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River flow champion wins 2019 Stockholm Water Prize

By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

Stockholm, Aug.28(Greenpost) — On March 19th, SIWI announced that Dr Jackie King was named the 2019 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for her game-changing contributions to global river management. This evening she will receive the prize from the hands of his excellency Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf in the City Hall. The following picture was an interview with her at the opening plenary session of the World Water Week in Stockholm from Aug. 25-31.

She has advanced the scientific understanding of water flows, giving decision-makers tools to assess the real costs and benefits of river system development. Dr King led the development of the tools as a researcher at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and then as Honorary Professor at the University of the Western Cape.

With colleagues she created methods to demonstrate ecological and social implications of damming and de-watering rivers. On receiving news of the prize, Dr King said: “I find it humbling, energizing and rewarding. I have never sought high-profile jobs but was happy to be a working scientist, free to say what I felt needed to be said.”

Her commitment to raising awareness of the value of rivers and their importance for millions of people has made Dr King highly regarded by academics and water managers globally. In its citation, the Nominating Committee notes that “Dr Jacqueline King has, through scientific rigour, selfless dedication and effective advocacy, transformed the way we think, talk and work with water as a flow of and for life.”

Dr King’s work influenced South Africa’s 1998 National Water Act and is increasingly guiding governments and institutions across the globe. “Governments developing their water resources understand the potential benefits but not necessarily the costs in terms of degrading rivers. We can now show these ecological and social costs at a similar level of detail to the benefits shown by planners. It is a new kind of information to help governments better understand the trade-offs involved in development as they decide on their preferred future,” she says.

Torgny Holmgren, Executive Director at SIWI, comments that “Dr King has helped decision-makers understand that healthy river ecosystems are not a luxury, but the basis for sustainable development.”

The prize is awarded by SIWI in cooperation with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which is responsible for assessing the nominations, and will be presented by H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Patron of Stockholm.

Embrace 2019 这样拥抱2019

To welcome 2019, let remember the following sentences:

Success occurs when your dreams get bigger than your excuses.

Together we bring future mobility closer. Mobility Xlab.

Passion never fails.

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.  H. Ford.

Don’t tell people your dreams. Show them.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

开始的方式是停止空谈,开始做事。

Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard for it.

有些人梦想成功,其他人醒来,努力实现梦想。

The future depends on what we do in the present.

未来取决于我们现在做什么。

Look for something positive in every day, even if some days you have to look a little harder.

每天都寻找积极的事情,尽管有时需要费劲寻找。

If it doesn’t challenge you, it does not change you.

如果它对你没有挑战的话,它也不能改变你。

It is not about ideas. It is about making ideas happen.

现在不是关于想法的问题,而是如何让想法变成现实。

Impossible only means you haven’t found the solution yet.

不可能只是意味着你还没有找到解决办法。

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以上是2018年到哥德堡采访时带回来到名言卡片。感觉阅读习惯真的变了。我如果不写出来,似乎就读不进去。

当你的梦想比你的借口更大时,成功才会发生。

激情永远不会失败。

如果我文人们需要什么,他们会说快马。

不要告诉人们你的梦想,展示给他们。