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Catalyzing Water for Sustainable Development and Growth

This report looks at the costs and benefits of addressing coming water challenges through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Johan L. Kuylenstierna, Nina Weitz / Published on 28 December 2013
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UNU and UNOSD (Adeel Z., Bullock A., Chaudry M.A., Kuylenstierna J., Qadir M., Schuster-Wallace C.J. and Weitz N.) (2013). Catalyzing Water for Sustainable Development and Growth.

It is published by the UN Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD) and the UN University’s Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), in collaboration with SEI.

Catalyzing Water for Sustainable Development and Growth provides an evidence-based analysis of options to incorporate water in the SDGs. It takes stock of how water relates to social and economic development, how it figured in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and what this means for the response to global water challenges after 2015. It also examines the investments required to provide water for sustainable development and inclusive economic growth, and what some of the implementation challenges and opportunities might be.

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Nina Weitz
Nina Weitz

Team Leader: Global Goals and Systems; Senior Research Fellow

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