International Holistic Tourism Education Centre

GLOBAL ISSUES PROJECT [GIP]
EXPERT ROUNDTABLE ON WATER 2008
"FRESH WATER PROBLEMS : EMERGING THREATS AND URGENT PRIORITIES"
November 7-9 2008, organised by Science for Peace & Canadian Pugwash & IHTEC

sponsored by : Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, Trinity College - University of Toronto, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, IHTEC (International Holistic Tourism Education Centre), Harbinger Foundation

endorsed by : Canadian Commission for UNESCO, Council of Canadians, Zerofootprint

List of Sponsors: www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/GIPSponsors1page.doc

Rapporteurs Final Report (by Cameron Harrington) www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Harrington-RapporteursReport.doc

For the 'Global Issues Project Prospectus' please visit the Pugwash website or contact ~ Derek Paul at farp@sympatico.ca or ~ Helmut Burkhardt at h.burkhardt@rogers.com

PUBLIC FORUM on National and Global Issues
Friday, November 7, 2008

Welcome:

§ Walter Dorn, Chair of Canadian Pugwash

§ Provost Andy Orchard, Trinity College, University of Toronto

PANELISTS PRESENTATIONS

Moderator: Adele Buckley (Chair Expert Round Table on Water, Canadian Pugwash, International Pugwash)

§ Maude Barlow, President, Council of Canadians www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Barlow_WaterCommons_Oct2008.pdf

§ Bob Sandford, Director, Western Watershed Climate Research Cooperative, Canadian Chair United Nations Water for Life Decade www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Sandford-CPG-SFP-Water-Peace-Presentation.doc

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Sandford_WaterForLifeGlobalTradeOff's.pdf

§ Aharon Zohar, Inter-Disciplinary Centre, Herzelia, Carmei Yosef, Israel

WATER ISSUES EXPERT ROUNDTABLE - National and Global Issues
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Trinity College, Combination Room,
6 Hoskin Ave., University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Chair: Adele Buckley (Chair, Expert Roundtable on Water, Canadian Pugwash, International Pugwash Council)

First Session : WATER GOVERNANCE

(1) Ralph Pentland www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/PentlandRalph_NCWC.rtf

(2) Oliver Brandes www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Brandes_Watersheds.ppt

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Brandes&Maas_SustWaterManagement.pdf

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Brandes_POLIS_ATASummary.pdf

(3) Sonya Meek www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/MeekS_WatershedManagement.ppt

(4) Marc Hudon www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/HudonNATUREQUEBEC.ppt

Second Session: WATER AND PEACE
Chair: Phyllis Creighton

(1) Stephen Scharper www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Scharper_Water.doc

(2) Merrell-Ann Phare www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Phare_NativeWaterShow.pdf

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/PHARE_BoilingPoint.pdf

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/PHARE_ExpertPanelSafeDrinkingWater1stNations.pdf

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/PHARE_OAGCh5DrinkingWater.pdf

(3) Gordon Young www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/UNWaterReport.pdf (UN Water Report)

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Young_Water&Peace.ppt

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Young_Water&Peace.doc

(4) DLO Mendis www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/DLOMendis_SriLankaWater.ppt

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/MendisDLO15Chapter145-156.pdf

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/DLOMendis_Book.pdf

§ Dialogue

Third Session: WATER AND SECURITY

Chair: Claus Brandes

§ Panel

(1) Aharon Zohar www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Zohar-waterMiddleEast.doc

(2) James Bruce www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Bruce_National&GlobalWaterIssues.ppt

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Bruce_CCIAD_CH9_e.pdf

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Bruce_CCIAD_CH9_f.pdf

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/BRUCE_Water&Security.doc

(3) Jennifer McKay www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/McKay_WaterSecurity.ppt

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/WaterFebruary202007_McKay.pdf

(4) Linda Mortsch www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Mortsch_ClimateChangeWater.ppt

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Mortsch_background_IPCC.pdf

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Mortsch_background_IPCC_climate-change-watertech.pdf

Fourth session: WATER AND ECOLOGICAL GOVERNANCE

Chair: Julia Morton-Marr www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Morton-Marr_AUSTGovDrynessReport.doc

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/IHTEC_WatershedPublicOutreachDoc.pdf

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/IHTECWaterRTBrochureWPP.pdf

§ Panel

(1) Tony Maas www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/MaasNature'swaterneeds.ppt

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/FreeFlowingRivers(WWF).pdf

(2) David Brooks www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Brooks_WaterSoftPaths.ppt

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Brooks_HumanRights-MENA-fnl.art.pdf

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Brooks_slides.rtf

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Brooks_WDM-Defn.fnl.pdf

(3) John Smol www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Smol_TorontoWaterIssues2008.ppt

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Smol&DouglasPNAS2007.pdf

(4) Randy Christensen www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Christensen.ppt

§ Dialogue

WORKSHOPS
Sunday November 9 : WORKSHOPS

Chair: Jennifer McKay

§ WORKSHOP 1 - Foresight – David Harries www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Harries_WaterForesight.ppt

§ WORKSHOP 2 - Supply/Demand Modelling – Bert McInnis and Michael Hoffman, WhatIf?Technologies Inc. www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/McInnis_waterroundtable-whatif.ppt

Fifth session: WATER, ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY

Droughts, floods, irrigation, dams, tar sands extraction, hydro or gas or coal or nuclear power

Chair: David Harries

§ Panel

(1) Bob Sandford

(2) Ron Dembo www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/DemboRon_water.ppt

§ Dialogue

WATER CALCULATOR:

www.zerofootprint.net/one_minute/pugwash

FURTHER DOCUMENTS AND ARTICLES
(1) ISSUES UPDATE, Adele Buckley (Chair, Expert Roundtable on Water, Canadian Pugwash, International Pugwash Council) www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/IssuesUpdatePg.pdf

(2) GIP Poster www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/BuckleyAdele_Poster-WaterRT31.pdf

(3) GIP Programme www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/BuckleyAdele_ProgramWaterRT.doc

(4) GIP BROCHURE www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/GIPBrochureINSIDEFINALeps.pdf

www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/GIPBrochureOUTSIDEFINALeps.pdf

(5) GIP CLIMATE CHANGE ROUND TABLE www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/GIPClimateChangeRT.pdf

(7) SPONSOR'S LIST http://www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/GIPSponsors1page.doc

(8) MEDIA BACKGROUNDER www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/MediaBackgrounderGIPWaterRT.doc

(9) Water Round Table Participant Biographies www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/WaterRTSpeakersBios.doc

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(10) UN Treaty on Transboundary Aquifers www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Backgrounder_UNTreatyTransboundaryAquifers.doc

(11) BERTELL www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Bertell_health-effects-of-tritium.pdf

(12) CNWS www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/CNWS_Report_Final_2008_06_18.pdf

(13) DFAIT http://www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/DFAIT-The_global_water_crisis_a_question_of_governance.pdf

(14) ENERGY WATER NEXUS www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/energy_water_nexus.pdf

(15) ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE WATER USE www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/environmentally_sustainable_water_use.pdf

(16) HOEKSTRA AND CHAPAGAIN www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Hoekstra_and_Chapagain_2006.pdf

(17) MORRIS www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/MorrisTim_ChangingTheFlow11.pdf

(18) SANDFORD www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/Sandford_InterviewExchangeMorningPostMarch08.doc

(19) SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/ScientificAmerican_July08.doc

(20) TURNING ON CANADA'S TAP www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/TurningonCanadasTapApr08.pdf

(21) UNA : RIGHT TO WATER www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/UNA_C2007RightToWater.pdf

(22) WATER AND ENVIRONMENTS JOURNAL www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/WaterandEnvironmentJournal2007Vol21Issue2pages83-91.pdf

(23) ODELL www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/WaterQualityforSevenGenerations_Odell_Marion.doc

(24) WHITELEY www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/WhiteleyH_TowardNatStatCanada.doc

(25) China’s Coming Environmental Crash Notes; in Foreign Affairs Sep-Oct 2007 www.cafeweltgeist.org/ihtec/GIPWaterRT/ChinasEnvironmentalSituation2.doc

Short movie-clip introductions:

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