To mark World Water Day, the Waterblog team has produced a second infographic, which shows the outcome of the conversations and content published online during the World Water Forum.
Following the first infographic, Water – the challenge for the 21st Century, which presented the world’s main water challenges, this second infographic, entitled #WorldWaterForum, the online story, outlines the key figures and players present on social media and in Marseille.
SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT contributed throughout the week to the exchanges and shared its know-how with all the stakeholders in the water sector. SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT has made a commitment to offer concrete solutions covering topics related to social responsibility, to dialogue with stakeholders, to research and innovation, as well as to governance.
Read moreThe WATER FOR ALL Programme is a specialist initiative of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT that aims to provide expert knowledge adapted to the local situation, where the company seeks to identify solutions that will benefit populations without access to essential services. As part of the 6th World Water Forum, Sidoine Ravet, engineer and manager of the WATER FOR ALL Programme at SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, explains to us in detail the importance of the expertise of water and sanitation operators, which takes on a particular significance within the context of local situations where these vital services do not exist. He has spoken at several sessions to an audience made up of experts, professionals and students, in order to [...]
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Jean-Louis Chaussade awarded prizes today to the winners of the competition. Launched in October 2011, this competition invited both French and international students to work, either alone or in groups, on a key theme of the Forum: “Water in the city of the future: What innovations are there for a sustainable city?”
Read moreHow do we handle the challenge of the green economy? An economy that reconciles economic development, preservation of natural resources and lesser dependence on fossil fuels. Water and sanitation is one of the sectors most implicated by the socio-economic, health and environmental challenges that this issue raises. "Green growth" thus represents a true challenge that is part of the reality of our times. The objective of the World Water Forum being held in Marseille from 12 to 17 March is to find solutions to respond to these challenges. This week is the time to highlight the role of water as a key element of green growth, ahead of the "Rio +20" meeting on [...]
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For the occasion of the World Water Forum in Marseille we have produced this computer graphic:”Water – the challenge for the 21st century”. It illustrates the world’s key water challenges, from urban growth to preserving the resource, including water needs for agriculture and industry, and access to drinking water and its effects on health.
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