Dear all,
Join our Panel discussion on “Water in a
heated world” (Webinar) with Akica Bahri, Martina
Caretta, Anna-Katharina Hornidge, and Kalanithy
Vairavamoorthy.
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Regards,
Mareike
“Water
in a heated world”
(Webinar)
Presentation and
discussion of the latest report of the German Advisory
Council on Global Change (WBGU)
January 24th 2025,
11:00 am – 1:00 pm CET
You can
register here.
National
and international water policy must adapt to ongoing,
accelerated changes in the global water cycle and
respond to them swiftly and comprehensively. These and
other key findings of the report “Water in a heated
world” will be presented. A panel discussion will
address possible pathways for political action and
climate-adapted water planning.
Programme
Presentation of the report
“Water in a heated world”
Prof Jörg Drewes, German
Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), Technical
University of Munich
Panel
discussion
Prof Akica Bahri, Former
Minister of Water Resources, Tunis
Prof Martina Angela Caretta,
Lund University; Coordinating Lead Author of the 6th
IPCC Assessment Report (2022).
Prof
Anna-Katharina Hornidge, German Advisory Council on
Global Change (WBGU) and German Institute of Development
and Sustainability (IDOS), Bonn
Prof Kalanithy
Vairavamoorthy, Executive Director, International Water
Association, London
Moderator: Maike Voss, Head
of Neues Handeln, Berlin/Cologne
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The event will be recorded for online documentation
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Launch event
topics to be discussed
National and
international water policy must adapt to ongoing,
accelerated changes in the global water cycle and
respond to them swiftly and comprehensively. This is the
key message of the WBGU report entitled 'Water in a
heated World'. Water emergencies beyond the scope of
previous experience are becoming more frequent
worldwide. The effects of climate change, the
overexploitation of water resources, the unequal
distribution of water, the loss of ecosystem services,
growing widespread pollution and related health risks
are increasingly resulting in regional water
emergencies.
This development is characterized
by a loss of stationarity and therefore increasing
planning uncertainty. Recent examples include the
declaration of a water emergency in São Paulo, Brazil
due to extreme drought conditions, large-scale
catastrophic flooding events such as those which
occurred a few weeks ago in Eastern and Southern Europe
or Northern Africa or severe flooding that submerged one
third of Pakistan in 2022. The WBGU expect such regional
water emergencies to occur to a greater extent, longer
lasting, and more and more frequently. This is a pattern
arising in many regions representing a threat with a
global dimension. In extreme cases, situations emerge
that are beyond the limits of controllability. They can
lead to the destabilization of political, societal and
ecological systems. Climate-change mitigation, the
protection of ecosystems and a climate-resilient,
socially balanced water management are the most
important measures for preventing water
emergencies.
How water policy, water planning
and societies worldwide should deal with these
challenges – this report provides
answers.
Register here
