Discussions

1.       The policy recommendations of the Budapest Water Summit should also seek to simplify the targets by minimizing the use of jargon and terminology that is not easily understood by a layperson.  Ultimately, the people at the grassroots level are tasked ...

5.      Access to safe drinking water and sanitation are fundamental to health, well-being and poverty eradication. Commitments are required at global, regional and national levels to accelerate the achievement of universal access and the progressive realization of the ...

Water has brought civilizations livelihood, sustenance and well-being.  Water has been a central factor shaping both earth system history and human history; therefore, water carries the collective memory of humanity. Water has been instrumental in our past development. It is equally ...

23.      There is unfinished business to fulfil the MDG targets on water and sanitation and this will require innovative, inclusive and sustainable financing mechanisms at all levels and especially for the benefit of the poor. Drinking water and sanitation are not alone ...

20.      Just as there are different cultures, there will be different green economies, in developing and industrialized countries. Green economies are to feature both new and old technologies and tools, incorporate the socio-economic value of natural systems and ...

17.      Achieving universal, sustainable access to water and sanitation and managing water in an efficient manner requires good governance. This requires adaptive, agile and resilient institutions that can first identify then solve the water problems of today and cope ...

12.      The connective power of water should aim to be reflected in its management. Reconciling water uses among competing social needs is a political as well as technical process. The same water is often claimed by different needs. However, water is the vehicle that ...

28. To achieve the existing Millennium Develop targets related to water and to move forward towards the new set of Sustainable Development Goals, as well as to create new approaches to water management, the Budapest Water Summit, in consideration of the many ideas and discussions preceding to ...