Climate change and water in Cancun

[Stef Smits]

Dear all,

Please find below information on different sessions on water and climate change to be held at Cancun.

Best regards

 

Stef

 

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Coalition session as part of CONAGUA Dialogues on Water and Climate ChangeTime: Friday 3rd December, 2.15pmPlace: Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Hotel This session, hosted by the Water and Climate Coalition, will make concrete proposals on how the issues raised and addressed in the CONAGUA Water and Climate Dialogues can be translated into political commitments under the UNFCCC. Speakers include: •    Hannah Stoddart/Karin Lexen – Water and Climate Coalition Secretariat •    Hugo Von Meijenfelt, Climate Envoy, Netherlands •    Adrián Fernández, Mexico’s National Ecological Institute •    South Africa Delegation Representative (tbc) •    Civil Society representative (Progressio) For more information please email Ms. Karin Lexén, karin...@siwi.org. The Dialogues for water and climate change, held by a series of partners led by CONAGUA, will take place Wednesday 1st - Wednesday 8th December. The Dialogues will aim to shed new light on the importance of water management for climate change adaptation. A full program is available here: http://www.d4wcc.org.mx/. PRESS CONFERENCE: Putting Water Security FirstTime: Monday 6th December, 2.30-3.30pmPlace: "Luna" (Press Conference Room 2), ground floor of the Moon Palace Expo Centre The Coalition will host a press conference to communicate its key message to a wider media audience. For more information please email Ms Lovisa Selander, lovisa....@siwi.org or Ms Nicola Williams, nwil...@stakeholderforum.org.     SIDE EVENT: Water, Climate and Development: Linking Up Development Agendas and Putting Water Security FirstTime: Monday 6th December, 6.30-8.00 pmPlace: Room 4 Cancun Messe Center This side event is being hosted by the Water and Climate Coalition, the Global Water Partnership and the Heinrich Boell Foundation. It will demonstrate links between water, human development and climate change, discuss policy responses for COP 16, and explore financing water-related adaptation. A flyer for the side event is available for download here.Speakers include: •    Mr. Anders Berntell, Water and Climate Coalition, Executive Director, Stockholm  International Water Institute •    Mr. Maas Goote, Head of Delegation, Special Envoy for Climate Change, the Netherlands (tbc) •    Ms Kulthoum Omari, HBF Sustainable Development Programme Manager •    Dr. Ursula Schäfer-Preuss, Vice President, Asian Development Bank •    Mr Bai Mass Taal, Executive Secretary of the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) •    Civil Society Representative, Freshwater Action Network (FAN) For more information please email Karin Lexen

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