HIGHLIGHTS & RESULTS New Tools and Analyses for the Management of

Methods for determining the water footprint and global models were used to analyse the development of global 6 7 In addition to hydro-meteorological predictions of drought risks, the evaluation of the risks associated with droughts must consider the vulnerability of affected people and sectors. [...] With the improved construction and calibration of hydrological, hydrogeological and geological models, the go-CAM project can estimate the risk of saltwater intrusion and the development HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE GRoW TOPIC ‘GLOBAL WATER DEMAND’ of nitrate pollution in the context of climate change and socio-economic change. [...] water footprint calculator • Integrated tools for the local-to-global analysis of water conflicts in the water-food-energy-ecology-nexus are quantifies water use and METHODS FOR THE EVALUATION OF WATER RISKS AND available and should also be used in decision-making towards cross-border, sustainable water management impacts on human health CONFLICTS OF USE IN THE WATER-ENERGY-FOOD NEXUS and more sus. [...] and ecosystems along the cotton-textile value The increase in global water demand is mainly driven by population growth and • Given the extreme importance of water consumption in supply chains, reducing the water footprint requires chain economic development, which in turn causes an increase in the production of food cooperation among suppliers (water stewardship), consideration of the water footp. [...] The water management GRoW projects support the suggestion of the ‘United The water footprint of the cotton textile industry in Pakistan (InoCottonGROW) In the thesis paper ‘Seven sins Nations Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water & against local water manage- Sanitation’ of the Secretary General of the United Nations Diagnostic water governance tool (STEER) ment’, GRoW experts1 address to se.