{"id":1001,"date":"2012-03-29T11:25:43","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T11:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/2012\/03\/29\/water-the-bloodstream-of-the-green-economy\/"},"modified":"2012-03-29T11:25:43","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T11:25:43","slug":"water-the-bloodstream-of-the-green-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/water-the-bloodstream-of-the-green-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Water: the bloodstream of the green economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">By Stockholm International Water Institute<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The  6th World Water Forum, taking place in Marseille from March 12-17, is  an important stepping stone to strengthen the voice of water in the  process leading up to Rio+20. At this juncture, the Stockholm  International Water Institute strongly urges that following points are  emphasised in the outcome of Rio+20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">1. Set Sustainable Development Goals for water, food and energy<br \/>The  foundation for a resource efficient green economy must be built upon  water, energy and food security \u2013 and these issues must be addressed in  an integrated and holistic manner. The outcome of Rio+20 should  explicitly:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Recognise the strong interdependence between long term sustainable energy supply and sustainable water resources management.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Recommend  that the Sustainable Development Goals should include targets to  increase total food supply-chain efficiency from field to fork, to  increase water efficiency in agriculture, and to increase water use  efficiency in energy production.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">2. Integrate water in climate adaptation and mitigation policy and implementation at all levels<br \/>Our  ability to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change requires  an improvement in the management of water as a natural resource, an  economic asset and as a hazard. It is therefore critical that the  cross-cutting nature of water is fully acknowledged and that water  management is fully integrated into climate adaptation and mitigation  measures. The outcome of Rio+20 should explicitly: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Emphasise  the vital importance of integrating water resource management in  national climate adaptation and mitigation plans and measures; and in  this acknowledge that support to climate interventions need to be site  specific and built upon local knowledge and capacity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Recognise  the vital importance of addressing water comprehensively through the  establishment of appropriate policy measures and programmes at local,  regional and global levels, including within the UN Framework Convention  on Climate Change.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">3. Call for more effective cooperation on transboundary waters<br \/> Increasing  population, economic growth and climate change will likely intensify  tensions over transboundary water resources around the globe.  Multi-country dialogue and cooperation over transboundary waters is an  effective vehicle to promote improved relations between nations and  opens opportunities for more productive water management. The outcome of  Rio+20 should explicitly:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Recognise the importance of increasing efforts to advance cooperation on transboundary waters as a means to promote&nbsp;&nbsp; development,  poverty reduction, regional integration and the advancement of peace  and stability, fostering trust and co-investments.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">4. Establish good water governance as a prerequisite for sustainable development <br \/> Forming  transparent and participatory governance processes is critical to  ensure the sustainable and equitable use of water resources and to  expand the delivery of clean water supply and sanitation services to all  people. The outcome of Rio+20 should explicitly: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Recognise  the importance of transparency, accountability and integrity as part of  the efforts to improve water governance and prevention of corruption.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Emphasise  that availability and public accessibility of information is central  for improved water governance. This also includes transparent budgets,  which enables stakeholders to identify priority areas, potential funding  gaps and track resource allocations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Encourage  countries to set up procedures for local stakeholder participation in  planning, budgeting and implementation of reforms related to water  resources and water supply and sanitation.<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">A PDF version of the Key Messages is available <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stakeholderforum.org\/fileadmin\/files\/SIWI Water.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Stockholm International Water Institute The 6th World Water Forum, taking place in Marseille from March 12-17, is an important stepping stone to strengthen the voice of water in the process leading up to&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}