Blog Posts
Vulnerabilities of the EU’s Economy
This new study addresses the dependency of the EU’s economy upon external water resources and assesses its related vulnerabilities to hydrological extremes (current drought and water scarcity) that are occurring outside its borders. Climate change is leading to increased water scarcity and drought in many parts of the world. This has implications for the European Union (EU) because a lot of the water intensive goods consumed or used there are produced abroad.
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Ashok K. Chapagain
1 Dec 2019
Changing the story of water: A tribute to Arjen Hoekstra
Arjen Hoekstra was a pioneer. The godfather of water footprinting, his work changed the way we view our most precious natural resource. Standing on the shoulders of Tony Allan, another giant of the academic world who devised the concept of virtual water, Arjen published his first research on water footprints in 2003. This breakthrough came at a time when there was a desperate need to tell the real story of water.
Stuart Orr, Alexis Morgan and Dave Tickner from WWF
29 Nov 2019
Stockholm International Water Institute
21 NOV 2019
Arjen Hoekstra changed the water world
The water community was shocked when it was known that one of its most influential members, Arjen Hoekstra, had passed away on 18 November. The water footprints Hoekstra invented in 2003, building on his mentor Tony Allan’s concept of virtual water, gave us a framework to analyze the link between human consumption and production and the appropriation of the globe’s freshwater.
Brian Richter
19 NOV 2019
A Giant Has Fallen
My dear friend Arjen Hoekstra – a giant in the water community — died last night while riding his bike to his home in the Netherlands. More elaborate and comprehensive accolades will be surely be forthcoming, but I’d like my friends and students to know how much this guy meant to me, and to the water world.
Anthony Turton
19 NOV 2019
Tribute to a fine scientist!
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He has left his deepest footprints behind!
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