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Nature-based Solutions for Water 2018: The United Nations World Water Development Report 2018

dc.contributorScience Divisionen_US
dc.contributor.authorUN-Wateren_US
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations World Water Assessment Programmeen_US
dc.contributor.otherUnited Nations Environment Programmeen_US
dc.contributor.otherUnited Nations Development Programmeen_US
dc.coverage.spatialGlobalen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-30T12:20:31Z
dc.date.available2020-06-30T12:20:31Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-3-100264-9en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/32857
dc.descriptionMore than 2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and more than double that number lack access to safe sanitation. With a rapidly growing global population, demand for water is expected to increase by nearly one-third by 2050. In the face of accelerated consumption, increasing environmental degradation and the multi-faceted impacts of climate change, we clearly need new ways to manage competing demands on our precious freshwater resources. The 2018 edition of the UN World Water Development Report (WWDR2018) suggests that solutions may be closer than we think. For too long, the world has turned first to human-built, or “grey”, infrastructure to improve water management. In so doing, it has often brushed aside traditional and Indigenous knowledge that embraces greener approaches. Three years into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it is time for us to re-examine nature-based solutions (NBS) to help achieve water management objectives. The WWDR2018 illustrates that working with nature, rather than against it, would enhance natural capital and support a resource-efficient and competitive circular economy. NBS can be cost-effective, and simultaneously provide environmental, social and economic benefits. These interwoven benefits, which are the essence of sustainable development, are central to achieving Agenda 2030.en_US
dc.formatTexten_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.languageFrenchen_US
dc.languageSpanishen_US
dc.publisherUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizationen_US
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectWATERen_US
dc.subjectECOSYSTEMSen_US
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTen_US
dc.subjectWATER QUALITYen_US
dc.subjectWATER QUALITY MANAGEMENTen_US
dc.titleNature-based Solutions for Water 2018: The United Nations World Water Development Report 2018en_US
dc.title.alternativeLes solutions fondées sur la nature pour la gestion de l'eau - Rapport mondial des Nations Unies sur la mise en valeur des ressources en eau 2018en_US
dc.title.alternativeSoluciones basadas en la naturaleza para la gestión del agua - Informe Mundial de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Desarollo de los Recursos Hìdricos 2018en_US
dc.typeReports, Books and Bookletsen_US


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