7-19 December 2009
Copenhagen

The World Political Forum took part in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change  in Copenhagen,  7-19 December to submit to the attention of the participants the Memorandum for a World Water Protocol which has been elaborated by the international conference «Peace with Water», held in  February 2009 in collaboration with the European Parliament Groups.

The WPF asked that water is inserted in the agenda of the COP 15 discussion, since the current «world water crisis» is at the core of the environmental problems for which the UNFCCC meeting was searching a solution. The Memorandum exposes in fact the reasoning that justifies the urgency of an initiative in favour of a new worldwide water policy, inspired by a new political paradigm. It represents a contribution to the international governmental negotiations currently being defined, in view of the outline and approval of the new post-Kyoto 2013 agreement.

Documents

Memorandum Summary: English Version - French Version

Memorandum Full English Version

A World Political Forum Initiative- Appeal

Related article by Riccardo Petrella: Italian version - French version