I had already downloaded but have not yet read the full report. Based on this blog I wonder if the author being diplomatic has reduced the impact of the observations in the main report? I think that there are more serious problems with the current OWG version of the SDGs than comes across in this blog. My reading is they fail utterly to address nexus issues and the challenges posed by the trends described in the literature on the "Anthropocene". And with regard to water specifically, they fail to address the problem of broader access to water for productive purposes, and over-emphasize increasing water use efficiency and conservation at the expense of equal access. A more rigorous debate is needed urgently.
I had already downloaded but have not yet read the full report. Based on this blog I wonder if the author being diplomatic has reduced the impact of the observations in the main report? I think that there are more serious problems with the current OWG version of the SDGs than comes across in this blog. My reading is they fail utterly to address nexus issues and the challenges posed by the trends described in the literature on the "Anthropocene". And with regard to water specifically, they fail to address the problem of broader access to water for productive purposes, and over-emphasize increasing water use efficiency and conservation at the expense of equal access. A more rigorous debate is needed urgently.