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The next GSBQ event will be held at 5.45 pm on September 14th at the America Square ...
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- Urban Cool: Making Great Cities Better - New York, USA, 14 September
- Transport and climate change: 10:10&Sustrans ask 'Can local solutions help solve national problems?'
- Australialive 2010 - NSW Information & Communications Technology Roundtable
- BSI 3rd Annual Conference & Workshop: Energy Management
- New South Wales Green Buildings Project
- Climate Funds Update
Charting Our Water Future: Pathways and Tools to Reform
Charting Our Water Future: Pathways and Tools to Reform
8:00 a.m. (BST) / 3:00 a.m. (EDT)
8th Sept. 2010
Water Risk and Strategy working group
International Finance Corporation (IFC) and McKinsey and Company
The seminar will be streamed live from World Water Week in Stockholm.
The seminar will present the “Charting Our Water Future” report, which analyses the nature and scale of the global water challenge and proposes real-world solutions to close the demand/supply gap. The study developed tools for use by policy makers and investors to identify and prioritise cost-efficient solutions to achieve water security.
The report, "Charting Out Water Future: Economic frameworks to inform decision-making," is available here.
Programme
09:00- Water Leaders Video
09:05 - Welcome and Introduction. Usha Rao Monari, IFC
09:20 - Keynote Speech - TBD
09:35 - Presentation of Findings: Charting Our Water Future Report. Guilio Bocalletti, McKinsey & Co.
10:00 - Water Leaders Video
10:05 - Presentation on the Transnational Basins of Interest. John Joyce, SIWI
10:30 - Panel Discussion: The View from the Ground
Panelists (tbc)
11:30 - Questions and Answers
12:15 - Closing Remarks. Usha Rao Monari, IFC
12:30 - Event Concludes
For more information, please contact Izabela Stacewicz