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Advancing the Water Footprint into an Instrument to Support Achieving the SDGs

Recommendations from the “Water as a Global Resources” Research Initiative (GRoW)

verfasst von
Markus Berger, Jazmin Campos, Mauro Carolli, Ianna Dantas, Silvia Forin, Ervin Kosatica, Annika Kramer, Natalia Mikosch, Hamideh Nouri, Anna Schlattmann, Falk Schmidt, Anna Schomberg, Elsa Semmling
Abstract

The water footprint has developed into a widely-used concept to examine water use and resulting local impacts caused during agricultural and industrial production. Building on recent advancements in the water footprint concept, it can be an effective steering instrument to support, inter alia, achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) - SDG 6 in particular. Within the research program “Water as a Global Resource” (GRoW), an initiative of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research, a number of research projects currently apply and enhance the water footprint concept in order to identify areas where water is being used inefficiently and implement practical optimization measures (see imprint for more information). With this paper, we aim to raise awareness on the potential of the water footprint concept to inform decision-making in the public and private sectors towards improved water management and achieving the SDGs.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Institut für Umweltplanung
Externe Organisation(en)
Technische Universität Berlin
Universität der Vereinten Nationen (UNU)
Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB)
Institut für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität Kiel (IfW)
Universität Bayreuth
adelphi consult GmbH
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Institut für transformative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung e.V. (IASS)
Universität Kassel
Typ
Artikel
Journal
Water resources management
Band
35
Seiten
1291-1298
Anzahl der Seiten
8
ISSN
1573-1650
Publikationsdatum
03.2021
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Tief- und Ingenieurbau, Gewässerkunde und -technologie
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-021-02784-9 (Zugang: Offen)