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Event The EU Blueprint to Safeguard Europe’s Water Highlighting the Critical Issues for the UK

The aim of the conference is to raise awareness and brief a wide range of stakeholders on the EU’s Blueprint to Safeguard Europe’s Water process. It will in particular focus on a number of the technical issues that have been raised by the process including:  the strategic vision for Europe’s water, water scarcity, research and innovation, ecosystem goods and services, climate change impacts, closer integration of WFD-CAP objectives and water footprinting with a view to scoping the issues that enables responses from participating organisations and individuals.

The objectives of the conference are to:

  • To raise awareness and brief a wide range of stakeholders about the EU Blueprint for saving Europe’s Water Process and the UK’s contribution to this
  • To cover the main themes highlighted by the Blueprint process including:
    - the strategic vision for Europe’s water
    - water scarcity
    - research and innovation
    - ecosystem goods and services
    - climate change impacts
    - closer integration of WFD- CAP objectives
    - water footprinting
  • To scope the implications for UK plc – seeking and capturing the delegates inputs
  • To prepare a short report highlighting the main issues arising from these themes

This conference is FREE to attend   

To Book
To book a place please visit the conference webpage and complete a booking form.  Online booking will be available shortly.  Please return the booking form to bob.earll@coastms.co.uk or by fax 01531 890415 or by post.  No payment is required as the conference is free to attend.


Contact information Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk ; lauren@ciwem.org
Phone: fax 01531 890415
Event type Seminar
File link http://www.coastms.co.uk/conferences/453
Source CIWEM
Subject(s) NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY
Geographical coverage United Kingdom,
Address SOAS London
Organizer Centre for Ecology and Hydrology & CIWEM
Target audience Euro
Period 11/01/2012
Status Confirmed
Working language(s) ENGLISH
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