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Virtual Water and Water Footprint: From Theory to Practice
Wednesday 20 August
Morning Seminar
Convenors: University of Twente, The Netherlands (UT), Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and UNESCO Institute for Water Education (UNESCO-IHE)
The seminar aims to use tangible examples to demonstrate the evolution of the virtual water and water footprint theories towards application in policy and practice in the field and by business. The 2008 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate Professor John Anthony Allan from King's College London and the School of Oriental and African Studies will be the honoured guest speaker. Speakers will illustrate how the concepts of virtual water and the water footprint have helped to improve understanding of the relations between water management, international trade and politics as well as between water resources use and human consumption. Cases that illustrate how the approach is helping to measure and act as a practical and necessary tool for decision-making that can decrease negative impacts on the water environment will be discussed. The seminar will be concluded with a panel debate.
The outputs of the seminar will be a report that includes papers from the presenters, a summary of discussions, and suggestions for additional practical applications in water management.
Seminar Programme 09:00-12:00, Room K21
Chair: Joppe Cramwinckel, World Business Council on Sustainable Development, Switzerland
Co-chair/rapporteur: Lifeng Li, WWF-International, Switzerland
09:00 |
Virtual Water: A Concept, a Word, Much Discursive Politics and Increasing Policy Engagement
Prof. John Anthony Allan, King's College London and School of Oriental and African Studies, UK |
09:30 |
Water Footprints of Consumers and Producers: From Accounting to Impact Assessment to Policy Formulation
Prof. Arjen Y. Hoekstra, University of Twente, Netherlands |
10:00 |
Coffee Break |
10:30 |
Virtual Water and Water Footprint: A Case Study from Spain
Prof. M. Ramon Llamas, Complutense University, Spain |
11:00 |
Impacts of the UK Water Footprint
Stuart Orr, WWF-UK, United Kingdom |
11:30 |
Discussion and Panel Debate |
12:00 |
Close of Seminar |
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Presentation from the event
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