The Hague Roundtable on Climate and Security facilitates dialogue aimed at supporting international cooperation on climate impacts including water scarcity, natural disasters, and migration. This interactive forum facilitates a global dialogue among governments, NGOs, education institutions, development organizations, military, private sector, and donor organizations. The 12th meeting of The Hague Roundtable on Climate and Security will take place from 13-14 April as an online/live hybrid event.
The theme for this year’s event is Resilience in food-water systems: groundwater & irrigation practices with focus on Central Asia. Presentations with discussion and consortium-building working groups will aim to initiate project plans on food/water security and related cooperation at locations in Central Asia and Africa. Live expert panels from IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (the Netherlands) and the Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction (India) will connect with international participants. The Roundtable will function as an international forum linked with the Mississippi Water Resources Conference (12-14 April) in the U.S., hosted by Mississippi State University.
Topics for the forum include:
Groundwater/Aquifers: Applications in measuring, monitoring & regulating (13 April)
Surface/Alternative Water Use & Irrigation: Cases in U.S. agriculture, field management, & reuse (14 April)
Expertise in projects, also with donor orgs., in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, & neighboring countries
Regional cooperation, transboundary water management, & civil society engagement over water/food security
Sessions include facilitation by Henk Ovink, NL Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, from Delft on 14 April; and by John Matthews, Executive Director of the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), from Starkville 13-14 April.
The event is co-hosted by Mississippi State University and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, with participation of the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), the Red Cross Climate Centre, and the Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR).