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WATER: WHY WORRY? 10TH JUNE 2011
Climate Change and Water
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Inder Poonaji Head of Safety, Health & Environment
Sustainability
Freshwater
Total water available on earth: 1400 million km3
Sea water 97.5%
2.5%
Locked up in polar icebergs and glaciers
Freshwater on earth: 35 million km3
70%
We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one. Jacques Cousteau
Climate Change & Challenges for Water Management
Stern Report on the Economics of climate change outlines the poten9al impacts of climate change as expressed through water at various degrees of temperature increase
Social and Economic Dynamics
Compounding factors
Popula9on changes
Consump9on paAerns
Technological developments
Urbanisa9on and land use
change
Climate mi9ga9on strategies
Uncertainty and 9me horizons
We never know the worth of water :ll the well is dry. Thomas Fuller (1732)
Nestlé approach
Nestlé W.A.T.E.R. commitments Work to achieve water efficiency across our operations
Advocate for effective water policies and stewardship
Treat effectively the water we discharge
Engage with suppliers, especially those in agriculture
Raise awareness of water access and conservation
FDF Water Guide
There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed. Mahatma Gandhi
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