46 years in the making
It took nearly half century for water to get into the limelight. But when it came, it came with a splash. Last week, water was given prominence as state leaders, decision-makers, researchers and top-level corporate executives gathered in New York for the United Nations’ first water conference since 1977. Last time a similar convention took place it was in Mar de Plata, Argentina. Back then, the global population was nearly half the size. Today, rapid population growth has spurred a slew of imminent water issues in all corners of the world.
Amongst the list of crucial dilemmas upending from rapid population growth, societal shifts and changing demographics, the lack of safe drinking water was a major draw. A stark report published by UNESCO during the conference underscored that the global society is far from solving the problem. As it stands, more than a quarter of the world’s population does not have access to drinking water while 3.6 billion people lack access to safely managed sanitation. The report’s editor-in-chief further explained that ”mitigating both could require as much as USD 1 trillion in investment annually”.
As such, State of Green used the long-awaited opportunity to convene US partners and global water leaders around leveraging existing technologies and partnership to achieve the objectives under SDG 6. With World Water Day as the backdrop, we launched a comprehensive visualization of the Danish water value chain, presenting a large number of well-tested technologies ranging from sustainable groundwater mapping and water supply with low water loss to energy-neutral wastewater treatment.
The tool, which draws on decades of Danish experience within sustainable water management and a legacy of public-private partnerships, is a digital universe to inspire partnership and showcase the available needed solutions to close the global water gap.
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