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PREFACE by Michela Miletto, WWAP Coordinator a.i. and Richard Connor, WWDR 2014 Lead Author As the first of a new series of theme-oriented reports to be released on an annual basis, this fifth edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR) marks a pivotal new direction for the WWDR series, the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP), and the many partner agencies that work with us in the production of the flagship report of UN-Water. In preparing this report, we quickly became quite amazed at just how deep the interlinkages between water and energy actually run. The interconnections do not boil down to a handful of issues such as hydropower, biofuels and pumping groundwater for irrigation. The fact is that nearly all forms of energy production require a certain amount of water – in some cases a very large amount – which has critical implications for water resources, and by extension to other users and the environment. Furthermore, the most pressing water-related challenges often have a significant energy component, which can be a positive or a negative determining factor in the provision of water-related services to people and industry. The complex and sometimes veiled interlinkages between water and energy are presented using the most recent data and information available at the time the Report was prepared. This proved to be a challenge on its own given that there is no official repository for statistics pertaining to both water and energy. For example, it proved quite difficult to obtain and compare data on several water and energy metrics over a single recent year, and the time horizons for water and energy demand projections, or infrastructure financing requirements, do not always overlap. Nonetheless, the Report’s Data and Indicators Annex offers a wealth of complementary quantitative information that we hope will contribute to meeting the need for a compendium of water and energy related data. The Report also provides decision-makers and practitioners with specific examples of measures, actions and approaches to addressing interconnected challenges, ranging from issues of sustainable resource management financing to the efficiency of service delivery. Many of these are further detailed in the case studies found in Volume 2. Like its predecessors, the WWDR 2014 is primarily targeted at national level decision-makers and water resources managers. However, it is hoped the Report will also be well received by academics, the energy community and the broader developmental community as well by those who, as described throughout the Report, play key roles in determining our common water future in an era when the need to produce ever increasing amounts of energy, and in particular clean energy, has become one of the greatest challenges to humankind. This latest edition of the WWDR is the result of a concerted effort between WWAP, the five lead agencies (FAO, UNEP, UN-Habitat, UNIDO and the World Bank) responsible for the thematic part of the report, and the five United Nations regional commissions (UNECA, UNECE, UNECLAC, UNESCAP, UNESCWA) who provided a geographically focused perspective of the water and energy challenge. The Report has also benefited to a great extent from the inputs and contributions of several UN-Water Members and Partners, as well as from dozens of scientists, professionals and non-governmental organizations who provided a variety of excellent material. The members of WWAP’s Technical Advisory Committee were particularly active and generous in providing their guidance and knowledge to the production team. In line with WWAP’s publications strategy, the Report is gender-mainstreamed thanks to the support of UN Women, WWAP’s Advisory Group on Gender, and the UNESCO Division for Gender Equality. It has to be noted, however, that an in depth analysis of gender, water and energy interconnections will be possible only when gender-disaggregated data are widely available. viiivIII PREFACEPDF Image | Water and Energy
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