Climate change

The Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI) organized the second H.L. Segment in a series of international meetings to develop water scare countries' messages to be submitted to the U.N. Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Water Action Decade, March 2023. Regional and International partners support the roadmap for the Policy dialogues in water-scarce countries to achieve SDGs.

The Session will focus on the political commitment to clearly include water in the COP27 negotiation and recognize its pivotal role and contribution to both adapt and mitigate to global climate change. A major goal of the Session is to bring water management scientific knowledge and advances closer to public policies formulation and decision-making.

Climate change has profund direct implications for water quality and quantity, including droughts and floods, and indirect implications, for instance via forest fires and hurricanes impact on surface and groundwater resources, This session will focus on water-sector adaptation to climate change, with an emphasis on sustainable approaches in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

"Growing, and maximising the impact of urban sanitation investments and services in Africa."

The session will try to highlight the needs for the academia and WASH operational bodies to get closer together and engage cooperation for a better development of the WASH sector in Africa and show why one needs the other, even for its own development. The session will give the opportunity to assess what was done these past years to really link research & development to operational needs of the Africa WASH sector.

Wetlands and aquatic environments, which are home to a rich biodiversity of plants and animals, are threatened worldwide by strong anthropogenic pressures exacerbated by climate change and the proliferation of invasive species. Solutions are proposed to reverse the trend.

• The need for solutions in managing water resources is obvious and strong from local to global context, which is vital to tackle emerging water security challenges caused by population growth and climate change.