Wholly Water: Time to Act

Abstract

"Over 2200 participants from 140 countries gathered in the Swedish capital for the 2006 World Water Week in Stockholm, August 20-26, and an exciting series of plenary sessions, workshops, seminars and side events. The week, hosted by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), featured more than 100 collaborating organisations. The issues addressed were many, such as corruption in the water sector, the role of gender in water distribution, environmental flows, partnerships for improved sanitation, impacts of population growth on water demand, climate change, dietary changes and water use, biotechnology, agriculture, land degradation and water pollution."