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Realizing the New SDGs’Vision
Dr Mohamed AIT KADIChair of GWP Technical Committee
SWWW, Stockholm, August 23, 2015
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Inter-ConnectedSDGs
Mohamed Ait Kadi, SWWW2015
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Current development paradigm needs to be re-examined and modified as such that nationaldevelopment strategies consider more explicitly themultifaceted role that water resources managementplays in the economic development, social wellbeingand environmental sustainability.
First Implication:
Mohamed Ait Kadi, SWWW2015
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Conceptual framework of the dynamics of water security and sustainable growth
Source: GWP-OECD TF Report, 2015Mohamed Ait Kadi GWP/TEC
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Conceptual framework of the dynamics of water security and sustainable growth
*Source: GWP-OECD TF Report, 2015 Mohamed Ait Kadi GWP/TEC
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Relative economic impacts of water insecurity
*Source: GWP-OECD TF Report, 2015Mohamed Ait Kadi GWP/TEC
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Second Implication:
Fundamental trade-offs need to be clarified. It is theState’s responsibility to determine water allocationswithin a country’s boundaries that balance theobjectives of a high-growth, dynamic economy withsocietal notions of fairness and equity.
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Accept and embrace interconnectedness and comprehensiveness
Mohamed Ait Kadi
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ConclusionSDG#6 rosy future, only if…..
Governments assert their leadership role in guiding water
resources development and management including building
stronger partnerships with the private sector and NGOs;
Countries invest in portfolios of sequenced projects that combine
institutions (agencies, rules, and incentives), information
systems (hydro-meteorological, economic, and social), and
infrastructure (natural and constructed) in the management of
water resources and water-related risks;
Find ways to package tailored financing mechanisms to support
countries most afflicted by water insecurity;
Give high priority to overcoming the water information and
knowledge gaps in highly vulnerable countries.Mohamed Ait Kadi
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