JAKOB GRANIT, DIRECTOR, SIWI KNOWLEDGE SERVICES, STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL WATER INSTITUTE 

This article appeared in Outreach, a multi-stakeholder magazine on environment and sustainable development published at COP17. View it here.

With growing demand for energy and the need to decarbonise the energy supply chain with new power producing technologies, there is an urgent need to better understand the demand for water for energy production and include this into the existing mechanisms under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

MIKE MULLER, GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP’S TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

This article appeared in Outreach, a multi-stakeholder magazine on environment and sustainable development published at COP17. View it here.

Since water is the medium through which many of the impacts of climate change will be felt, we might expect water to be at the forefront of climate discussions, particularly as they focus increasingly on adaptation to inevitable changes. Better water management - finding ways to store water and prepare for droughts; and understanding and planning to reduce flood damage and vulnerability are just two critical examples.