在13日斯德哥爾摩召開的世界水資源週開幕典禮上，瑞典總理林費爾德表示，美國、中國和印度必須允諾未來將會採取實際行動來對抗全球暖化，以確保更多人能享有乾淨的水資源。
林費爾德指出，若要充分利用這項逐漸匱乏的資源，控制氣候變遷是必要的行動，他也極力推動在2009年年底京都議定書期限屆滿前，建立一項接替的新協議，而2009年也正是瑞典成為歐盟輪值主席國的一年。
以「水的發展與未來：在變動的世界中尋求永續性」為主題，今年共有150個不同的團體參與籌備一系列相關的講座、周邊活動、會議和研討會。
斯德哥爾摩國際水資源協會主席伯恩特也提醒活動的參與者，目前仍有超過10億的人口生活在沒有安全水源供給的環境之下，而半數以上的發展中國家沒有下水道設施，他同時也警告，除非有更具體的行動，否則聯合國「千禧年發展目標」中所制定的水資源與下水道設施目標，在2015年前將難以達成。
The United States, China, India must commit themselves to take action against global warming to ensure that more people will have clean water, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt told the opening session of World Water Week today in Stockholm.
Controlling climate change is necessary to make the most of an increasingly scarce resource, the prime minister said, urging the completion of a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol by the end of 2009, when Sweden holds the presidency of the European Union.
This year, 150 different organizations are involved in arranging seminars, side-events, meetings and workshops under the theme, "Progress and Prospects on Water: Striving for Sustainability in a Changing World."
More than one billion people still live without a safe water supply, and half the developing world does not have basic sanitation, Berntell reminded participants. He warned that the UN's Millenium Development Goals for water and sanitation will not be met by 2015 unless better progress is made.
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