1. World Water Council Marseille, 8 June 2011
Helen Mountford
Deputy Director OECD Environment Directorate

2. The Green Growth Strategy
Requested by Ministers of Finance, Economy & Trade, in
Multi-disciplinary process involving 25 OECD Committees: delegates from Ministries of Agriculture, Economy, Environment, Development Co-operation, Industry, etc.
Key deliverables:
Synthesis Report & Indicators Compendium for the 2011 Ministerial (25-26 May 2011)
Forthcoming studies on green growth and: food & agriculture, energy, innovation, water, cities, etc...
Full integration into country Economic Surveys, Environmental Performance Reviews, and the data and indicators work of OECD.

3. People living in areas of water stress (millions of people)
Source: OECD (2008), OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030

4. The importance of pricing: water conservation (% ownership against water fee structure)
Source: OECD (2011), Greening Household Behaviour: The Role of Public Policy

5. Freshwater abstraction by major use versus GDP, OECD (1990=100)
- See a decoupling of water use from GDP growth
Note: Data exclude Chile, Estonia, Israel and Slovenia
Source: OECD Environmental data

6. OECD Global Forum on Water: Making Water Reform Happen
When: October 2011
Where: OECD, Paris
Objective: To share case studies of water policy reform in OECD and non-OECD countries in order to share experiences and good practices in designing, implementing and consolidating change to achieve economically and environmentally sustainable water management.
Participation: Around participants expected from governments, business, academia, NGOs and IGOs.
High Level Panel: Scheduled for afternoon of 26 October
For further details:

7. Thank you!