[March 10, 2003]
The 3rd World Water Forum Opens March 16th
The most important international water meeting ever opens in Kyoto, Japan on March 16th to address life and death issues. These range from helping the 2.7 billion people who will face water scarcity by 2025 and preventing the 5 million annual deaths from water-related diseases, to growing dangers of accelerating conflicts over water and saving the world's lakes, rivers and wetlands.

[February 27, 2003]
Number of Killer Storms & Droughts Increasing Worldwide
Economic losses from weather and flood catastrophes have increased ten-fold over the past 50 years, partially the result of rapid climate changes, the World Water Council (WWC) says.

[December 11, 2002]
New Water Poverty Index Defines World Water Crisis Country by Country
The newly developed international Water Poverty Index (WPI) finds that some of the world？s richest nations such as the United States and Japan fare poorly in water ranking, while some developing countries score in the top ten, say researchers from the UK？s Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and experts from the World Water Council

[October 21, 2002]
"From Johannesburg to Kyoto": The 3rd World Water Forum at the World Summit on Sustainable Developme
As the world assembles for the UN Summit on Sustainable Development, a water crisis still prevails that will manifest itself in many ways across sectors, regions and countries.

[January 29, 2001]
The 3rd World Water Forum will be held from March 16 to March 23, 2003 (8 days)
- Establishment of the 3rd World Water Forum National Steering Committee - The 3rd World Water Forum National Steering Committee was established on January 29, 2001 in Tokyo, and the basic conception for the Forum has been established. The proposal for the 3rd World Water Forum based upon this blueprint will be submitted to the board of governors of the World Water Council.

[November 24, 2000]
World Water Flows to Kyoto
Kyoto City has been selected as the venue of the 3rd World Water Forum, to be held in March of 2003.