Pilot
2007 Environmental Performance
Index available
May
11, 2007
Developed
by the Center
for Environmental Law & Policy
at Yale University
and the Center
for International Earth Science
Information Networks
(CIESIN) at Columbia University,
the Pilot 2007 Environmental Performance
Index, was released in January
2007 in Davos, Switzerland.
The Pilot 2007 EPI represents
a “work in progress” meant to
stimulate debate on appropriate
metrics and methodologies for
tracking environmental performance,
enable analysis of the determinants
of environmental success, and
highlight the need for increased
investment in environmental indicators
and data. The Pilot 2007 EPI includes
133 countries based on data availability.
The full report is available.
Click here
to download it.
More
information
Second
Announcement for the 2007 World
Water Week in Stockholm available
May
10, 2007
The
2007 World Water Week in Stockholm
will take place August 20-26 at
the Stockholm City Conference
Centre in the Swedish capital.
The full programme has just been
announced and is now available
online at this link.
More
information
CSD
WAND, a web-based tool to disseminate
information on implementation
and best practices
May
9, 2007
In
order to implement the CSD's decision
and to provide a growing resource
to those working on water and
sanitation issues, the UN Department
of Economic and Social Affairs
(DESA) is developing the CSD Water
Action and Networking Database
(CSD WAND). CSD WAND is, thus,
a web-based tool for advancing
implementation of actions that
support achievement of the internationally
agreed goals related to water
and sanitation. The objective of
this toolbox is to provide a platform
for:
· Exchanging
best practices, lessons learned,
and case studies;
· On-line expert-to-expert discussions,
and;
· Searching international agreements
on water and sanitation to support
the identification of guidelines,
commitments, and/or policy recommendations
that might apply to your work.
More
information
The
3rd annual Global Monitoring
Report on the MDGs published
May
3, 2007
With
the title 'Strengthening Mutual
Accountability - Aid, Trade and
Governance', the 3rd
annual Global Monitoring Report
(GMR) on the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) has been just published
on April 20, 2007. Produced by
the World Bank and the International
Monetary Fund, the report examined
in detail the elements of global
monitoring, and highlights economic
growth, better quality aid and
trade reforms, as well as governance,
as essential elements to achieve
the MDGs. To access to the full
report, click here.
For
more information
The 14th
session of the UN Commission on
Sustainable Development (CSD-14)
is coming soon
April
21, 2007
From
1-12 May 2007, the 14th
session of the UN Commission on
Sustainable Development (CSD-14)
will meet at UN Headquarters in
New York. As the first year of
the second implementation cycle,
CSD-14 will review progress in
the following areas: energy for
sustainable development; industrial
development; air pollution/ atmosphere;
and climate change. These are
indeed the themes of the publication
”Trends in Sustainable Development”,
a colourful compilation of maps
and graphs, which will feed the
discussion of interrelated challenges
being addressed at the 14th
session of the Commission on Sustainable
Development. This report is available
in the UN
website
More
information
The
2nd UN WWD report available
April
20, 2007
The
2nd United Nations
World Water Development Report
”Water,
a shared responsibility”,
launched during World Water Day
(22 March 2007) at the 4th
World Water Forum in Mexico City,
is available at the website of
the World
Water Assessment Programme (WWAP).
Built on the conclusions of the
1st Report “Water
for People, Water for Life”
published in 2003, and aimed at
a wide audience, the report WWDR2
provides a set of conclusions
and recommendations for a better
and sustainable management of
the increasingly scarce freshwater
resources
More
information
Monitoring
sessions at the 4th
World Water Forum
April
14, 2007
The
sessions “Monitoring and targeting
drinking water supply and sanitation”
and “Country Road Maps towards
the MDGs” were very successful
in Mexico! These sessions, involving
several organizations such as
WHO, UNICEF, WSP, the French Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and the World
Water Council, indeed attracted
a great number of participants,
with standing room only. The presentations
were mainly related to local actions
and international monitoring initiatives
like the Joint
Monitoring Programme
(JMP).
During the discussions, experts
and participants stressed the
importance of monitoring as a
tool for governance and development.
They also pointed out the need
for developing and establishing
monitoring systems for better
water management and to trigger
progress in achieving MDGs for
Water Supply and Sanitation. For
this, increased support must be
given to local and national stakeholders
in terms of raising awareness,
capacity building and financing.
The final report on this mega-session
on monitoring, currently in progress,
will be available very soon on
our site.
Several other sessions, especially
those on Day 5 of the Forum, also
discussed monitoring and stressed
its importance in other sectors
like risk management, environmental
protection, public health, economy,
etc.
In addition, the World Water Council
also produced and distributed
a booklet (in English) during
the Forum on our "Water Monitoring
Alliance." It is now available
on the WMA website.
The French and Spanish versions
of the booklet will be available
soon.
Wetlands
satellite mapping scheme yielding
first results
October
10, 2005
The
Globwetland project, launched
in 2003 by Environmental Space
Agency (ESA), has now entered
the next step with prototype products.
The aim of the project is to develop
the information service for global
wetlands based on Earth Observation
using satellite imagery for conservation
efforts. The products, which are
based on specific requests of
local and national users across
50 sites in 21 countries from
4 continents, include base maps,
land use and land cover maps,
and change detection maps.
More
information
World
Resource 2005: The Wealth of the
Poor-Managing Ecosystems to Fight
Pocerty (2005) ,(PDF,
14.60MB)
World
Development Report 2007:Equity
and Development ( World Bank,
2005), (PDF, 4.20 MB)
Global
Monitoring Report of the World
Bank (2005)
The
Millennium Development Goals Report
2005, (UN),
(PDF, 2.01MB)
Water
for Life - Making it happen, (JMP,
2005)
Health,
Dignity, and Development: What
will it take?, Abridged Version
of the Final Report of Task Force
7 on Water and Sanitation,
(PDF, 1.97MB)
GEO
Yearbook (UNEP, 2004/2005)
Drinking
water supply and sanitation services
on the threshold of the XXI century
(Latin America and the Caribbean),
(UN ECLAC, 2004),
(PDF 347KB)
Freshwater
in Europe-Facts, Figures and Maps
(UNEP, 2004)
Global
Monitoring Report of the World
Bank (2004)
The
World’s Water 2004-2005 – The
Biennial Report on Freshwater
Resources (2004)
Meeting
the MDG Drinking Water and Sanitation
Target - A Mid-Term Assessment
of Progress, (JMP, 2004)
Interim
Report of Task Force 7 on Water
and Sanitation, Millennium Project,
(February, 2004),
(PDF, 1.93MB)
Monitoring
Millennium Development Goals -
A review of experiences and challenges,
(IRC, 2004) (PDF,
428KB)
Guidelines
on Drinking Water Quality (Third
Edition), (WHO, 2004)
(PDF, 247KB)
World
Water Development Report (2004)
GEO3
Global Environment Outlook (UNEP,
2002)
Guidelines
on Monitoring and Assessment of
Transboundary Rivers, (March 2000),
UN/ECE Task Force on Monitoring
& Assessment (PDF,
608KB)
Global
water supply and sanitation report
(2000)
Vision
21 - a shared vision for hygiene,
sanitation and water supply (2000),
(PDF, 1.4MB)
Online
Databases
Sources
Water Monitoring Alliance - World
Water Organisations.
