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endorse the CEO Water Mandate in 2007, we contribute to work streams addressing responsible business
engagement with water policy and management, water and human rights, and corporate water disclosure.
We helped to establish the Global Water Challenge, a coalition of 22 leading organizations that have
joined together to address water and sanitation issues through partnerships and innovative approaches.
Drawing upon the experience, expertise and assets of its members, the Global Water Challenge is able to
create partnerships that achieve far greater results than any one organization could achieve by itself.
We also are involved in the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER), a coalition of global
beverage companies working together to drive continuous improvement in industry environmental issues,
with a strong focus on water conservation and resource protection. As a member of the Water Footprint
Working Group of BIER, we are contributing to sector-specific guidelines for calculating the water
footprint of a beverage product or enterprise. Finally, we are involved with the World Economic Forum’s
water initiative, Water Resources Group – Phase 2, which is working with leaders of countries, civil society
organizations, multilateral organizations, and the private sector to create a network of public, civil society,
and private expertise to assist countries seeking to transform water resources policy and management. We
believe this kind of collaboration and knowledge sharing is critical to creating better awareness of global
water issues and to innovating effective solutions.
Climate-Water-energy-Food nexus
Like water, food and energy represent basic needs that help support stable economies and political
systems. In addition, agriculture and power generation account for the majority of water withdrawals in
most developed countries, and irrigated crops and global power plant design capacity are increasingly
located in areas of water stress. In both developed and developing countries, agriculture tends to account
for at least 70% of water consumption. In these ways and many others, climate, water, energy, and food
are inextricably linked—and face significant pressures, both independently and collectively.
Our growing portfolio of community water partnership projects contributes to mitigating and adapting to the
impacts associated with the intersections of climate, water, energy, and food through initiatives that increase the
ability of watersheds to absorb threats associated with an increasingly unstable climate and higher demands
for water, energy, and food. Our CWP program supports climate adaptation and the increased food needs of
a growing population through water body alterations, agricultural innovations, aquifer recharge, rainwater
harvesting, and other projects that increase resilience to climate change. We can help to reduce energy demands
by promoting local water sources that eliminate the need to treat and transport water, which is energy intensive.
Meeting global water, food, and energy challenges will require a careful balance of equity, efficiency, and
sustainability considerations, along with innovative technologies and robust local information that enables
public- and private-sector decision makers to assess and respond to growing water, food, and energy risk.
Further efforts are needed to fully leverage our water strategies to address the climate-water-energy-food
nexus. We will continue working with the World Economic Forum 2030 Water Resources Group and others
to better delineate our responsibilities and opportunities.
© Carlton Ward, Jr./The Nature Conservancy
© WWF-China Programme Office
© Joe Cook
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