Earth to Copenhagen: Include Water in Climate Change Text

Nothing like good news from the international climate change community. Turns out that the CC mavens at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Barcelona have decided to delete clear references to water in the latest document, Non-Paper 31.  Don't you love that name? I guess it was a paper produced by non-intelligent people.

Here is some language from the Global Water Partnership press release announcing this omission:

To a large extent, the global climate crisis is a global water crisis. Yet the latest iteration of the negotiating text on adaptation, the so-called Non-Paper 31, has deleted any clear references to water and its management as a vital consideration for climate change adaptation. This is despite increasing mobilisation by the water community to call for a strong outcome on water from Copenhagen.

Here is the GWP's entire press release:

Download 091103_WaterDay_press_release

Let's hope reason prevails before Copenhagen.

"Nature abhors a moron" -- Unknown

Comments

[Jessica Fosbrook]

While attempting to write an op-ed for a class on the climate talks in Copenhagen regarding the role of water resources in the upcoming climate treaty, I came across your recent blog post, and one from Heather Allen a few days ago:

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/hallen/water_and_ecosystems_a_focus_a_1.html

Perhaps water will be included in the final treaty text?