Void in leadership on world water crisis cited by 20 former heads of government
InterAction Council, Tokyo 31 May 2001 Clinton, Fox, Zedillo, Chretien, Brundtland among 20 former leaders urging greater effort to avert […]
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Former national leaders: Water a global security issue
InterAction Council / United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health 20 March 2011 Water as an “urgent security
Canada’s role grows amid looming world water shortages in some places, more flooding in others
Canadian Water NetworkWaterloo, Ontario27-Feb-2011 $1 trillion global water market forecast for 2020; Global freshwater demand expected to exceed supply by
Pollutants in aquifers may threaten future of Mexico’s fast-growing ‘Riviera Maya’
United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 6 Feb 2011 Pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, shampoo, toothpaste, pesticides,
Report casts world’s rivers in ‘crisis state’
DIVERSITAS, Paris 29 Sep 2009 The world’s rivers are in a crisis of ominous proportions, according to a new global
Water experts of 26 UN agencies meet in Canada, plan coordinated response to looming crisis
United Nations University 1-Feb-2010More than two dozen leading United Nations water experts will convene in Hamilton, Canada Feb. 2-4 to
‘Arid aquaculture’ among livelihoods promoted to relieve worsening pressure on world’s drylands
United Nations University 11-Nov-2008 “Arid aquaculture” using ponds filled with salty, undrinkable water for fish production is one of several
Providing toilets, safe water is top route to reducing world poverty: UN University
United Nations University Tokyo Japan / Hamilton, Canada 19-Oct-2008 Simply installing toilets where needed throughout the world and ensuring
Rising energy, food prices major threats to wetlands as farmers eye new areas for crops
United Nations University 25-Jul-2008Critical food shortages and growing demand for bio-fuels and hydro-electricity due to high fossil fuel prices rank
Massive greenhouse gases may be released as destruction, drying of world wetlands worsens: UN
United Nations University 20-Jul-2008 700 leading experts convene at edge of Brazil’s vast Pantanal to take stock, offer policy prescription