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Freshwater Team Water Stewardship Stuart Orr WWF International A rapidly changing world 2001 • • • • • • • • Oil $25 a barrel 1 ton rice $170 1 ton sugar $115 China current account surplus 2% GDP US budget deficit ~ $300bn World ethanol production 31 billion litres World beef production 3.8 bn tons World milk production 585 mill tonnes 2010 • • • • • • • • Oil $90 a barrel 1 ton rice $470 1 ton sugar $553 China current account surplus 8% GDP US budget deficit ~ $1tn World ethanol production 368 billion litres World beef production 4.6 bn tons World milk production 669 mill tonnes What are companies saying? ‘A survey of 350 companies found that 92% agree that a water crisis is looming and 70% believe that the risks of water scarcity are equal to those of carbon emissions.’ WSP Environment & Energy, September 2009 What are companies saying? • Increasing water scarcity is a reality • Agreement on trends and pressures • Non–substitution of water • Increased social & media attention • Risks are real • Need for global/regional fora and dialogue • Cooperation essential, not conflict Where are companies stuck? • Impact and risk – what’s the difference? • Do volumes matter? • Resource efficiency - treating water like carbon • Beyond footprint response • Which horse to back? • Who to listen to? • Go it alone? What’s new? WWF Water Stewardship Level of watershed sustainability Influence governance Companies, governments and NGO’s are engaged in multi-stakeholder platforms to address issues Stakeholder engagement All stakeholders have taken action to optimize internal water governance, use while measuring and reporting water quantity and quality Internal action Stakeholders have a detailed understanding of the impact they and their suppliers have on river basins, including identification of ‘hot spots’ Knowledge of Impact Water awareness Time Source: WWF-International Incentivizes to manage water basins in a sustainable way – investment in improvements of the basin Stakeholders have a (high level) understanding of the global water challenges, their dependence on freshwater and their exposure to water related risks SAB Miller - Shared risk and responsibility • Water footprint to highlight hotspots • Watershed risk analysis • WWF, GIZ, SABMiller, also working with TNC and in India CII • Active countries – – – – – – – – Tanzania South Africa Peru Ukraine India US Colombia Honduras AMBEV e WWF-Brasil Nascentes do Brasil Gestão participativa e cuidado com a água na Bacia do Corumbá-Paranoá AmBev - Nascentes do Brasil – Springs of Brazil Objective: To develop, pilot-scale - with the local community, governments and other actors - actions for conservation and / or environmental restoration of springs, headwater areas and aquifer recharge stimulating the management of water resources 1) Develop a recovery plan and implement watershed-scale pilot 2) Promote social mobilization for conservation 3) Promote water management in the DF 4) Build learning and disseminate lessons learned Shared risk - Lake Naivasha, Kenya 2% - 3% of Kenyan GDP - 10% of FEE Delivering ideas – Turn risk to opportunity Thank you www.panda.org