水 plays a critical role in ensuring that 9+ billion are people living well, 在地球范围内, 到本世纪中叶. This year’s World 水 Week (WWW), held last week, focused on 更快地建立弹性, addressing the water-related challenges of the climate crisis, 缺水, 食品安全, 健康, 生物多样性, 以及Covid-19大流行的影响. 的 virtual five-day event convened experts from government, 行业, 学术界, NGOs and other organizations from 170 countries to demonstrate how to act now as well as highlight the critical role of business in implementing solutions for water-related challenges and a resilient future.
WBCSD领导了一个 系列会议 on different themes and topics during the week jointly with partner organizations and contributed to several other sessions through the week. Sessions were designed to support and guide 行业 in reducing water usage, 消除水污染, 减缓气候变化和提供水资源, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) for building resilience against 缺水, 气候变化, 2019冠状病毒病与未来冲击.
六月，水务署公布了“零废水承诺’ to drive business action for elimination of industrial wastewater by 2030. In a session convened by WBCSD, CDP and UN-Habitat, WBCSD launched ‘迈向零废水的道路是由数据驱动的’, an issue brief discussing how a lack of available data hinders progress towards SDG 6.3. This WWW session highlighted the need for collaboration between different stakeholders and drew on insights from institutional investors, 技术提供者和研究人员, about the opportunities for data to drive action on industrial wastewater management. 良好的数据是监管的基础, 技术投资与信息披露, all of which can drive corporate action to eliminate wastewater pollution. 今年晚些时候, WBCSD will release new tools to support standardized approaches for data collection and assessment to understand wastewater pollution impact.
In the session ‘水 Impact Protocol for the food and 农业 sector’, WBCSD and co-hosts South Pole and CGIAR's Research program on 水, Land and Ecosystems/International 水 Management Institute launched the public consultation for the 水 Impact Protocol. This is a standardized approach for companies across the food value chain to value water-related impacts. 会议期间, leading food and agriculture sector companies highlighted how the new Protocol will help them to assess their water-related impacts and support their decision-making. 的 session highlighted the complementarity of the Protocol with the freshwater methodology for the Science Based 目标 for nature, as well as the role of the Protocol within the broader 食物的真正价值 movement that aims to harmonize ways in which companies valuate impacts in the food system. 公众谘询 该协议 is now open: you can provide your feedback through a survey 在这里.
的 50L家庭联盟 (50L 首页) is a global platform for action that addresses water security and 气候变化 with an aim to make 50 litres of daily water use per person a reality for all. A session by 50L 首页 explored how household water conservation measures can also contribute to reducing carbon emissions in our cities. 发言者强调了合作的重要性, particularly public-private partnerships that can promote approaches which consider broader systemic implications and can integrate emerging challenges such as nature-based solutions, 可购性, 和金融. Together businesses agreed on the need to bring diverse knowledge and innovations in the end-to-end system from drinking water, 分布, 构建系统, 水和废水管理, 以及在整个价值链中做出必要的改变. T在这里 was also emphasis on the need to develop a long-term vision to enable transformational change.
整个星期, speakers from 19 companies and 16 partner organizations shared case studies and expertise in sessions led and supported by WBCSD, 关于各种与水有关的挑战和解决方案.
For information on the role of business with regards to water and sanitation, please see 《2050年正规博彩十大网站:水与卫生之路》 涵盖商业行动至关重要的十个领域 让水为所有人流动 – and support the systems transformation needed by 2050 in the face of today’s global challenges.
