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Future Water response to the UK 2050 innovation strategy
Future Water welcomes the publication of the `UK 2050 Innovation Strategy’. The organisation recommended this collective approach when launching 'Transformation of the Water Sector' document.
This strategy demonstrates collective responsibility, offering a route map for innovation, setting out the challenges and opportunities for engagement.
Future Water has had an active role in the discussions developing the thinking and
believe that this will help open engagement with the suppliers.
Commenting on the document, CEO Paul Horton said "The strategy sets out the key areas where Open Innovation with the supply chain is critical, for example under the themes section 'Delivering resilient infrastructure systems' will help bring together innovators in technology with those organisations that develop nature based solutions for flood risk"
Water documentary goes mainstream
A powerful documentary that aims to drive positive change in water is set to reach a global audience of millions.
Brave Blue World, narrated by Liam Neeson and featuring actors and activists Matt Damon and Jaden Smith, will be available to watch on Netflix 21 October 2020, to an audience of 193 million subscribers worldwide, and available in 29 languages.
Filmed across five continents, Brave Blue World paints an optimistic picture of how humanity is adopting new technologies and innovations to re-think how water is managed. The documentary makers went on an incredible journey to meet with pioneers and innovators who are addressing global water and sanitation challenges.
Executive producer and founder of Brave Blue World Foundation Paul O’Callaghan, who spearheaded the project, said: “I am beyond thrilled that Brave Blue World will be released worldwide.”
“Raising awareness of the global water crisis to help fast-track potential solutions was our ambition when we set out on this journey two
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years ago. It is thanks to the support of the global water community, including those who have already hosted grassroots screenings, that we have reached this extraordinary milestone and are able to finally give water the profile it deserves.”
“It’s a great film. We all need to see it,” says Liam Neeson. “Every school and every college needs to see it. Every kid has heard of climate change; the film deeply connects with this. It makes water local – something so many of us take for
granted.”
Brave Blue World was produced by the Brave Blue World Foundation, in association with its production partners The Water Environment Federation (WEF), SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions, DuPont Water Solutions, Xylem, L’Oreal, Aqualia and the Dutch Water Alliance. The film will be available to watch on Netflix on 21 October 2020.
Horton goes on to say that the focus "There is a real opportunity to engage with the customers, the public and suppliers around environmental outcomes and water efficiency, such a discussion is essential".
Future Water argues that the strategy can be a focal point for change, especially in the current climate and that the plans for a Centre of Excellence acting as a focal point for collaboration, innovation and ideas, are positive.
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