A New Framework for Water Resilience Launched at World Water Week
As part of a global launch event at World Water Week, a diverse set of partners has released a new framework for tangible, quantifiable, and achievable water resilience. The Water Resilience Assessment Framework (WRAF) is the product of a multi-year effort under the leadership of the CEO Water Mandate, a UN Global Compact initiative in co-secretariat with the Pacific Institute, in partnership with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the Pacific Institute, the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) and World Resources Institute (WRI). The Framework is designed to inform and support decisions and actions among stakeholders to ensure both short- and long-term water system resilience.
“As climate change challenges the viability of traditional water sustainability metrics, the WRAF focuses on water resilience, not only because water is vital for life, but also because water is critical in every aspect of the systems that enable and fuel our economies,” said Jason Morrison, President of the Pacific Institute and Head of the CEO Water Mandate. “This iterative method can be used with other water-management processes already in use to share an understanding of our progress to attain shared resiliency goals,” he explained.
To find out more about WRAF or to download a copy of the framework, visit the Pacific Institute website here.