WWDR3: "Water in a Changing World"
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Table of Contents: Water in a Changing World
Foreword by Ban Ki-Moon
Foreword by Koïchiro Matsuura
Preface
Acknowledgements
Overview of Key Messages
Chapter 1 Getting out of the box – linking water to decisions for sustainable development
- Opening the water box
- Sustainable development as the framework for water management
- Investing in water
- Global crises and water
- The need for action – now
- Structure of the Report
PART 1 - UNDERSTANDING WHAT DRIVES THE PRESSURES ON WATER (Intro)
Chapter 2 Demographic, economic and social drivers
- Demographic drivers
- Economic drivers
- Social drivers
Chapter 3 Technological innovation
- Recent trends and advances in science and technology
- The technology dissemination challenge
Chapter 4 Policies, laws and finance
- Policies and laws
- Financing – the missing link
Chapter 5 Climate change and possible futures
- The influence of climate change on the other drivers of change
- Identifying possible futures: the need for scenarios
- Challenges for summarizing the pressures of external drivers on water resources
Chapter 6 Water’s many benefits
- Water for economic development
- Water and poverty reduction
- Water and health
- Maintaining ecosystem services
Chapter 7 Evolution of water use
- Water use in the world
- Domestic water supply and sanitation
- Water use in agriculture
- Water for industry and energy
- In-stream water uses
Chapter 8 Impacts of water use on water systems and the environment
- How water use affects water resources
- Seeking sustainable management of groundwater
- Growing risks: pollution and degradation of water quality
- Progress in mitigating pollution
- Progress in achieving environmental sustainability
Chapter 9 Managing competition for water and the pressure on ecosystems
- Type, extent and effect of competition for water
- Managing competition through supply and demand management and reallocation
PART 3 - STATE OF THE RESOURCE
Chapter 10 The Earth’s natural water cycles
- Overview of the global hydrologic cycle
- Relationship of water to global biogeochemical cycles
Chapter 11 Changes in the global water cycle
- Changes in the water cycle
- Links between the terrestrial carbon and water cycles
- Is the hydrologic cycle accelerating?
- Assessing future impacts of climate change
- Summary
Chapter 12 Evolving hazards – and emerging opportunities
- Hazards vary with climate regions
- Changes in average streamflow
- Changes in extreme events
- Changes in groundwater
- Changes in erosion, landslides, river morphology and sedimentation patterns
- Challenges: hazards and opportunities
Chapter 13 Bridging the observational gap
- The importance of hydrologic observations
- Recent developments in observation methods, networks and monitoring
- Changing status of operational data over the recent past
- Opportunities and challenges
- Some suggestions for bridging the observational gap
PART 4 - RESPONSES AND CHOICES
Chapter 14 Options inside the water box
- Water governance reform: strengthening policy, planning and institutions
- Consulting with stakeholders and avoiding corruption: accountability in planning, implementation and management
- Capacity development for more effective action
- Developing appropriate solutions through innovation and research
- Data and information needs
- Financing
Chapter 15 Options from beyond the water box
- Promoting win-win scenarios by creating space for change
- Clearing pathways towards win-win situations: avoiding negative impacts
- Promoting win-win scenarios through cooperation and knowledge
- Sustaining change: changing habits through awareness
- Ensuring sustainable financing
- Making water an integral part of all planning and management decisions
- Working towards better development outcomes
- Deciding – and acting!
Appendix 1: Indicators
Appendix 2: Water-related goals and objectives of major conferences and forums, 1972-present
Abbreviations
Index
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