Water Wheel September/October 2012

Abstract

Fluid Thoughts Fluid Thoughts WRC CEO, Dhesigen Naidoo The world’s water challenges have become more intense with time. The reasons range from the Malthusian dictates related to the demands of a 7 billion person world to our choices of economic pathways. Mix the complexities of inequalities of development both between and within nations together with the adaptation and mitigation challenges associated with global climate change and it becomes easy to see that we are staring down the wrong end of a fiercely wicked problem. The solutions need to be innovative and their implementation needs strong partnerships within a shared vision. In order to facilitate this for South Africa the WRC has launched the WRC Dialogues. We want to create a series of platforms for partners from all spheres – academia, government at all levels, and civil society to come together to share their understanding and experiences of the challenges and problems as a stronger foundation for developing the solutions and interventions toward a better water scenario for South Africa and her development.

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