China is planning to divert billions of gallons of water hundreds of miles from drought-stricken regions to feed Olympic development in the capital Beijing.
The resolution is the culmination of a process in which Israel for the first time initiated a socio-economic resolution at the UN General Assembly, on the UN's primary Millennium Development Goal.
IsraelNEWTech - Novel Efficient Water Technologies is a national program promoting the Israeli water technology sector. Israel NEWTech builds upon Israel's experience in coping with water scarcity problems, incorporating all the separate industry elements in order to advance the sector at an international level. The Israeli government, recognizing the Israeli potential to be a leader in the growing international water technologies market, heavily invested in the program and has allocated substantial resources towards strengthening the foundation of water tech cluster and the promotion of its capabilities worldwide.