Stockholm (01 September 2017) –Understanding and recognizing the many different values attached to water is the key to more efficient use - a must as more people have to share the world’s limited fresh water.
World Water Week closed on Friday. Over 3,200 participants from 133 countries have attended several hundred sessions, shared experiences, and discussed solutions to the world’s most criti
Stockholm (30 August 2017) – Professor Stephen McCaffrey received the 2017 Stockholm Water Prize on Wednesday, for his unparalleled contribution to the evolution and progressive realization of international water law. The prize was presented to Stephen McCaffrey by H.M. Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, at a ceremony in Stockholm City Hall during the ongoing World Water Week.
Stockholm (29 August 2017) – Two students from the USA, Ryan Thorpe and Rachel Chang, received the 2017 Stockholm Junior Water Prize on Tuesday, for their novel approach to detect and purify water contaminated with Shigella, E. coli, Salmonella, and Cholera. H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden presented the prize at an award ceremony during World Water Week in Stockholm.
Stockholm (28 August 2017) – World leaders, water experts, development professionals, policy-makers, and one astronaut, have gathered in Stockholm for a week-long meeting focused on finding ways to better use, and reuse, the world’s increasingly scarce fresh water.
The term “water scarcity” is becoming increasingly common. As more countries, and cities, experience the effects of high populatio
Stockholm (24 August 2017) – World leaders, water experts, development professionals and CEOs will meet in Stockholm 27 August-1 September for the annual World Water Week, where they will discuss the world’s growing water challenges and how to meet them.
Idag utsågs vinnaren av Svenska Juniorvattenpriset 2017. Priset på 30 000 kr tilldelas Hannah Bassek från Lugnets Gymnasium i Falun som med projektet ”Kunskap och känsla - klimatarbetets två ben” har tagit fram en strategi och modell för ökad klimatmedvetenhet för att påverka framtida miljö- och klimatpolitik.
H&M, IKEA och Filippa K är bara några exempel av de 20+ nordiska textilföretag som tillsammans sparat mer än 6,7 miljarder liter vatten under en sjuårsperiod. Det motsvarar det dagliga behovet av vatten för 134 millioner människor . Under ledning av Sweden Textile Water Initative (STWI), ett projekt som driver en global omläggning mot hållbar textil- och läderproduktion, så har fabrikerna...
