World Water Week 2023 is focused on innovation at a time of unprecedented challenges.
The theme, Seeds of Change: Innovative Solutions for a Water-Wise World, invites a rethink of how water is managed, and urges consideration of the ideas, innovations, and governance systems that are needed in an increasingly unstable and water scarce world.
World Water Week, organized each year by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI),
brings together experts, professionals, innovators and entrepreneurs from various sectors and countries with the aim of developing solutions for water-related challenges.
The theme of this year’s event is “Seeing the Unseen: The Value of Water,” with a focus on the diverse aspects of water, how others view and value water, and the exploration of water’s full value to society. For the first time, the conference will be hybrid, allowing delegates to join online and/or in-person in Stockholm, Sweden.
The World Bank Group will convene and participate in multiple sessions on topics ranging from transboundary cooperation and financing to agriculture, technology, innovation, and the climate crisis.
You can also follow our sessions along via @WorldBankWater using #wwweek.
Article published on The Water Blog, Saturday 08/27/2016.
The global water community is gathering in Stockholm for World Water Week 2016. This year’s theme, “Water for Sustainable Growth,” comes at a critical time, as we are mobilizing to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in which water plays an essential part.
with an economic value of over US$3 billion per year.
A World Bank study puts , half of which occurs in developing countries. Water utilities suffer from the huge financial costs of treating and pumping water only to see it leak back into the ground, and the lost revenues from water that could have otherwise been sold. If the water losses in developing countries could be halved, the saved water would be enough to supply around 90 million people.
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 targets“universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all”. However, just accessing water is a daily struggle for many poor families
. While Africa’s urban population is expected to triple by 2050, the proportion of people with improved water supply has barely grown since 1990, and the share of those with water piped to their premises has declined from 43 percent in 1990 to 33 percent in 2015. Poor families bear the brunt of these inadequacies through poor health, the long time required to collect water, and higher costs when purchasing from on-sellers’
The global water community is gearing up for Stockholm World Water Week 2016. T
his year’s theme, “Water for Sustainable Growth,” comes at a critical time, as we are mobilizing to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in which water plays an essential part.
Water touches nearly every aspect of development. 
It drives economic growth, supports healthy ecosystems, and is fundamental for life. However, water can threaten health and prosperity as well as promote it. Water-related hazards, including floods, storms, and droughts, are already responsible for 9 out of 10 natural disasters, and climate change is expected to increase these risks. As water resources become increasingly strained, the risk of conflict and instability may also grow.
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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