GENEVA — We're coming a bit late to this one, but last week the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) updated its Water Facts and Trends publication, which now includes recent information on access to water and sanitation, areas of economic and physical water scarcity and economic considerations in water management. This working document provides an overview of some basic facts and societal challenges related to water. It has been developed by the WBCSD secretariat and is intended to support the ongoing dialogue within the WBCSD membership and with other stakeholders in civil society and government.

The emphasis in this document is on water availability and people's use of water for agricultural, industrial and domestic purposes. It aims to be a helpful complement to the rest of the projects' activities that seek to get water higher on everyone's business agenda by providing frameworks and tools to support water management plans, as well as sharing best practice across sectors.

The WBCSD has used existing data from several United Nations organizations, documents prepared for the World Water Forums, the OECD, the World Resources Institute and other research organizations. It's presented here in a simplified and condensed format to promote understanding of the world water situation and to stimulate forward thinking on business as part of the solution to issues in water and sanitation.

For a copy of the publication, click here.

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