WEF2008.4 WATER workspace session
January 26, 2008 by Chris | permalink
Maggie presented the issues. essentially two big circles: on is really about climate change adaptation, resource management and the other is the water sanitation and drinking [the taps side]. she called it three big drivers are people, prosperity and population. she reminded us that Water is LOCAL.
Dominique noted that the newspapers have picked up that Water is one of the two big messages coming out of this years Davos. he also pointed out that last year there was only one session on water and this year there are seven.
Peer B-L from Nestle gave a quick
as climate change became an issue for political action, water was overlooked. he offered that there are three issues which must be considered - nutrition, energy and environment. his concern is that working on climate change is damaging the work on water. water is a problem now, not one in 15 years or so. he emphasizd, again, that it is very local. he also emphasized the Call to Action document from the WEF. He pointed out that agriculture is vital to be part of the discussion and are too often absent.
After thinking about the big issues that are confronting us relating to water, we then were given a scenario in which to consider the situation if things continue as usual. we took a look at the issues which would be manifesting as well as the triggers to get movement. the issues were clumped into five groups:
Politics/Incentives/allocation
Agriculture - concentrate of four geographic areas
leadership - water as the global hero -
data/metrics
multi-stakeholder dialogue - actions: collect stories, rabble-raising, scenario planning
look up on youTube ----- the unchained goddess [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lgzz-L7GFg]
