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Water Safe Cities of the Future

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Area: 5888268 km2
Countries:
Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
Cities:
Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: China
Basins: Yellow River
Project SDGs:
Includes Sustainable Development Goals from the project and its locations.
Increase Access to Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (SDG 6.1 & 6.2)
Progress to Date: NA Increase access to sustainable water
Services Needed: Stakeholder engagement & facilitation
Desired Partner: Business
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Jan. 01, 2018  »  Ongoing
Project Website: www.wvi.org/our-partners/grundfos-partnership
Contextual Condition(s): PHYSICAL: Water scarcity or drought
Additional Benefits: Raised awareness of challenges among water users
Beneficiaries: Manufacturers
Planning & Implementation Time: More than 3 years
Financial Resources: Between $10,000 - $50,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: corporate
Project Challenges: Other
Project Source: Admin
Profile Completion: 87%

Project Overview

Our partnership continues with C40, an organisation created and led by megacities working together to tackle climate change. As part of the City Advisory Group, we see our role as promoting the water agenda, particularly in terms of how cities adapt to climate change events such as flooding In 2019 the Poul Due Jensen Foundation and C40 decided to collaborate on the project ÒWater Safe Cities of the FutureÓ as a way of building the groupÕs knowledge base on water-related cli…

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Our partnership continues with C40, an organisation created and led by megacities working together to tackle climate change. As part of the City Advisory Group, we see our role as promoting the water agenda, particularly in terms of how cities adapt to climate change events such as flooding In 2019 the Poul Due Jensen Foundation and C40 decided to collaborate on the project ÒWater Safe Cities of the FutureÓ as a way of building the groupÕs knowledge base on water-related climate risk and of raising the profile of water on the C40 agenda The project kicked off in March 2020 and the first research phase, identification of the major climate-related risks facing the urban water sector, has now been finalised. The research findings will support the key C40 agenda as set out in the Leadership Standards, and will boost urban resilience by providing a stronger foundation for cities to tackle drought and flooding issues. This work will become increasingly important as cities, countries and populations around the world experience the effects of the climate crisis. "Cities are experiencing drought and floodings right now as the impacts of the climate crisis hit. Grundfos' partnership with C40 is crucial to supporting our cities to be more water resilient,Ó says Mark
Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: PHYSICAL: Water scarcity or drought
Project Benefits: Raised awareness of challenges among water users
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Manufacturers
Months & Implementing: More than 3 years
Financial Resources: Between $10,000 - $50,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: Corporate funding
Challenges: Other

Project Narrative

Target Innovate and adopt new approaches to reduce water use in our supply chain, with a 20% reduction in freshwater use in textile dyeing and finishing (L/kg per unit of production)

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