The purpose of the Award is to promote efforts to fulfil international commitments made on water and water-related issues by 2015 through recognition of outstanding best practices that can ensure the long-term sustainable management of water resources and contribute to the achievement of internationally agreed goals and targets contained in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg PlanofImplementation.
Climate experts and environmental officials from 180 countries are currently meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to agree on a work plan for implementationof the 1997 Kyoto protocol, signed by developed countries in Japan last December.