Γλυκό νερό για όλους!

Γλυκό νερό για όλους!

Του γλυκού νερού είναι ο κοινός παρονομαστής των πιο πιεστικές προκλήσεις της εποχής μας, όπως η υγεία, τα τρόφιμα και την ενέργεια, αλλά είναι συχνά κακή διαχείριση και αντιμετωπίζει σοβαρές πιέσεις. Πώς μπορεί ο κόσμος να συνεργάζονται καλύτερα γύρω από αυτό το ζωτικής σημασίας αιτία;

Κύκλος του Νερού αφίσα

Κύκλος του Νερού αφίσα

«Η συνεργασία Νερού» είναι το φετινό θέμα, αλλά ... πριν από την έναρξη ... ξέρετε πραγματικά πώς συμπεριφέρεται το νερό και μετακινείται από το ένα μέρος στο άλλο;

Σας ευχαριστούμε για την συμβολή σας!

Τι συνέβη με Τσίτα;

Τι συνέβη με Τσίτα; [ - 2,5 MB]

R. Casey Andersen , από το Οχάιο των ΗΠΑ, έχει γράψει ένα βιβλίο που μας βοηθά να αποκτήσουν μια βαθύτερη κατανόηση της κλιματικής αλλαγής και να γίνει ενέπνευσε να σκέφτονται τρόπους για να βοηθήσουμε τον πλανήτη μας. 
Μπορείς να καταλάβω τι συμβαίνει με φτωχοί, άρρωστοι Τσίτα; Η παγκόσμια κλιματική αλλαγή επηρεάζει altiplano της Βολιβίας, και σε αυτό το βιβλίο ένα κορίτσι παλεύει να κατανοήσει γιατί τα πρόβατα της, Τσίτα, υποφέρει. Καθώς η μητέρα της εξηγεί τους περιβαλλοντικούς λόγους πίσω από κακή υγεία Τσίτα, το κορίτσι μαθαίνει για την υπερθέρμανση του πλανήτη στη Βολιβία.
Σε αυτό το βιβλίο τα παιδιά είναι διαθέσιμο στα Αγγλικά, Ισπανικά και Quechua.

Panrarán Yacu

Panrarán Yacu [ - 1.24 MB]

Antony Lizardo Romero Τσάβες, από το Περού, έχει γράψει ένα βιβλίο που μας βοηθά να μάθουν και να προβληματιστούν σχετικά με το σεβασμό των προγόνων μας είχαν για το νερό και τη φύση.Να καθοδηγείται από Yacu και να ανακαλύψουν την αφθονία των μύθων και θρύλων για το νερό από το Περού!

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The World Water Development Report

2014: Water and Energy

Solar panels cleaning ©World Bank 2010

A woman enjoys her new water tap, Vinh Long Province, Vietnam ©AusAID

Water and energy are closely interconnected and highly interdependent. Choices made and actions taken in one domain can greatly affect the other, positively or negatively. Trade-offs need to be managed to limit negative impacts and foster opportunities for synergy. Water and energy have crucial impacts on poverty alleviation both directly, as a number of the Millennium Development Goals depend on major improvements in access to water, sanitation, power and energy sources, and indirectly, as water and energy can be binding constraints on economic growth – the ultimate hope for widespread poverty reduction.

In view of the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, likely to include increased access to water and energy services, this fifth edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report seeks to inform decision-makers (inside and outside the water and energy domains), stakeholders and practitioners about the interlinkages, potential synergies and trade-offs, and to highlight the need for appropriate responses and regulatory frameworks that account for both water and energy priorities. The Report provides a comprehensive overview of major and emerging trends from around the world, with examples of how some of the trend-related challenges have been addressed, their implications for policy-makers, and further actions that can be taken by stakeholders and the international community.

About the Report

The World Water Development Report, or WWDR, is produced by the World Water Assessment Programme, a programme of UN-Water hosted by UNESCO, and is the result of the joint efforts of the UN agencies and entities which make up UN-Water, working in partnership with governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders. 

The report was until 2012 a comprehensive, triennial report on the state, use and management of the world's water resources. After an detailed review and stakeholder surveys on the scope and purposes of the report, it was decided to make it an annual and more concise publication that is increasingly facts-based and has a more specific thematic focus.

The first edition of the annual report will address the theme "Water and Energy" in 2014 and will be launched during the main World Water Day celebrations in Tokyo, Japan on 21 March 2014.

Starting in 2014, the theme of the World Water Development Report and that of World Water Day will be harmonized in order to provide a deeper focus and in-depth analysis of a specific water-related issue every year.

Sneak peek at the report's contents

You're dying to see what's in the upcoming World Water Development Report and can't wait until March 2014? Watch the teaser presentation by Lead Author Rick Connor at the World Water Week in Stockholm in September 2013 below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJxoAi-9yoc&noredirect=1

Facts and figures

The Facts and Figures in this section are drawn from the upcoming edition of the World Water Development Report on Water and Energy that will be published in March 2014 and launched on the occasion of World Water Day celebrations in Tokyo, Japan.

Read more on the Report >

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is the largest renewable source for power generation and its share in total electricity generation is expected to remain around 16% through 2035.

   

Hydropower and water use

Most of the water used for hydropower generation is returned to the river though some evaporates and there are important impacts on timing and quality of streamflows.

   

Industrial water use

Roughly 75% of all industrial water withdrawals are used for energy production.

   

 

Financing water

For developing countries alone $103 billion per year are required to finance water, sanitation and wastewater treatment through 2015.

   

Energy for water

Energy is required for two components of water provision: pumping and treatment (before and after use).

   

Waterborne transportation

Waterborne transit is one of the most energy efficient. Inland towing barges are more than 3 times more energy efficient than road trucks and 40% more efficient than rail.

   

Biogas produced from sewage

In Stockholm, public buses, waste collection trucks and taxis run on biogas produced from sewage treatment plants.

   

Access to water and sanitation

In 2011, 768 million people did not use an improved source of drinking-water and 2.5 billion people did not use improved sanitation.

   

Access to electricity

More than 1.3 billion people still lack access to electricity, and roughly 2.6 billion use solid fuels (mainly biomass) for cooking.

   

Wind power

Wind power is the most sustainable source of renewable energy, mainly because of its low greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption.