25 August 2024 | 16:00-17:30 CEST | Room C2, Level 2 at World Water Week & Online
Session 11684
Water is at the center of effective climate action. Just Transitions for Water Security Partners share approaches for triggering social, economic and ecosystem resilience at scale, and new opportunities for transformative action emerging through collaboration with Water Tracker for National Climate Planning, the Resilient Water Accelerator, and Fair Water Footprints.
Why have efforts to increase water security thus far failed to bring about the desired outcome? What role does climate resilience play in this? The session will promote multi-faceted approaches to transforming governance to achieve water security for all under a new global initiative called Just Transitions for Water Security. Partners will share evidence and lessons learned from early experiences implementing strategies which strengthen policy, investment, and accountability to catalyze improved water governance and climate resilience.
Through a panel discussion and audience engagement, the session will demonstrate new collaborative opportunities for strengthening governance, policy coherence, regulatory instruments, and investment incentive structures to stimulate the urgent action needed for shared water security and climate resilience.
The session will inspire collaboration and action. Session attendees will be empowered to increase cross-sector communication and build multi-sector programmes. Participants will also gain awareness of the three initiatives under the Just Transitions for Water Security programme and thus be able to access and engage with the resources and outcomes from the programme in the years ahead.
How to Attend
This is a hybrid session at World Water Week. For anyone attending the conference in Stockholm, simply make your way to Room C4. For anyone interested in joining virtually, you must first register for a free online pass to World Water Week. From there, search the digital program and register to attend Session 11684 - Just Transitions for Water Security – Taking collective action to scale.
Agenda
Welcoming Remarks: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Organization of the United Kingdom (FCDO)
Scene setting: A new vision for global water security: Upending traditional water governance
Speaker: Virginia Newton-Lewis, Director of Water Sustainability, Grundfos Foundation
Levers of Change Discussion
Moderator: Kate Hughes, WaterAid
Policy & Advocacy
Speaker 1: Idrees Malyar, Director, Water Resilience Tracker, Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA)
Speaker 2: Sareen Malik, Executive Director, African Civil Society Network on Water and Sanitation (ANEW)
Finance & Private Sector Engagement
Speaker 1: Nick Hepworth, Executive Director, Water Witness International
Speaker 2: Phillip Obosi, Nigeria Country Coordinator, Resilient Water Accelerator
Audience Q&A