In recognition of last week’s World Water Week in Stockholm, we’ve gathered a number of standout tweets from this year’s event. Check out our selection below – and add your own impressions of World Water Week 2014 in the comments.
A critical part of sustainable #water mgmt is better use of rainwater. New declaration from key scientists. http://t.co/Xu6c9N1K34. #wwweek
— Peter Gleick (@PeterGleick) August 31, 2014
“Every man has a plan until he is punched in the face, this is very much the reality of water management.” John Briscoe at #wwweek
— Jenny Fredby (@jfredby) September 1, 2014
Anita George of @WorldBankWater says the poorest people without water, sanitation, energy are the same people. #wwweek
— WatSanCollabCouncil (@WatSanCollabCou) September 1, 2014
‘Without water we will have no energy to turn the lights on, and without energy no water from the taps we turn’ IUCN DG #wwweek 2014
— IUCN Water Programme (@IUCN_Water) September 2, 2014
Those w/out access to basic sanitation: 2.5bn in 2015, expected to be ~1.4bn in 2050 http://t.co/KeJK7BFWzS #wwweek pic.twitter.com/5vQ6zKG60y
— OECD (@OECD) September 2, 2014
None of us, NGOs, gov or biz have all the answers, it’s all about bringing together the different disciplines http://t.co/gCQfhL2boc #wwweek
— Sustainable Business (@GuardianSustBiz) September 2, 2014
And the winner is Hayley Todesco, Canada for new sand filter method to clean oil contaminated water #sjwp2014 #wwweek pic.twitter.com/DMoDmdfYlT
— WorldWaterWeek Sthlm (@www_team) September 3, 2014