Philippe gives keynote lecture at the 2014 annual conference of the Canadian Science Writers Association

Philippe gave a keynote presentation at the Canadian Science Writers Association Conference in Toronto (June 5-8).  In his presentation, Philippe gave a broad overview of current and emerging global water issues.  He stressed the central importance of water not only for human wellbeing and prosperity, but also for maintaining healthy ecosystems. A number of key concepts, including water scarcity, water stress, ecosystem services, environmental flows and water pricing were reviewed. Finally, he gave his personal view of how we can learn from nature to engineer sustainable solutions to solve the water crisis.