Anders Berntell, VD för Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), kommer efter tio framgångsrika år att lämna SIWI för en tjänst som VD för 2030 Water Resources Group inom International Finance Corporation vid World Bank Group.

The 2011 World Water Week in Stockholm closed today with assembled participants supporting a "Stockholm Statement to the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro (Rio+20 Summit)".

Stockholm, Sweden (25 August 2011) – Stephen R. Carpenter, Professor of Zoology and Limnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, received today the 2011 Stockholm Water Prize by H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden for his groundbreaking research that showed how lake ecosystems are affected by the surrounding landscape and human activities.