2003, the UN founded UN-Water, an inter-agency platform to coordinate the efforts of UN entities and international organizations working on freshwater and sanitation issues (About United Nations Water, n.d.). In 2005, the UN declared 2005–2015 the International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life’ to prioritize water and sanitation development (International Decade for Action ‘Water For Life’ 2005-2015, n.d.). In 2010, the UNGA issued a declaration recognizing a human right to water and sanitation (G.A. Res. 64/292, 2010). In 2015, the UN member states established the Sustainable Development Goals as the successors to the Millennium Development Goals, including a specific target (Goal 6) prioritizing clean water and sanitation for all by 2030 (Sustainable Development Goals Knowledge Platform, n.d.) Between 1998 and 2018, the World Water Council (n.d.) held eight editions of the World Water Forum, the world’s largest event on water, providing a unique platform for the water community and key decision makers to collaborate on and explore long-term solutions for pressing global water challenges. During this same period, the International Water Resources Association (n.d.) held seven World Water Congresses, bringing together scientists, policy makers and other stakeholders to advance water resources knowledge, policy and management worldwide. And between 1997 and 2007, more than 70 bilateral and regional treaties, directives, declarations and understandings were entered into by nations around the world over their cross-border freshwater resources (Program in Water Conflict Management and Transformation, n.d.).