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Explore a 30-year vision for environmental sustainability in water and agriculture sectors with the WAVE-30 program. With a focus on transparency, stakeholder participation, and capacity building, WAVE-30 aims to eradicate poverty, ensure sustainable development, and foster global partnerships. The program assesses global and basin-specific scenarios for economic growth, engages in stakeholder dialogues, and offers policy options for a greener future.
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Characteristics of WAVE-30 • Sectors: Water, Agriculture, Environment • Environmental footprints of developments in food production • Looking 30 years ahead • Transparancy in developments and consequences • Solution finding at river basin scale
Why WAVE-30 ? Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger MDG 1 Ensure environmental sustainability MDG 7 Partnership for development MDG 8
Direct objectives • Knowledge and transparancy • Effective policy planning • Stakeholder participation • Capacity building
Two programme components WAVE-global - Global assessment WAVE-basins - 5 to 10 river basin cases
WAVE - basins Volta River Lake Victoria Mekong Mehanadi Incomati Yellow River
Characteristics WAVE - basins • River basin and coastal areas • Environmental objectives river and coast • Scenarios for future economic development • Assessment – stakeholder dialogue • Solution finding - Policy options • Capacity building
A step forward in meeting … • MDG-s on poverty reduction and environmental sustainability • And implementation of IWRM and water efficiency plans in 2005