Securing water for people and nature

Texas, Austin
Oct 23 2012
based on Adam Freed presentation


2008: 50% of pop lives in cities
2050: 70% in cities(in Latin America expected 90%)
in 2030 from 130 biggest cities, 100 from China

Climate change is helping business to understand the importance to address this, in a multistakeholder process

NY first city to invest long term in water - 1.5 bi $ invested during 10 years to avoid biggeest costs

Strategies to focus on water:
Engage cities (watershed protection)
Optimize industrial ag use
Invest in nature

Ecosystem service that Americans value more is water (more than energy). But the majority does not know from where this water came. Education is first part of the process to engage people. Where cities get water from.
Process: Identify best practices and replicate

Most americans don't know where does their water come from. How to protect without knowlodge? Capacity building needs to start with information...
http://www.nature.org/all-hands-on-earth/where-does-your-water-come-from-3.xml

Interesting from Jeff Opperman: "A tale of two floods": http://www.esa.org/pao/policyActivities/uf.pdf

Management of the Global Water Market,
Integrating River bassin