Water
The world may view the reduction of carbon emissions as their greatest 2050 challenge but a much more serious problem exists; Sustainable Water Resources.
Population growth and increasing social pressures on global water resources have required communities around the globe to focus on the future of water availability. Global climate change is expected to further exacerbate the demands on water-stressed regions.
It is expected that 5 billion (52 percent) of the world’s projected 9.7 billion people will live in water-stressed areas by 2050. They also expect about 1 billion more people to be living in areas where water demand exceeds surface-water supply. A large portion of these regions already face water stress — most notably India, Northern Africa and the Middle East. Whether it’s improving our governance models or our infrastructure systems, years and even decades are required to implement real as realized today.
Behavioral Theories vs. Innovative Solutions
Many world organizations, renowned research institutes and pundits have conveyed their own viable solutions which mainly embrace “sustainable behaviors and practices” which include but are not limited to:
The “Theoretical Revolution”
NAEG and its partners have a different viewpoint when it comes to its contribution to lessening the impact. We believe that expending financial, physical and educational resources to try and change human behavior is a small fraction of the overall remedial formula and have set our goals based on what we believe is the true rationale for the future:
We can either try to change the behavior of approximately 10 Billion people or just come to the understanding that those efforts are merely academic exercises with fruit to be bared over the course of several decades, also referred to as “The Theory of Conservation”. Instead, we believe a tactical and vigorous approach is needed such as “The Theory of Innovation”. We must come to the reality that innovative persistence supersedes conservative behaviors. You can try to change people or just accommodate the people with innovative solutions to deal with the problem.”
We continue dialogue with various national and private sector laboratories, innovation think-tanks and technology partners that have adopted similar theory and that are involved in the creation and experimentation of sustainable water resource technologies, and we pursue technology license and partnership agreements with potential technology providers. The introduction of water resource technologies are a usual component in our overall development tool-box with respect to our infrastructure projects.
NAEG is currently focused on investment opportunities and development initiatives in the following sub-sectors of Water Resource Management:
For more information on specific sub-sector focus, kindly visit the relative sections of our website.