UK Water Research and Innovation Framework Launched

The UK Water Research and Innovation Framework is launched with the support of RCUK's Living With Environmental Change Champion, Dan Osborn.

The UK Water Research and Innovation Framework (UKWRIF) was launched at the annual All Party Parliamentary Water Group innovation event at the House of Commons on November 28th 2011. It coincided  with the release of the Defra White Paper on water, “Water for Life”.

Inspired by the vision:

“By 2030 the UK will be a key contributor in providing integrated solutions in water security and sustainability such that individuals, communities and businesses benefit from productive, equitable water systems and ecosystem services. In consequence, health improves, communities develop, the green economy grows and the environment is protected and enhanced”,

the UKWRIF sets out a strategic approach to the highly diverse and interrelated challenges of water. It highlights key priorities and ways of ensuring better  co-ordination of different public funding schemes for water research and innovation.

The framework was developed by the UK Water Research and Innovation Partnership (UKWRIP), which includes Living With Environmental Change (LWEC), GO-Science and UKCDS. It is chaired by the UK Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir John Beddington. 

You can download a summary of the strategic framework below .

And the full report is in the Publications section of the LWEC website.