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GWP’s VISION is a water secure world. Our MISSION is to advance governance and management of water resources for sustainable and equitable development.

OUR UNIQUE VALUE: GWP mobilises action on the global water crisis through a unique combination of social capital, shared values, credibility within the global water community, bottom-up orientation, and expertise. A network of networks, we ensure the ‘voices of water’ can inﬂuence local, national, regional, and global development priorities. We are committed to our role as a neutral convener and respected for our focus on inclusiveness and sustainability.

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Together with our Partners, we provide knowledge resources and capacity building activities for solving water problems.

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Institutional Partners are the basis of GWP's multi-stakeholder partnership. A strong, diverse partnership can bring about the changes needed to achieve a water secure world. In this section, learn about the benefits of being a Partner and meet a few who already are. We invite like-minded organisations to join us!

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This is where you can find links to the websites of our Regional Water Partnerships (RWPs). RWPs are closest to the countries where we work. They share knowledge and learning across national boundaries and are expected to have an open, inclusive, and gender-sensitive policies for bringing together as wide a group of stakeholders as possible to solve water problems.

Water Resilience Frontiers: Key Messages Monday 2 December 2019

Event: Water & Climate change: private actors engagement and community mobilization to promote low carbon.

Organizer: Water Safety Initiative Foundation (WASIF) and Delta Electronics Foundation (DEF).

Speakers: Wim Chang, Delta Electronics Found; Anaid Velasco, The Mexican Centre for Environment Law; Susana Velez Haller, South Pole and Jui Wen Chen, JW Eco-Technology

Key messages:

1 . Government has an important role to play in creating an enabling environment for the private sector to take climate action.

Companies such as JW Eco technology needs the government to put in place laws and policies that will enable JW Eco technology to implement their climate friendly water technologies such as the JW Pavement. This is a drainage system produced by JW Eco technology company, and the main aim of the product is to address the issue of urban flooding and conserve water from flooding. The JW drainage is different from other drainage systems because it collects and stores water runoff, purifies water and eliminates water pollutants, adjusts the temperature of the pavement by cooling it down and also captures carbon. Water captured by the JW pavement is also drinkable.

2. Access to water and access to a healthy environment are both human rights. Therefore, it is essential to involve various stakeholders in water related decision making processes, including environmental law companies, who understand both the needs of the people and the environment better and who would ensure that sustainable decisions, that take into consideration the needs of the community, private and the environment are taken.

3. International corporate businesses can assist to better understand climate induced water risks faced globally and specific water risks business is facing internally. One of the methodologies South Pole has been using to develop water projects, in the corporate businesses, is to assist businesses to better understand the water risk being faced globally and water risk the business is facing internally. This is done by assessing the risk of a business using two globally recognized water assessment tools: Water Risk Filter and Aqueduct. It then becomes easier for a corporate business to see the need to take climate action and reduce the water-related risk the business is facing in its supply chain.

Page last edited: 12/3/2019