The Urban Water Agenda 2030 (UWA2030) process aims to enable local governments to accelerate the implementation of local policies and practices for sustainable urban water management. It was initiated by the European Commission's DG Environment and contributes to the European Union's ambitious water policy.

ICLEI and EUROCITIES, on behalf of the European Commission, are conducting a public consultation to gather input to further develop the initiative.
The consultation is based on a draft strategy for the UWA2030, which has been developed together with a group of cities close to the initiative.

The draft strategy suggests that cities can voluntarily commit themselves to actions in five strategic directions: action at local level, action between cities, action at river basin level, action at EU level, and action in a global context.

The consultation targets European cities of all sizes as well as water sector stakeholders, such as water utilities and providers, researchers, and the academic community.

Open until 5 July 2017, the consultation consists of four sections: personal information, framework of the initiative, strategic directions, and commitment process. Having read the UWA2030 draft strategy, the survey takes around 15 minutes to complete. The feedback will be taken into account in the future design of the Urban Water Agenda.

For more information, visit urbanwateragenda2030.eu or contact water@iclei.org more   29 June 2017 Registration open for urban metabolism webinar

The UrbanWINS project will host a webinar for local authorities, procurers and waste experts on urban metabolism, comparing cities to living organisms that eat, digest and discard what is not need. Understanding what resources are required to nourish city activities, how these resources are used, what the flow of energy and materials is, and what kind of waste is produced can be useful for cities aiming to improve strategies to prevent, reduce, reuse, recycle and manage waste.

The webinar will focus on how urban metabolism can lead to a circular economy and more sustainable cities. Leonardo Rosado, Assistant Professor at the University of Chalmers (Sweden) will present the urban metabolism approach and how the pilot cities taking part in UrbanWINS will use the results of the analysis. Line Brogaard, from the City of Copenhagen (Denmark), will introduce the Urban Waste project and show how the city is using urban metabolism for tourism and waste management.

ICLEI Europe's Estela Grana will give an insight into the circular economy, and Paul Mul, Sustainability Consultant at Royal Haskoning DHV, will outline the links between urban metabolism and circular cities. The webinar will take place on 5 July from 11.00 am to 12.30 pm (CET).

To take part in the event, contact urbanwins@iclei.org or click here. more

» Publication Date: 30/06/2017

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