The Water Ethics Charter

Abstract

The Water Ethics Network Steering Committee is developing a Water Ethics Charter to provide a moral basis for water management decisions which cannot be accurately valued in financial terms, and are not mandated legally. The need for a Water Ethics Charter was a recommendation of the 2012 World Water Forum in Marseille, and will be presented at the World Water Forum in South Korea in April 2015, followed by a campaign to build awareness about the Charter and invite endorsements.