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Water holds key to sustainable development, UN Chief tells at Budapest Summit; Budapest, Hungary, 8 October 2013
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed the vital role of water in sustainable development, highlighting in particular its importance with regard to food security, climate change and sanitation.
“Water holds the key to sustainable development. We need it for health, food security and economic progress,” Mr. Ban said in his opening remarks at the Budapest Water Summit.
“Yet, each year brings new pressures.” He noted that by 2030, nearly half the global population could be facing water scarcity and demand could out strip supply by 40 per cent. “We must address unsustainable use… We must use what we have more equitably and wisely. We cannot expect governments to do this alone.
Guaranteeing a water secure world will require the full engagement of all actors, not least the world of business."
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| News type | Inbrief |
| File link |
http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=7184 |
| Source of information | UN |
| Keyword(s) | sustainable development, food security, climate change, sanitation, water scarcity |
| Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOOL TERMS , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
| Geographical coverage | Hungary, |
| News date | 11/10/2013 |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
