Girish Chadha

This stark warning was issued by the United Nations in a report released on March 16 at the World Water Forum in Istanbul.

This stark warning was issued by the United Nations in a report released on March 16 at the World Water Forum in Istanbul.

This stark warning was issued by the United Nations in a report released on March 16 at the World Water Forum in Istanbul.

The week-long congregation of heads of states, ministers and experts at the Turkish capital of Istanbul dissolved on March 22 with a pledge to move water high on the national development plans while promoting more effective use of financial resources available from several sources for the sector.

A coalition of civic society and labour groups from across the world have called for discontinuation of water forums in the future, calling the World Water Forum as ",morally and financially bankrupt as well as bankrupt of ideas".

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has urged countries to adopt more water efficient agricultural practices and enhance water management in the sector in a bid to tackle the growing water scarcity and related problem of hunger.

The world's leaders need to act immediately to build defences against water-related disasters like floods and droughts as much as they need to step up efforts in managing demand and bolstering supply.

Declining water availability and quality coupled with growing demand for the resource are creating immense challenges for global companies but very few are appreciating the new category of risk to their future businesses, experts have said.

Investment in the water sector needs to be stepped up as it can help in stimulating the global economy, experts at the ongoing 5th World water Forum have said. Investments in vital water projects can also create an opportunity to generate jobs and yield high returns against relatively low risk, they added.

IT major IBM has decided to enter the growing global water solutions and technology market. The company said it would offer strategic water management solutions as well as the membrane technology targeted at individual users as well as institutions, including government and public utilities.

The world is staring at a bleak water future. Rapidly increasing global population levels, widespread mismanagement and rising demand for energy are tightening the grip on the world's evaporating water supplies, with climate change exacerbating the problem.

The fifth World Water Forum could not have had a more dramatic opening. A group of protestors from several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) were reportedly beaten up by Turkish policemen outside the venue of the Forum on March 16 just hours before 11 heads of states are to address a huge gathering of stakeholders.

This stark warning was issued by the United Nations in a report released on March 16 at the World Water Forum in Istanbul.

This stark warning was issued by the United Nations in a report released on March 16 at the World Water Forum in Istanbul.

This stark warning was issued by the United Nations in a report released on March 16 at the World Water Forum in Istanbul.

The week-long congregation of heads of states, ministers and experts at the Turkish capital of Istanbul dissolved on March 22 with a pledge to move water high on the national development plans while promoting more effective use of financial resources available from several sources for the sector.

A coalition of civic society and labour groups from across the world have called for discontinuation of water forums in the future, calling the World Water Forum as ",morally and financially bankrupt as well as bankrupt of ideas".

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has urged countries to adopt more water efficient agricultural practices and enhance water management in the sector in a bid to tackle the growing water scarcity and related problem of hunger.

The world's leaders need to act immediately to build defences against water-related disasters like floods and droughts as much as they need to step up efforts in managing demand and bolstering supply.

Declining water availability and quality coupled with growing demand for the resource are creating immense challenges for global companies but very few are appreciating the new category of risk to their future businesses, experts have said.

Investment in the water sector needs to be stepped up as it can help in stimulating the global economy, experts at the ongoing 5th World water Forum have said. Investments in vital water projects can also create an opportunity to generate jobs and yield high returns against relatively low risk, they added.

IT major IBM has decided to enter the growing global water solutions and technology market. The company said it would offer strategic water management solutions as well as the membrane technology targeted at individual users as well as institutions, including government and public utilities.

The world is staring at a bleak water future. Rapidly increasing global population levels, widespread mismanagement and rising demand for energy are tightening the grip on the world's evaporating water supplies, with climate change exacerbating the problem.

The fifth World Water Forum could not have had a more dramatic opening. A group of protestors from several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) were reportedly beaten up by Turkish policemen outside the venue of the Forum on March 16 just hours before 11 heads of states are to address a huge gathering of stakeholders.