“We don’t live in the same world … Everyday we are changing the face of our planet”, pronounced W.J. Cosgrove, UNESCO, WWAP during the “Water and the Future of Humankind” focus session. Speakers from the Gulbenkian Think Tank...> En savoir plus
International Network of Basin Organisations (INBO), GWP, UNESCO, UNECE, French Development Agency (AFD) and GEF signified the birth of a new handbook on Transboundary Basin Management. This book results from the participation of...> En savoir plus
"A Thirsty World" by Yann Arthus-Bertrand was presented for the first time at the Forum on 13 March 2012. With the support from the French Development Agency, the International Forum Committee and the group...> En savoir plus
In Marseille's Forum, 100 days before Rio+20 Izabella Teixeira, Environment Minister of Brazil, calls for a true political consensus. Around 50,000 participants and 80 country and government leaders are expected at a summit where...> En savoir plus
The meeting took place at the French Pavilion 14 March © 6th Water World Forum / Christophe Taamourte > En savoir plus
OECD published on Tuesday 13 March two books presenting the latest prospects concerning the socio-economic evolutions for the next four decades and their impacts on four important fields: climate change, biodiversity, water and...> En savoir plus
Israeli engineers offer solutions to manage the wastewater coming downstream from eastern Jerusalem and Palestinian territories, which is spreading pollution through the Kidron valley and into the Dead Sea. Certain solutions...> En savoir plus
Katariina Poskiparta, Secretary of State of the Finnish Ministry of Environment highlighted water taxation as one of the key measures aiming to cover the cost of water supply and treatment. Finland has also established a...> En savoir plus
"A City, A Well", is a construction project of clean pastoral and market gardeners in the Agadez region (Niger) which strongly involves the local community. Initiators of this operation, the NGO Tidène, the A City, A...> En savoir plus
The District Water Company of Liège (CILE) has for the last two years counted on spring can water production plant. If there is a network breakdown preventing users from accessing water from the tap, the plant comes online...> En savoir plus