The five ‘multi-stakeholder’ water partnerships include a rich assortment of public-private partnerships that will give global corporations direct access to this precious resource of life. The UN predicts a 40% shortfall of water availability by 2030, even though the same amount of water has existed sine the creation of the earth. In order to insure Technocracy, shortages must be created to drive the investment. ⁃ TN Editor
Five global, multi-stakeholder water partnerships – the World Bank Water Global Practice, the 2030 Water Resources Group, the Global Water Partnership, the World Water Council, and the UN Global Compact’s CEO Water Mandate – announced plans to cooperate on water security. Their commitment follows the High-Level Panel on Water (HLPW) forecast of a potential 40% shortfall in water availability by 2030. The five partnerships, which represent business, governments, intergovernmental organizations, academia, and civil society organizations, plan to convene a series of discussions between their leaders, with a view to accelerating progress on the international water agenda. They will organize their discussions starting August 2018.
The groups announced their commitment following their endorsement of the HLPW report titled, ‘Making Every Drop Count – An Agenda for Water Action.’ The UN Secretary-General and the World Bank President convened the HLPW in 2016 to champion better management of water resources worldwide. The HLPW report, released on 15 March 2018, calls for doubling water infrastructure investment over the next five years.
The five groups also recognized the value of SDG 17 on partnerships as an important means of implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The collaboration will also progress achievement of SDGs and targets under: SDG 2 on zero hunger; SDG 3 on good health and well-being; SDG 6 on clean water and sanitation; SDG 7 on sustainable energy; SDG 9 on industry, innovation and infrastructure; SDG 11 on sustainable cities and communities; and on water-related and land-based ecosystems under SDG 14 (life below water) and SDG 15 (life on land).
They announced their partnership on World Water Day on 22 March, as the Eighth World Water Forum (WWF8) drew to a close.
Press release:
Stark Global Water Report Triggers New Collaboration Among Global Partnerships
In the face of profound global water challenges, on World Water Day 2018 five global multi-stakeholder partnerships representing business, governments, intergovernmental organizations, academia, and civil society organizations announced a new collaboration effort designed to accelerate progress toward ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation around the world. (Full statement at right.)The partnership was catalyzed by the discussions at the 8th World Water Forum in Brasilia, including the Citizens Forum and Sustainability Focus Group, and the High-Level Panel on Water report, “Making Every Drop Count”. The report says if the world continues on its current path, it may face a 40 percent shortfall in water availability by 2030. Health, food security, energy sustainability, jobs, cities, and ecosystems are increasingly at risk due to exacerbating natural variability of the water cycle and growing water stress.The World Bank Water Global Practice, 2030 Water Resources Group, Global Water Partnership, World Water Council, and UN Global Compact’s CEO Water Mandate announced their commitment to coordinate a set of actions toward increased water security. Water security underpins economic growth, social development and environmental sustainability.
The organizations agreed to:
Take into account the outcomes of the 8th World Water Forum, proposed by the various political, thematic, regional, citizen, and sustainability processes
Endorse the recommendations of the High-Level Panel on Water (HLPW) “Making Every Drop Count”
Recognize the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 17) that promotes partnerships as a key means of implementation of the 2030 development agenda – in particular for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals calling for a Water Secure World (SDG6)
Commit to convene a series of discussions between the leaders of the organizations, starting in August 2018
Explore and agree on pathways towards improving global coordination and collaboration among these and other organizations, in view of accelerating progress towards a water-secure world
Oyun Sanjaasuren, the Chair of Global Water Partnership, said, “The Global Water Partnership is prepared to offer its on-the-ground multi-stakeholder networks to advance better water governance.” Echoing GWP’s “Act on SDG 6” campaign, launched during the 8th World Water Forum, Sanjaasuren added, “It is time for policy makers to make SDG6 implementation a top priority.”
These people are insane! Statements like this scare the crap out of me… “on-the-ground multi-stakeholder networks to advance better water governance.” It sounds like the “water police” are coming!
Monte
April 6, 2018 8:02 pm
It seems like the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. The UN on one hand says they want better water management but on the other hand they’re poisoning the supply by spraying aluminum into the atmosphere.
Tim Mortrud
April 10, 2018 1:33 pm
Why in Gods Name would Americans want foreigners and bankers in control of our water. Our (lives) to be precise! I for one do not, nor do I see any good for Americans coming out of UN agendas-2000, 2021, 2030. There agendas must be exposed at every opportunity. There acronym assault on average person is an insult and unfortunately as well as regetable through the generational dumbing down of all people of Earth by means of control over the educational system. IDWTLIA NWO (I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN A) We all need to comment and and voice our rejection… Read more »
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These people are insane! Statements like this scare the crap out of me… “on-the-ground multi-stakeholder networks to advance better water governance.” It sounds like the “water police” are coming!
It seems like the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. The UN on one hand says they want better water management but on the other hand they’re poisoning the supply by spraying aluminum into the atmosphere.
Why in Gods Name would Americans want foreigners and bankers in control of our water. Our (lives) to be precise! I for one do not, nor do I see any good for Americans coming out of UN agendas-2000, 2021, 2030. There agendas must be exposed at every opportunity. There acronym assault on average person is an insult and unfortunately as well as regetable through the generational dumbing down of all people of Earth by means of control over the educational system. IDWTLIA NWO (I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN A) We all need to comment and and voice our rejection… Read more »