Utility Power & Water Robots, Electric Power & Water Leaders magazine, Nov2019

N E W S
WATER IS FUNDAMENTAL TO ACHIEVING THE
GLOBAL GOALS
The term “water scarcity”
is becoming
increasingly common.
As more countries, and
cities, experience the effects of
high population pressure and less
available freshwater, the interest
among policy-makers,
businesses, and citizens grows.
The realization is there. We need
to become more efficient water
users. We need to make some
drastic changes.
“World Water Week is a key
meeting place for the water and
development community; it is
here that we come together and
make sure that the very best ideas
are brought forward,” said
SIWI’s Executive Director,
Torgny Holmgren.
World Water Week is the world’s
biggest global annual meeting
focusing on water and
development. It is organized by
SIWI, Stockholm International
Water Institute. The Week draws
over 3,000 participants from
nearly 130 countries, who come
to Stockholm to learn about new
research results, share
experiences, discuss progress in
the implementation of the Global
Goals, and together try to find
new ways to meet the world’s
growing water challenges.
The President of the United
Nations General Assembly, Peter
Thomson, called the world’s
climate and water resources the
“fundament of our existence”, and
said that “Without proper
stewardship of that fundament
the 2030 sustainable
development agenda obviously
goes nowhere. Because without
the fundament we can’t exist.”
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