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The Business Challenges and Opportunities of Energy and Water Sustainability |
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On October 13, 2009, the CSIS Global Strategy Institute cohosted an event with the CSIS Scholl Chair in International Business, the CSIS Energy and National Security Program, and the Penn State Smeal College of Business. The event, entitled "The Business Challenges and Opportunities of Energy and Water Sustainability," featured speakers from leading companies such as GE, Pepsi Co, CH2M HILL, and Westinghouse to discuss the role of energy and water in their corporate sustainability practices. For further information, click here.
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Tags: Resource Management, Global Water Futures
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Global Resource Security: Scanning the Horizon on Food, Water, Energy, and the Environment |
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On October 1, 2009, the CSIS Global Strategy Institute and Sandia National Laboratories convened leading thinkers from the policy, modeling, and analytical realms for a discussion of resource scarcity and the impact on the environment and stability/security. For an event summary and PowerPoint files from panelists, click here.
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Tags: Resource Management, Global Water Futures
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A National Water Policy Event |
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 On July 28, 2009, the CSIS Global Water Futures Project joined Jim Thebaut of the Chronicles Group and numerous congressional, non-profit, public, and private sector partners to host a major water policy event in the Capitol Visitor Center.
The need for a comprehensive and integrated national water policy was the core theme of the event. Representatives John Linder (R-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jim Costa (D-CA), and Edward Markey (D-MA) commenced by highlighting key challenges in our nation’s water management, the need to examine past attempts at improving national water policy, and parallels to the water crises throughout the world. The Mayor of Atlanta, Shirley Franklin , spoke about the city’s ongoing $4 billion overhaul of its water and sewer system, while Steve Stockton, Mike Connor, and Pete Silva represented various water-related agencies in the Executive Branch.
The several hundred attendees then turned their attention to Jim Thebaut, who introduced his film: The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry ? It was followed by a panel of experts in America’s water management, which was moderated by Tim Brick of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The panel emphasized several key points: the centrality of governance, the need to reevaluate our ethic of water conservation, the unequal burden of water scarcity that Native Americans bear, and the success of municipal-wide conservation efforts.
For a comprehensive summary of the event, please see Michael Campana’s Aquadoc blog.
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Tags: Resource Management, Global Water Futures
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Water Governance: Reflections from the Fifth World Water Forum |
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On Friday, May 15, the Bipartisan Congressional Water Caucus hosted CSIS on Capitol Hill for a conversation about the Fifth World Water Forum in Istanbul and a discussion of water-related challenges and opportunities.
GSI Director Erik Peterson moderated the discussion. Ron Hoffer, Environment and Water Advisor for Europe and Central Asia Region at The World Bank, offered remarks on climate change and EU accession as well as broader reflections on the World Water Forum. Aaron Salzberg, Special Coordinator for Water Resources at the U.S. Department of State, also provided comments. Jerry Delli Priscoli, Senior Advisor at the United States Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources, provided closing remarks.
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Tags: Resource Management, Governance, Global Water Futures
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On Monday, March 30, SAIS and CSIS hosted a conference on water and agriculture. Featured speakers include John Briscoe of Harvard University and Ger Bergkamp of the World Water Council. For event proceedings and multimedia, please click here.
