World Water Futures: Solutions of Water Threats in an Era of Global Change

鉴于世界上一半的人口和整个加拿大都依赖寒冷地区的水--这些地区处于全球变暖的前沿，并正在经历快速变化--加拿大必须在寻找解决方案方面发挥全球领导作用，在面对急剧增加的风险时如何最好地预测、准备和管理水期货。通过史无前例的多站点水研究合作伙伴关系，包括美国大学、其三个机构合作伙伴、其他14所加拿大大学和近160个利益相关者/合作伙伴，全球水期货(GWF)将成为世界上第一个大型多站点水研究联盟，汇集前所未有的专业知识，使加拿大能够在为依赖水的全球经济和社区开发风险管理解决方案方面处于世界领先地位。基于世界知名的卓越的水研究和独特的观测地点，GWF处于独特的地位，可以开发以气候变化为重点的新科学，以进行基于证据的决策、创新的水监测技术、新的决策工具，以及用于国家预报洪水、干旱和相关农业风险的急需的预测模型。GWF将改变加拿大降低水威胁风险的能力，设计适应性战略来应对不确定性，并利用经济机会--这些知识对世界许多其他地区至关重要。GWF将凭借其变革性的新的以社区为中心的科学和加拿大各地的380多名研究人员处于有利地位，帮助制定加拿大的国家水战略，解决从健康和安全到工业可持续发展到保护关键水资源等一系列问题。

Given that half the world's population and all of Canada are dependent upon water from cold regions-which are at the forefront of global warming and undergoing rapid change-Canada must take a global leadership role in finding solutions for how best to forecast, prepare for and manage water futures in the face of dramatically increasing risks. Through an unprecedented multi-site water research partnership involving the UofS, its three institutional partners, 14 other Canadian universities and nearly 160 stakeholders/partners, Global Water Futures (GWF) will be the world's first large-scale multi-site water research consortium, bringing together an unprecedented scale of expertise to enable Canada to lead the world in developing risk management solutions for global economies and communities dependent upon water for health, wealth and livelihoods. Building on world-renowned excellence in water research and unique observational sites, GWF is uniquely positioned to develop new climate change-focussed science for evidence-based decision-making, innovative water monitoring technologies, new decision-making tools, and much-needed predictive models for national forecasting of floods, droughts and related agricultural risks. GWF will transform Canada's ability to reduce the risk of water threats, design adaptive strategies to cope with uncertainty, and take advantage of economic opportunities-knowledge crucial to many other parts of the world. GWF will be well positioned with its transformative new community-centric science and more than 380 researchers across Canada to help develop a national water strategy for Canada that addresses issues ranging from health and safety to sustainable development of industries to protection of critical water resources.