CASE STUDY 15 Arup’s innovative approach to facilitate decision-making in urban water management Organizations: Arup, Rockefeller Foundation, The Resilience Shift, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) Description: To deal with urban water management challenges in cities and facilitate decision-making in governments, civil society and the private sector, Arup developed the City Water Resilience Approach (CWRA). CWRA is an innovative approach and tool to help cities build water resilience, grow their capacities to provide high-quality water, protect citizens from water-related hazards and enable their connection through water-based transportation networks. CWRA offers additional resources targeting specific challenges in the management and governance of water systems, including the City Water Resilience Framework and Our Water. The former is a tool enabling cities to evaluate their current strengths and weaknesses in urban water systems. The latter is a digital tool enabling cities to better understand their local water basins. To ensure CWRA is practical and applicable across cities, it was co-developed by engaging city stakeholders across eight cities, including Cape Town, South Africa; Mexico City, Mexico; Miami and the Beaches, US; Kingston upon Hull, UK; Amman, Jordan; Rotterdam, Holland; Thessaloniki, Greece; and Greater Manchester, UK. Source: See endnote.104 Collaborative policy-innovation nexus: case studies Pathway 5 CASE STUDY 16 Aquapreneur Innovation Initiative Organizations: World Economic Forum and HCL Group. Description: The World Economic Forum’s UpLink has partnered with leading global conglomerate HCL Group to drive freshwater conservation and management through the Aquapreneur Innovation Initiative. Through a $15 million investment over five years, UpLink and the HCL Group, supported by the Forum’s Food and Water Initiative, will create a first-of-its kind innovation ecosystem for the global freshwater sector, accelerating progress on the water innovation agenda. Each year the initiative sources up to 10 innovators or “aquapreneurs” through its innovation challenges. Since being selected, the first two cohorts of 20 aquapreneurs have raised $70 million in additional funding. For more information, see endnote. Source: See endnote.105 Water Futures: Mobilizing Multi-Stakeholder Action for Resilience 39

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