December 10, 10:00 - 11:00
Session

Global Climate Action, Action Zone Amphitheatre 1

MPGCA Water Action Event

The Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action (MPGCA) is the non-party stakeholder mechanism under the UNFCCC. This event will showcase recent signals of progress in water for climate across the globe. It will demonstrate tangible water solutions across some of the impact areas of the Water Action Pathway to inspire more ambitious water action.

TIME & PLACE

December 10, 10:00 - 11:00 | Global Climate Action, Action Zone Amphitheatre 1

ORGANISERSAGWA, International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO), International Water Management Institute, Stockholm International Water Institute,

The aim is to offer a cross-sectoral perspective that moves beyond thematic silos by including non-traditional water voices and non-party actors to broaden and deepen engagement globally. The event will include the launch of initiatives aiming to bolster resilience, boost nature-based solutions funding and calling for more actions from non-state actors.

Moderator: Karin Gardes, Acting Executive Director, SIWI

 

Speakers: 

  • Cameron Mcbroom-Fitterer, University of North Carolina
  • Francesca Antonelli, Head of Rivers and Lakes, Wetlands International
  • Anoulak Kittikhoun, Director General, Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRC)
  • Sareen Malik, Executive Secretary ANEW, Vice Chair of Sanitation and Water for All
  • Cynthia Tewete, Young Farmers from Zimbabwe, member of the National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM)
  • Austin Alexander, Vice President, Sustainability and Social Impact, Xylem
  • Patricia Abreu Fernandez, Executive Director of Santo Domingo Water Fund – Latin American Water Funds Partnership (TBC)
  • Mohamed Ould Abdel Vettah, High Commissioner, Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS)
  • H.E. Razan Al Mubarak, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP28

Organisers

AGWA

International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)

International Water Management Institute

Stockholm International Water Institute

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