Workshop on Water Security

1644437蔡希明水安全面临着科学、技术、社会经济、政策和治理方面的挑战，需要立即通过地方、国家和国际层面的综合方法加以解决。确保今世后代的水安全正成为一项艰巨的任务，这在世界范围内提出了巨大的研究需求。美国和中国作为世界上最大的两个经济体，有着许多相互作用，面临着不同而又共同的挑战，特别是城市化、全球市场变化、人口增长和全球变暖所带来的挑战。两国在管理水安全方面积累了不同但互补的经验。本次研讨会由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和中国自然科学基金委员会（NSFC）联合主办。目标是：1)探索水安全研究的互补方面；2)确定两国在水资源开发和管理方面的研究合作潜力；3)在共同科学和技术方面建立联合领导地位，以加强世界各地的水安全和环境可持续性。研讨会将由一个一般性会议（包括主题演讲）、三个主题（一：新出现的问题和风险；二：加强和改善水安全的解决方案；三：未来的合作研究课题）和一个开放的小组讨论组成。这三个主题将通过演讲、小组讨论和总结来传达。提交给美国国家科学基金会和国家自然科学基金委员会的成果包括一份综合报告，总结了研讨会的结果和成果，包括一份仔细推理的前进计划，以及一篇基于研讨会结果的期刊/杂志文章。

1644437 Cai, XimingWater security faces scientific, technological, socio-economic, and policy and governance challenges that need to be immediately addressed through approaches that integrate across local, national, and international levels. Ensuring water security for present and future generations is becoming a formidable task, which poses tremendous research needs around the world. The U.S. and China, the two largest national economies on the planet, with many interactions, face both different and common challenges, especially those caused by urbanization, global market change, population growth, and global warming. The two countries have distinct but complementary accumulated experiences in managing water security. This workshop is jointly sponsored by NSF and the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). The objectives are to 1) explore complementary aspects of research on water security, 2) identify research collaboration potentials for co-benefits for both countries in water resources development and management, and 3) develop joint leadership in common science and technology to enhance water security and environmental sustainability around the world.The workshop will be composed of a general session (including keynote speeches), three themes (I: Rising problems and emerging risk; II: Solutions to enhance and improve water security; III: Future collaboration research topics), and an open panel discussion. The three themes will be conveyed by speeches, discussions by group and wrap-up summaries. The deliverables to NSF and NSFC include a comprehensive report that summarizes the workshop results and outcomes, including a carefully reasoned path-forward plan, and a journal/magazine article based on the workshop results.