Stockholm International Water Institute: Freshwater Thought Leader Sandra Postel awarded 2021 Stockholm Water Prize
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STOCKHOLM, March 22, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
Sandra Postel is awarded the Stockholm Water Prize 2021 for her long and
outstanding work to make sense of complex water-related issues. As an author
and educator, she has made important contributions to the understanding of some
of the greatest challenges of our time and shown that we have the power to find
sustainable solutions.
Sandra Postel is a leading authority and prolific author and communicator on
international water issues. She has been hailed for her inspiring, innovative,
and practical approach to promoting the preservation and sustainable use of
freshwater. Throughout her career, Postel has tackled complex water problems in
her books, articles, and lectures, with an aim to make them comprehensible to a
wide audience.
On being awarded the prize, Postel said: "It is the honour of a lifetime and I
am incredibly grateful. Water is the basis of life – and it is finite.
Figuring out how to meet humanity's needs for water while enabling freshwater
ecosystems to thrive is now an existential challenge, because those ecosystems
support the web of life to which humanity belongs. We can all play a part in
rising to this challenge."
In its citation, the Stockholm Water Prize Nominating Committee said: "Sandra
Postel is a world leading authority on water scarcity and one of the world's
greatest water communicators and educators. No one has exhibited more
commitment, capacity, courage, and perseverance to address far-ranging and
critical water issues. Her work has been instrumental in shifting both public
and professional awareness about the water crisis."
SIWI's Executive Director Torgny Holmgren commented: "Sandra Postel has made
invaluable contributions to our understanding of water, and thereby to our
ability to shape a sustainable future."
Sandra Postel directs the Global Water Policy Project. She has authored scores
of articles, as well as several ground-breaking books, including Replenish: The
Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity. Her 1992 book, Last Oasis, appears in
eight languages. From 2009-2015, she served as Freshwater Fellow of the
National Geographic Society.
The Stockholm Water Prize is awarded by SIWI in cooperation with the Royal
Swedish Academy of Sciences and will be presented by the Swedish King H.M King
Carl XVI Gustaf on 25 August, during World Water Week.
For more information and photos: www.siwi.org/prizes
Contact:
Andreas Karlsson
Press Manager, SIWI
+46 720 50 60 04
andreas.karlsson@siwi.org
Source: Stockholm International Water Institute
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