United Nations World Water Development Report 4. Volume 1: Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP), UN-Water. March 2012
- The World Water Development Report gives an overall picture of the state of the world's freshwater resources and analyses pressures from decisions that drive demand for water and affect its availability. It offers tools and response options to help leaders in government, the private sector and civil society address current and future challenges and suggests ways in which institutions can be reformed. This 4th edition introduces a new thematic approach (Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk), and directly reports from the regions, highlighting hotspots. It reports on various challenge areas, and aims to encourage all stakeholders both in and out of the 'water box' to fully engage in decision making processes. The Report has been mainstreamed for gender equality, which is addressed as a critical issue throughout. Volume 1 'Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk' focuses on status, trends, challenges and the issue of managing water under uncertainty and risk.
- Geographical coverage: Africa, Arab countries, Asia, Europe, Global, Latin America and the Caribbean, Northern America, Pacific Islands
- Main themes: Agriculture, Ecosystems, Energy, Environment, Financing, Gender, Health, Industry, Information and data, Investments, Poverty reduction, Risk management, State of water resources, Valuation, Water demand, Water governance, Water management, Water quality, Water scarcity
- Main target audience: Communicators, Decision makers, Development agencies, Governments, International community, Policy makers, Political leaders, Private sector, Water managers
- Main purpose: Advocacy, Assessment
- Type of resource: Assessment report, Global report
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- WWDR4: Overview of Key Messages (Arabic)
- United Nations World Water Development Report 4. Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk (Chinese)
- WWDR4: Overview of Key Messages (Chinese) (1.7 MB)
- Carbon and Water Footprints: Concepts, Methodologies and Policy Responses (English) (1.1 MB)
- Five Stylized Scenarios (English) (2.3 MB)
- Green Accounting and Data Improvement for Water Resources (English) (1 MB)
- Groundwater and Global Change: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges (English) (9.8 MB)
- Executive summary (English) (6.5 MB)
- (The) Dynamics of Global Water Futures. Driving Forces 2011-2050 (English) (2.7 MB)
- United Nations World Water Development Report 4. Volume 2: Knowledge Base (English) (28.4 MB)
- United Nations World Water Development Report 4. Volume 3: Facing the Challenges (English) (19.9 MB)
- Water and Sustainability. A Review of Targets, Tools and Regional Cases (English) (7 M)
- Water for sustainable urban human settlements. Briefing Note. Messages for urban mayors, leaders and high-level decision makers (English) (2.6 MB)
- WWDR 4: Facts and Figures (English) (1.6 MB)
- WWDR4: Overview of Key Messages (English) (1.5 MB)
- WWDR4 Stakeholder Briefing Notes: Business Community (English) (1.8 MB)
- WWDR4 Stakeholder Briefing Notes: Central Government and local government mayors and officials (English) (1.9 MB)
- WWDR4 Stakeholder Briefing Notes: Donors and development NGOs (English) (1.9 MB)
- WWDR4 Stakeholder Briefing Notes: Educational, Technological and Scientific Community (English) (1.3 MB)
- WWDR4 Stakeholder Briefing Notes: International Finance Institutions (English) (4.3 MB)
- WWDR4 Stakeholder Briefing Notes: Lay public, civil society and faith leaders (English) (1.3 MB)
- WWDR4 Stakeholder Briefing Notes: Water service providers (English) (4.2 MB)
- (The) Dynamics of Global Water Futures. Driving Forces 2011-2050 (French) (2.7 MB)
- WWDR4: Aperçu des messages clés (French) (1.5 MB)
- WWDR4: Faits et chiffres (French) (1.5 MB)
- Executive summary (Japanese)
- WWDR4: Overview of Key Messages (Russian) (1.6 MB)
- Agua para el desarrollo sostenible de los asentamientos urbanos humanos. Nota informativa. Mensajes para alcaldes de zonas urbanas, dirigentes y responsables de la toma de decisiones de alto nivel (Spanish) (2.9 MB)
- WWDR4: Visión general de los mensajes más importantes (Spanish) (1.6 MB)