World Water Week in Stockholm
Tid 17 Augusti 2008 – 22 Augusti 2008
Plats Stockholmsmässan, Stockholm /Sweden
Tid 17 Augusti 2008 – 22 Augusti 2008
Plats Stockholmsmässan, Stockholm /Sweden
Today at the World Water Week in Stockholm, the policy brief "Saving Water: from Field to Fork" is released. In the policy brief, The Stockholm International Water Institute, FAO and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) call on governments to reduce by half, the amount of food that is wasted after it is grown and outlines attainable steps for how this can be achieved, by 2025.
Vi snackar skit - med värdighet! På lördag invigs "Sanitation-is-dignity" av Kajsa Bergqvist, Unicef-ambassadör och världsmästare i höjdhopp. Utställningen är en del av en global kampanj och pågår parallellt med årets Världsvattenvecka i Stockholm. Invigning lördagen den 16 augusti, kl 12:30 – 13:00 på Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm Kajsa Bergqvist, Hans Rosling, Jan Bjerninger, Cecilia Martinsen.
Stockholm - Joyce Chai from the United States was awarded the prestigious 2008 Stockholm Junior Water Prize tonight in a formal ceremony in the Stockholm International Fairs and Conference Center during the World Water Week in Stockholm.
Today at World Water Week in Stockholm - Borealis and Upnor have announced a joint initiative to apply the concept of "water footprint" to assess the amount of water needed to equip a typical home with a modern plumbing and underfloor heating system.
Professor John Anthony Allan from King's College London, a pioneer in the development of key concepts in the understanding and communication of water issues and how they are linked to agriculture, climate change, economics and politics, has been awarded the 2008 Stockholm Water Prize this evening by H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden at a ceremony and Royal Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall
Tid 16 Augusti 2008 10:00 – 22 Augusti 2008 16:00
Plats Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm