제 24회 세계 물의 주(WWW)가 스웨덴 스톡홀름의 도시에서 시작됐다. 지구의 가장 중요한 물 문제와 세계적인 발전에 관련된 염려 등을 알리기 위해 많은 글로벌 리더들이 모였다.

올해는 증가하는 세계 인구를 위한 깨끗한 식수와 에너지 공급 제공이라는 오늘날의 선결 과제들을 풀어가기 위해 에너지와 물 단체들이 협력해야 한다고 강조했다. 세계 물의 주 2014의 주제는 "Energy and Water"이다.

물과 에너지는 어느 방면에서건 상호의존적이다. 에너지는 거의 모든 종류의 에너지를 생산할 뿐만 아니라 물을 펌핑, 저장, 운송을 취급하는 데도 필요하다. 한 부분에서의 증가와 감소는 즉시 다른 부분에 영향을 준다. 이처럼, 두 자원 모두 지속가능한 발전으로부터 불가분하며, 이들은 계속해서 전 세계적 의사결정에 촉진되고 있다.

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World Water Week.14: Water, energy communities urged to address global challenges together

the 24th annual World Water Week (WWW) commenced in the city of Stockholm, Sweden, where a number of global leaders have convened to address the planet's most prominent water issues and related concerns of international development. This year, they are urging energy and water communities to work together to face some of today's primary challenges, providing clean drinking water and energy for a growing world population.

The theme of WWW 2014 is "Energy and Water." Water and energy are interdependent in more ways than not. Energy is needed for pumping, storing, transporting, and treating water, as well as for producing almost all sorts of energy. An increase or decrease in one will immediately affect the other. Likewise, the two resources are also inseparable from sustainable development and must be tirelessly promoted in global decision-making.

Addressing the opening session of the week, Torgny Holmgren, WWW executive director and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) organizer, said, "The challenges are immense. With the global demand for water projected to grow by 55 percent between 2000 and 2050 and electricity demand expected to increase by 50 percent in the next two decades, there is an urgent need for a closer relationship between the energy and water communities if we are to provide solutions for all peoples to prosper."

Professor John Briscoe, this year's Stockholm Water Prize laureate, spoke about water as a platform for growth -- of other sectors and society as a whole -- and said that "developing countries face big challenges. They have yet to mobilize those resources." He added that there is "no eternal solution [to the water crisis], neither here nor there. Instead, there is a cycle of challenges and responses."

In over 100 seminars, workshops and events spread throughout the week, delegates will discuss ongoing and future work and collaboration between the energy and water communities. Professor John Briscoe, a native of South Africa, will receive the Stockholm Water Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, during a ceremony in Stockholm City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 4.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2014년 9월 1일]