What does WWC stand for?

Agriculture accounts for 66 per cent of human water consumption worldwide, according to the World Water Council.

Ger Bergkamp, director general, World Water Council, said, "Water is key to development and the first medium through which climate change will be felt.

The forum is staged by the World Water Council, a French-based organisation whose funding comes in large from the water industry.

The thematic discussions led to deliberation on the severity of the global water crisis in the context of a warming climate; the role of effective legislation in water governance; water technology transfer; and the creation of a permanent global water parliament, under the aegis of the World Water Council and UNESCO-IHP.

Good water law" Loic Fauchon, president of the World Water Council, holding the conference said: "[We are] responsible for the aggressions perpetrated against water, responsible for the current climate changes which come on top of the global changes, responsible for the tensions which reduce the availability of freshwater masses so indispensable to the survival of humanity.

Summary: Algeria "has made good choices as regards water policy as part of national and regional programmes," said Loic Fauchon, head of World Water Council (WWC).

According to the nonprofit World Water Council, the 20th century saw a tripling of the world's population, while freshwater use grew by a factor of six.

According to the non-profit World Water Council, the 20th century saw a tripling of the world's population while freshwater use grew by a factor of six.