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Budapest Water Summit: Giving future a sustainable chance
From 8 to 11 October 2013 the World Water Council co-organized with the Hungarian government and the UN System the 2013 Budapest Water Summit under the theme "The role of water and sanitation in the world's agenda for sustainable development." The Summit Statement formulates concrete recommendations to implement the post-2015 Development Program and guide the Sustainable Development Goals towards the field of water.
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7th World Water Forum, April 12-17, 2015, Republic of Korea
The dates of the 7th World Water Forum were officially announced this Wednesday. The 7th Edition of the world’s largest water event is expected to gather over 30,000 people from multi-stakeholder backgrounds for 6 days of high-quality sessions, intense debates and informative workshops.
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World Water Council: An International Multi-Stakeholder Platform for a Water Secure World
The World Water Council was established in 1996 in response to increasing concern from the global community about world water issues. Its mission is to promote awareness, build political commitment and trigger action on critical water issues at all levels, including the highest decision-making level, to facilitate the efficient management and use of water in all its dimensions and on an environmentally sustainable basis.
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Clear Partnership Increases Water Use Efficiency
Water is a major prerequisite as well as an important driver of green growth. However, in many places water leakages and waste are huge challenges and impediments for sustainable growth.
World Water Council co-organizes Water Summit with Hungary and the United Nations
More than 1200 delegates are meeting today at the Budapest Water Summit to recommend to the United Nations that water should play a central role in the post-2015 development agenda. Water’s cross-cutting nature underpins all progress - not only as access to water for water’s sake but as a tool to ensure health, food and energy to eradicate poverty within a growing global population.
Governments and Council Debate Water Risks at the UN General Assembly
“Tackling Water Risks to Ensure a Sustainable Future” was the title of the luncheon and roundtable discussions that were held at the UN Headquarters in New York on 25 September. The event, with the objective of having water considered in the SDG’s post 2015, was hosted by the Governments of Colombia, the Netherlands and Switzerland together with UNSGAB and the World Water Council, and with the participation of UN-Water.
