UN: Managing Water Report under Uncertainty and Risk

The World Water Development Report was launched at the World Water Forum in France. Stakeholder Forum played a significant role in drafting chapter one of the report.

Water is a critical natural resource upon which all social and economic activities and ecosystem functions depend. Managing water well requires appropriate governance arrangements that move considerations of water from the margins of government to the centre of society. On national and local scales, appropriately funded infrastructure and adequately funded robust governance mechanisms are required to protect water resources and ensure sustainable development and the equitable distribution of water-derived benefits.

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