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)