Water Risk & Strategy

Challenge from GSBQ: How do you secure supplies which are only as reliable as the weather, whilst also protecting the livelihoods of the farmers and communities involved?
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6 April 2010 — started by Emma Gollub, 2degrees
Here's a challenge that was raised at the Sustainable Business Quarterly event on 30th March. Can you help? Procurement departments face the problem of securing a reliable …
Alternatives to the term "water footprint"?
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3 Sept. 2009 — started by Dave Rochlin, ClimatePath
Using the term "footprint" seems to be a shortcut and misleading in measuring water impact....It is not the same as carbon: Some water is renewable...and irrigation, water …
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How can policy makers step in to stop climate change-induced risks of water conflicts?
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17 Aug. 2009 — started by Emma Gollub, 2degrees
As World Water Week in Stockholm kicks off, the overriding theme is transboundary water, and the growing risk of water-related international tensions in the face of …
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Is water more pressing than carbon?
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16 July 2009 — started by Emma Gollub, 2degrees
This pre-webinar forum gives you the chance to ensure the discussion covers the issues you're particularly interested in. You can post any questions you have ahead of the …
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Promoting global water awareness
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2 June 2009 — started by Andrew Noone, WSP Environment & Energy
As part of this network partnership by WSP Environment and Energy, we would like to get the network's thoughts on a first discussion looking at: How do we improve the …
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Can you give us good examples of success or failure in water provision?
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4 Jan. 2011 — started by Izabela Stacewicz, 2degrees
In most parts of the world, politicians and regulators (elected or appointed) oversee the provision of water service to residences and industry. This oversight is based on …
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Climate Adaptation: Facing up to a Changing World
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26 Aug. 2010 — started by Izabela Stacewicz, 2degrees
As difficult as it might be to predict the effects of climate change, there is one thing we can be sure about: In the future, uncertainty will be the only certainty. A global …
Climate Change, Water and Risk: Sustainability of Current Water Demands
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19 Nov. 2010 — started by Izabela Stacewicz, 2degrees
With Rebecca Hammer, Beagle Fellow, Water Program at NRDC and Sujoy Roy, Principal Engineer at Tetra Tech, Inc. This webinar highlighted NRDC's research addressing the impact …
Mission Critical Water Virtual Summit
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24 Feb. 2011 — started by Maeve Hall, Deloitte & Touche
Deloitte US are sponsoring a really interesting virtual event that I thought others might be interested in. The European session is on the 3rd March 2011. The line up …
Sustainable Business Quarterly Roundtable discussion and challenges write up
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6 April 2010 — started by Emma Gollub, 2degrees
One of the roundtables at the 2degrees and Guardian Sustainable Business Quarterly event on 30th March looked at current and future challenges in the use of water. Several …