A round-up of the news, highlights and announcements from the first day of the annual water conference in Stockholm
As World Water Week gets going Stockholm, heres the first of our daily round-ups.
The water and energy sectors speak different languages. Energy has an economic perspective, whereas water is more of a social issue. The water community has always had slogans like water is life, which to a certain extent may sound dogmatic if you are coming from the energy side. If I were them I would probably think the water community is a little on the tree-hugging side. The water community does have to try and formulate what exactly they want to communicate.
The water sector sits in between different sectors demands. It needs to clarify where there needs to be trade-offs, although this is a challenge because people dont like trade-offs. The water sector needs to bring an understanding of the economic demands to the forefront of the discussion.
Once you work on water, you can not get rid of it. It runs through your blood.
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