The coordinators of the World Water Week, which was held in Stockholm from 31st August to 5th September 2014 have issued the "Abstract Volume" report.
Read more: http://programme.worldwaterweek.org/event/2014-world-water-4246.
Addressing water scarcity, both natural and humaninduced, in the Arab region is considered one of the major and most critical challenges facing the Arab countries. This challenge is expected to grow with time due to many pressing driving forces, including population growth, food demand, unsettled and politicized shared water resources, climate change, and many others, forcing more countries into more expensive water sources, such as desalination, to augment their limited fresh water supplies.
Understanding water-energy-food inter-linkages and managing them holistically is critical to sustainability in the sector. But while some private enterprises in the agrifood sector understand the significance of the nexus – and some have already seen competitive advantages in nexus-driven solutions for sustainable crop management, processing, distribution and retailing - most do not.
The "Final Conference of the IWRM-net Scientific Coordination Project" will be held in Brussels, from October 21st to 22nd, 2014.
Context
From 2010 to 2014, six European research projects funded within the IWRM Net ERA-Net second call have investigated new solutions for integrated water resources management in Europe, under three main themes:
FAO has published a new report on The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: "A new approach in support of food security and sustainable agriculture".
UN organized the "Water Annual International Zaragoza Conference" from 13th to 16th January 2014. One of the focuses was the Partnerships improving Water and Energy efficiency, security and sustainability. The Conference analyzed the commonalities and differences of both sectors and the advantages and disadvantages of partnerships. It looked into setting up, composition, financing, incentives, synergies, skills, cost effectiveness and support for and from partnerships.
World Water Week 2014 is organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) from August 31 to September 5, and takes place in Stockholm, Sweden. It has been the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues since 1991. It is a platform for over 200 collaborating organisations to convene events about water and development issues. Individuals from around the globe also present their findings at the scientific workshops. This report has been prepared as input to the 2014 World Water Week and its special focus on Energy and Water.
ISO 14046:2014 specifies principles, requirements and guidelines related to water footprint assessment of products, processes and organizations based on life cycle assessment (LCA). It provides principles, requirements and guidelines for conducting and reporting a water footprint assessment as a stand-alone assessment, or as part of a more comprehensive environmental assessment. Only air and soil emissions that impact water quality are included in the assessment, and not all air and soil emissions are included.
CIHEAM has decided to dedicate its Watch Letter 32 on “Innovative Food Security Indicators in the Mediterranean region”. This issue will be published in April 2015. We would like to invite all the experts interested by the publication to submit proposals by October 30 (no more than 4-5 lines) in order to present the topic, the authors involved and theirs positions. Please find the Call that contains guidelines and technical details about the publication.
The 1st Regional Conference of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) labelled project Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector will be held on 28-30 October 2014, in Athens, Greece, in close collaboration with the European Union funded Sustainable Water Integrated Management (SWIM) - Support Mechanism programme.
Project coordinated by: CIHEAM - IAMB
