News 2007

2007 Counting the cost of climate change. The future economic costs of climate change - known as the costs of inaction - will be significant in Europe, says a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report. Read more

EU FP-7 Information: Presentations from the Info-day on environmental technologies in Bruxelles on December 13, 2007 are now available on the Danish Eu-Waternet webpage. Among the day's themes were technologies for degraded water systems and nanotechnologies for water treatment. Read more

2007 The United Nation has declared 2008 an International Year of Sanitation. The goal of this year is to raise awareness and to accelerate progress towards the Millenium Development Goal target to reduce by half the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation by 2015. Read more

Water – the major challenge in adaptation to climate change: DWF theme day 2 October 2007 - Presentations are now available. Read more

2007 The Confederation of Danish Industries has been nominated as the Danish Private Sector Liason for the World Bank with the purpose of assisting Danish enterprises in creating contact to the World Bank and the regional development banks (in Danish). Read more

2007 At World Water Week in Stockholm the World Water Council (WWC), the General Directorate State Hydraulic Works for Turkey (DSI) and the Secretariat of the 5th World Water Forum released the First Announcement of the 5th World Water Forum to be held in Istanbul in 2009. Read more

2007 10th Europe - Water and Environment Journal - special issue on different views and aspects of the progress and implementation of the Water Framework Directive. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts to Water and Environment Journal. Read more

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has introduced a new website (in Danish) for the government's Africa policy. Read more

Newsletter (in Danish) on Danish Pavillion and activities related to EXPO 2008 in Zaragoza is now available. More information about DWF activities at EXPO 2008 to follow. Read more

2007 New webpage about Global Water Foodprints and virtual water. Read more

Workshop on Transboundary Water Cooperation, 1-2 March 2007 - Final statement is now available. Read more

2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: "Mitigation of Climate Change" (see summary for policy makers here) and "Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability" (see summary for policy makers here)

Transboundary Water Cooperation workshop, 1-2 March 2007. Presentations are now available. Read more

2007 United Nations Secretary-General calls for a long-term global response to deal with climate change, along with unified efforts to deal with the problem of scarce resources, warning that countries' lack of access to water, energy, and other essentials can lead to conflict. See Statement< and Press Release.

Danish Embassy in Poland is initiating a new project for Danish companies from the environmental sector. The project Danish Islands include element on waste water treatment fairs in Poland, WOD-KAN 2007. Read more

2007 Water for agriculture and water management in China. These are the themes of the new edition of Water Policy - Official Journal of the World Water Council. See the list of content here. Read more

14-16 March, 2007 In 2006 World Health Organisation has published the 2nd volume of its Guidelines for Safe Recreational Water Environment. The Guidelines will be presented at the 2nd International Conference on Health and Water Quality Aspects of the Man Made Recreational Water Environment in Munich.

WTC, the Danish Consulate-General in St. Petersburg, and the Trade Council of Denmark invite to 3 arrangements in St. Petersburg, Moscou, and Perm Jekaterinburg in Russia in 2007. The topics will be water, wastewater, waste management, and construction and operation of piping systems. Read more

2007 World Water Council News Update on Risk Management and Climate Change now on the internet. Contributions from: International Water Association specialist group on climate change. Read more

2007 EU Funding for scientists from developing countries. Inform partners that scientists in developing countries can apply for funds under EU Framework Programme 7 if they team up with researchers in Europe. Read more

2007 Unesco has made a new publication on Capacity Building in Higher Education and Research on a Global Scale - How Can Manpower Needs in Knowledge Based Economics Be Satisfied in a Balanced Way? Read more

2007 The Trade Council of Denmark has published a new sector report on water for Brazil, Russia, India, China and USA. The report can be ordered from the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Read moreTo see the Executive Summary (in Danish), click HERE<.

African science ministers propose 2007 as 'year of science' in Africa and have chosen proposals that will be presented at the African Union summit to promote science on the continent. Read more