July 29, 2008

water footprinting

Speakers:
Prof Louise Heathwaite, Co-Director, Centre For Sustainable Water Management
Tony Rachwal, independent consultant, science advisory board member at NERC

With all the recent discussion about human impact on the environment through carbon and the use of fuel, another key resource has often been overlooked: water. Water is becoming increasingly scarce, and there are profound implications for this in the future as the world’s population grows. This briefing explored the issues surrounding the strategic importance of this most precious of natural resources.