More than 350 leading college entrepreneurs and 150 world leaders gathered at the Kairos Global Summit in New York City earlier this year to collaborate and create innovations and business models that address key global issues, including clean water, the global financial crisis, energy consumption, natural disasters, healthcare and more.
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Responsible agricultural water management will make a major contribution to future global water security.
The programme, which provides a UNESCO Global Network on Water and Development Information for Arid Lands was established in 2004 to strengthen the global capacity for management of water resources in arid and semi-arid regions.
This publication summarizes various recent policy documents and international conference reports on the subject of water resources management, many of which stress the urgent need for action to address declining global water security.
Cognizant of the need for water managers, government leaders, civil society and businesses to work together to sustainably manage water under uncertainty and risk in an integrated and coordinated manner, UNESCO is hosting the Future Forum on "Global Water Futures 2050" at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 12 April 2012.
The interview, conducted by Mr. Bert Diphoorn, UN-Water vice chair, shed light on international water strategy and policy and the effectiveness of collaboration to achieve water sustainability and to meet global demand for potable water, as well as on the role of the water-food-energy nexus in sustainable growth.
Mr. Reilly is Chairman of the Board of ClimateWorks Foundation, and Global Water Challenge.
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McKinsey estimated that by 2030, there will be a 40% gap between global water supply and demand.
On 22 March the Global Water Experiment was launched in Cape Town, South Africa, with a big splash.
Pentair Plc operates as a a global water, fluid, thermal management, and equipment protection partner with industry leading products, services, and solutions.
As our article explains, many water problems have global causes: population growth, climate change, urbanisation and, especially, changing diets.
On current trends, the global water supply will satisfy only 60% of demand in 2030, according to McKinsey, a consultancy.
While social entrepreneurship is starting to make a difference in addressing the global water crisis, so much more needs to be done.
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Japanese trading houses, long big players in global energy and commodities markets, recently have stepped up acquisitions in the global water business.
You could use the annual event to investigate the problem of global water shortages, or look at the issue closer to home.
During intense consultations the importance of a sound management of groundwater resources necessary to prevent and reverse the global water crisis were successfully addressed.
Activities will include participation in the Global Water Experiment and presentations a subsurface profiling float of the Argo programme, implemented under the auspices of UNESCO.
All are putting a serious strain on the global water supply.
The challenges of the growing global water crisis are well documented.
We are also making headway in solving the global water crisis.
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The overall objective of the project is to promote the sound management of groundwater resources in order to prevent and even reverse a global water crisis.
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The overall objective of the project is to increase the awareness of the paramount importance of sound groundwater resources management to tackle the global water crisis.
The overall project objective is to increase the awareness of the paramount importance of sound management of groundwater resources in preventing and reversing the global water crisis.
For decades environmentalists have begged governments and business to take account of disappearing forests and the dwindling global water supply when building roads, apartment complexes and shopping malls.
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In order to encourage the participation of low-income communities, 150 schoolpacks containing 10 Global Water Kits and a School Resource Kit were sent free to over 30 countries.
Over the past year, it has gained 45.6%, even after Monday's slide, while the Palisades Global Water Index, of which is a member, was up 34.4% through last week.
The overall project objective is to increase the awareness on the paramount importance of a sound management of our groundwater resources in preventing and reversing the global water crisis.
When I look at the global water crisis purely from a market-driven perspective, I see perhaps the single greatest imbalance of supply and demand that exists in the global marketplace.
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The Global Water Experiment, an initiative of the International Year of Chemistry will be showcased as will initiatives on demonstrating the important cultural dimensions related to water management and use.
Marubeni says it intends to become one of the top 10 players in the global water business, especially in emerging markets in Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.
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