Richard Connor, Unisfera’s Chief Science Officer and Lead Author of the 4th edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report, has been invited to respond to the World Economic Forum’s perspectives on the ’Water-Food-Enegy Nexus’ as part of the Luncheon Keynote Address at the 3rd annual Canadian Water Summit, Water-Food-Energy : Strategies for Competitiveness, on June 28, 2012 in Calgary, Alberta at TELUS Spark, the new Science Centre.
To learn more about the 2012 Canadian Water Summit, please visit :
www.watersummit.ca.
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Marc Paquin, CEO of Unisfera, shares his insights on the challenges and opportunities of implementing sustainable development and corporate social responsibility in a special report of the April 2012 edition of the OIQ’s magazine PLAN (article, attached, is in French).
Revue PLAN - dossier spécial RSE
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Richard Connor, Unisfera’s Chief Science Officer, is the Lead Author of the Fourth World Water Development Report of the United Nations (WWDR4). Given the context of increasing pressure on freshwater resources due to climate change, demographics and increasing demands in energy and agriculture, Mr. Connor notes that "We must stop thinking of water allocation in ways that lead to conflict and instead promote the principle of sharing access to the resource’s benefits among populations". (Le Figaro ; article is attached). More on the Report’s conclusions can also be found on Cyberpresse, Radio-Canada, and Romandie.com.
Le Figaro March 2012 (in French)
The WWDR4 Report is the result of collaboration between 28 different agencies of the UN system.
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