Publications
Water Scenarios 2030 has generated more than 11 publications with the aim of contributing to a better diagnosis, governance, and management of water resources in Chile.
Water scenarios 2030
The initiative seeks to promote a Water Transition that enables a drastic reduction of the country’s water gap and water risk, accelerating the implementation of structural changes, innovative solutions, policy proposals, and co-constructed water management instruments.
Context
Why move toward a water transition?
A combination of factors and situations has gradually filled Chile’s water “glass.” Different indicators of scarcity, extreme events experienced in recent years, and the first climate change projections presented in various national and international studies were the signals that came together with the expressed need of multiple stakeholders to find measures, actions, and solutions that make it possible to move toward water security and sustainability by 2050.
Chile appears among the 30 countries with the highest water risk in the world by 2025 (WRI, 2015). Hence the significance of the Water Scenarios 2030 initiative, which prioritizes water as a vital element for life and development.
One of the main conclusions reached by the initiative in the development of “Water Transition: The Future of Water in Chile” (EH2030, 2019) is that, if the current trajectory in water resource management continues, the possible scenario for 2030 is catastrophic. Therefore, it is essential to change the way the problem is addressed and to do so with a comprehensive approach.
Objectives
What does the initiative propose to promote a Water Transition?
In the face of fragmented water institutions and poor resource management that prevents an effective response to scarcity and climate change, Water Scenarios 2030 works to promote and coordinate the creation of a national water policy, with the participation of all sectors and an active leadership role by the State.
Through a process of dialogue and multisectoral co-construction with key actors from the public and private sectors, NGOs, communities, and academia, it seeks to:
- Generate new information and strategic proposals:
- Scalable models adapted to the realities of each territory to benefit communities, the environment, and the different productive sectors.
- Implement, promote, and scale sustainable solutions to meet goals that close the water gap, demonstrating benefits in territories and at the national level.
Governance
Governance
Executive Office
Funding partners
Impact
Expected results
Solutions portfolio
As of 2022, 19 solutions have been implemented that supply water to the territories where they operate.
Tools
Development of innovative tools for the diagnosis and evaluation of solutions.
Assessment<br/>
For diagnostic, evaluation, or solution implementation purposes, approximately twenty basins have been addressed nationwide.
Multiple stakeholders
More than 300 organizations have been part of the processes convened by EH2030 for the development of proposals on institutional frameworks, diagnosis, roadmaps, and the implementation of solutions for water security.
Basin organization
Implementation of the country’s first basin organization, generating a model to be replicated in other basins and regions.
Associated SDGs
Associated SDGs
This initiative contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals:
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