Authors:
Contributors offer a diverse range of perspectives, are leading experts in the field and include leaders from government, religious groups, business, NGOs, academics, entrepreneurs, financial experts, journalists, trade specialists, and many others
Foreword by Ban-Ki Moon, U.N. Secretary General
The book focuses not only on the importance of water security to nearly all of the challenges the world system faces today, but also offers solutions to the looming crisis and steps that must be undertaken
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
At the 2008 Davos Annual Meeting, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon identified water as “the climate adaptation issue,” directing the World Economic Forum to assemble the world’s foremost group of public, private, non-governmental-organization and academic experts to examine the impending global water crisis from all perspectives.
The result of their work is this forecast—a stark, non-technical overview of where we will be by 2025 if we continue to (mis)manage our water resources. Water Security contains compelling commentary from leading decision-makers, past and present. The commentary is supported by analysis from leading academics of how the world economy will be affected if world leaders cannot agree on solutions.
The findings are shocking. Perhaps equally stunning are the potential solutions and the recommendations that the group presents. All are included in this landmark publication.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Water Security
Book Subtitle: The Water-Food-Energy-Climate Nexus
Authors: The World Economic Forum Water Initiative
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-026-2
Publisher: Island Press Washington, DC
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: World Economic Forum 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-61091-026-2Published: 18 September 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 248
Topics: Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Agriculture, Climate Change, Hydrogeology
