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Towards a green economy Acknowledgements


Chapter Coordinating Author: Prof Mike D. Young, Executive Director, The Environment Institute, University of Adelaide, Australia.


Nicolas Bertrand of UNEP managed the chapter, including the handling of peer reviews, interacting with the coordinating author on revisions, conducting supplementary research and bringing the chapter to final production. Derek Eaton reviewed and edited the modelling section of the chapter.


Eleven Background Technical Papers were prepared for this chapter by the following individuals: Arfiansyah, Pam Lyonnaise Jaya (PALYJA); Paulina Beato, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain; Alvaro Calzadilla, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany; Irma Damayanti, Pam Lyonnaise Jaya (PALYJA); Fulton Eaglin, Pegasys Strategy and Development; Philippe Folliasson, Pam Lyonnaise Jaya (PALYJA); Vincent Fournier (PALYJA); David Kaczan, MSc. candidate, University of Alberta, Canada; Sharon Khan, independent consultant; Anna Lukasiewicz, PhD candidate, Charles Sturt University, Australia; Luc Martin (PALYJA); Claude Ménard, University of Paris-Pantheon Sorbonne, France; Mike Muller, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa; Andrew Ogilvie, IRD UMR G-eau; Guy Pegram, Pegasys Strategy and Development; Katrin Rehdanz, Kiel Institute for the World Economy and Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany; Rathinasamy Maria Saleth, Madras Institute of Development Studies, India; Barbara Schreiner, Pegasys Strategy and Development; Richard S.J. Tol, Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland and Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands; Håkan Tropp, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), Sweden; Antonio Vives, Cumpetere and Stanford University; Constantin von der Heyden, Pegasys Strategy and Development; and John Ward, CSIRO, Australia. An edited reprint of the executive summary of the 2030 Water Resources Group report, Charting Our Water Future, (initially published in 2009) and an updated version of “Free basic water – a sustainable instrument for a sustainable future in South Africa” (initially published in 2008 in Environment & Urbanization) were prepared as additional Background Technical Papers. Additional material was prepared by Andrea M. Bassi, John P. Ansah and Zhuohua Tan (Millennium Institute); and Carlos Carrión-Crespo and Ana Lucía Iturriza, International Labour Organisation(ILO).


The compilation of Background Technical Papers was edited by Christine S. Esau.


During the development of the chapter, the Chapter Coordinating Author received invaluable advice from a Global Reference Group consisting (in their personal capacity) of Shahid Ahmad (Member, Natural Resources, Pakistan Agriculture Research Council); Dianne d’Arras (Senior Vice President, Technology and Research Suez Environnement); Wouter Lincklaen Arriens (Lead Water Resources Specialist, Asian Development Bank); Ger Bergkamp (Director General, World Water Council); Don Blackmore (Chair, eWater CRC Board; former CEO, Murray Darling Basin Commission); Benedito Braga (Vice President, World Water Council; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of São Paolo); Margaret Catley Carlson (Chair, Global Water Partnership; former Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare Canada); Vasile Ciomos (President,


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Romanian Water Association); Alberto Garrido (Associate Professor, Technical University of Madrid); Jerry Gilbert (consultant); Vincent Gouarne (Director, Latin America and the Caribbean, International Finance Corporation); R. Quentin Grafton (Professor, Australian National University); David Grey (Senior Advisor, World Bank); Kathy Jacobs (Executive Director, Arizona Water Institute); Mohamed Ait Kadi (President, General Council of Agricultural Development, Morocco); Helmut Kroiss (Head, Institute for Water Quality, Vienna University of Technology); Alain Locussol (formal Specialist, World Bank); David Molden (Deputy Director General, International Water Management Institute); Jack Moss (Senior Advisor, AquaFed – The International Federation of Private Water Operators); Mike Muller (former Director-General, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Government of South Africa); Herbert Oberhaensli (Assistant Vice President, Economic and International Relations, Nestlé S.A.); Kirit Parikh (Emeritus Professor and Founder Director, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research); Usha Rao- Monari (Senior Manager, Infrastructure Department, International Finance Corporation); Brian Richter (Director, Sustainable Waters Programme, The Nature Conservancy); Rathinasamy Maria Saleth (Director, Madras Institute of Development Studies); Mark Smith (Head, IUCN Water Programme); A. Dan Tarlock (Distinguished Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law); Lee Travers (Sector Manager, World Bank); Henry J. Vaux Jr. (Professor, University of California-Berkeley); Antonio Vives (former Manager, Sustainable Development Department, Inter-American Development Bank); Hao Wang (Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research; Vice President, Chinese Committee of Global Water Partnership); James Winpenny (Consultant, Wychwood Economic Consulting Ltd.); and Sascha Zehnder (Science Director, Alberta Water Research Institute). Jack Moss is also to be thanked for his in-depth review of the advance copy of the chapter (February 2011).


We would like to thank the many colleagues and individuals who commented on various drafts, including Joana Akrofi (UNEP), Chizuru Aoki (UNEP), Joseph Alcamo (UNEP), Ger Bergkamp (World Water Council), Peter Börkey (OECD), Munyaradzi Chenje (UNEP), David Coates (CBD Secretariat), Salif Diop (UNEP), Renate Fleiner (UNEP), Ryuichi Fukuhara (UNEP), Habib El-Habr (UNEP), Melanie Hutchinson (UNEP), Elizabeth Khaka (UNEP), Arnold Kreilhuber (UNEP), Olivia la O’Castillo (UNSGAB), Razi Latif (UNEP), Lifeng Li (WWF International), Peter Manyara (UNEP), Robert McGowan, Patrick Mmayi (UNEP), Madiodio Niasse (International Land Coalition), Lara Ognibene (UNEP), Neeyati Patel (UNEP), Elina Rautalahti (UNEP), Nadia Scialabba (FAO), David Smith (UNEP), David Tickner (WWF-UK), Chris Tomkins, Cornis van der Lugt (UNEP), and Lew Young (Ramsar Convention Secretariat). Renate Fleiner, in particular, coordinated input from the UNEP Interdivisional Water Group on the review draft and subsequent versions of the chapter. The support of the UNEP Division of Environmental Policy Implementation (DEPI) / Freshwater Ecosystems Unit (Thomas Chiramba, Chief), throughout the project, is also gratefully acknowledged.


Within the University of Adelaide, the following individuals are also to be thanked: Sam Fargher, Nobiko Wynn, Adriana Russo, Sarah Streeter, Husam Seif, Jane Rathjen and Sanjee Peiris.


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