How do you run a financial market in Water World?
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In the framework of the Water World Week celebrated in Stockholm, Sweden, on 16th August, 2008 the National Water Commission (CONAGUA), together with the International Hydrological Programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the WET International Project (Water Education for Teachers) signed an agreement, aimed at fostering high-quality water education, particularly for formal and non-formal educators in Mexico.
The UK Committee for National and International Hydrology (IHP), based at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) hosted the International Water Resources Association World Water Congress in Edinburgh this month.
The Sixth World Water Forum, which takes place in Marseille, France from 12 to 16 March 2012 is organized every three years by the World Water Council in collaboration with the host country.
Jordan is moving towards increased reliance on groundwater as an alternative to surface water and according to the 4th United Nations World Water Development Report 2012 co-authored by UNESCO, it is the fourth most water scarce country in the world.
And I am on the advisory board of Giving Water and World Blu.
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Chartres said that 70% to 80% of fresh water the world extracts every year is used for growing food.
The African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), UN-HABITAT and UN-Water are co-organizing an official World Water Day 2011 event on 20 - 22 March 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa.
Cooperation on water issues will also be the theme for World Water Day on 22 March.
Groundwater is the source for nearly half of all drinking water in the world and around 43% of all water effectively consumed in irrigation.
The World Water Council, founded in 1996 to promote awareness, build political commitment and trigger action on critical water issues, notes on its website that more than one out of six people (1.1 billion) in the world already lack access to safe drinking water, and that more than two out of six people (2.6 billion) lack adequate sanitation.
Other major events marking the Year include a conference on water cooperation to be held in August in Dushanbe (Tajikistan), World Water Week in Stockholm (Sweden) from 1-6 September, and the Water Summit, which will take place in Budapest (Hungary) on 8 to 11 October.
This latest edition, Water in a Changing World, emphasizes the role of water in development and economic growth.
UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: International Water Day 2009 - Transboundary water
Thus, India's Shree Cement, which has long suffered from water shortages, developed the world's most water-efficient method for making cement, in part by using air-cooling rather than water-cooling.
For more information on the United Nations World Water Development Report 3, click here.
UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: International Water Day 2009 - Transboundary water
Many other events will take place around the world to celebrate World Water Day.
Another event taking place in the week of News Day is World Water Day .
The prize will be awarded at the World Water Day ceremony on 22 March 2013.
Every year, special emphasis is being put on the theme selected for next World Water Day.
It has some of the largest reserves of fresh water in the world.
We will be dead in the water in a world in which powerboats are speeding past us.
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Organizers of the World Water Forum expect attendance from 140 ministerial delegations and representation from 180 countries.
The United Nations General Assembly responded by designating 22 March 1993 as the first World Water Day.
The global event for World Water Day 2013 will be hosted by the Government of the Netherlands.
UNESCO: Detailview | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
The UN International Year 2013 and the World Water Day, 22 March 2013, will be dedicated water co-operation.
UNESCO: Detailview | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
The event was moderated by Olcay Unver, Director of the UN World Water Assessment Programme hosted by UNESCO.
Nearly three-fourths of all the fresh water in the world is in Canada.
World Water Day 2004: public outreach programme, secondary school essay competition, radio programme, expositions with literature, hydrologic models, etc.
In Cumbria, blind world water-ski champion Gerald Price was presenting the same report to the Lake District National Park Authority in Kendal.
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In August 2011, UNESCO was officially appointed to lead the preparation for the International Year as well as the World Water Day 2013.
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