2016 World Water Week programme

Thursday | 1 September | 09:00-10:30
Building a resilient future through water (Part I)
Global leaders will highlight possible strategies for delivering
on the 2030 Agenda and strengthening climate resilience
through wise water management. The event will show how
the implementation of the 2030 and climate agendas can be
better integrated – with water as a useful connector. 2015
was an eventful year with a number of historical global
agreements on sustainable development being agreed, namely
the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals in
September and the Climate Agreement in December. They
provide a progressive and clear road map for joint action.
These global agreements must now lead to concrete and
integrated implementation on the ground.
H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria
SDG Ambassador
Manuel Pulgar-Vidal
Special Advisor to the High Level Panel
on Water and UNFCCC COP20 President
H.E. Jan Eliasson
Deputy Secretary-General of the United
Nations
Torgny Holmgren
Executive Director, SIWI
Room: NL Auditoriuma/Aulan
Ségolène Royal
Minister of Environment, Energy and the
Sea, France (via video link)
H.E. Dr Hakima El Haite
Minister Delegate to the Minister of
Energy, Mining, Water and Environment,
Morocco
Karin Lexén
Director World Water Week,
International Policy and Prizes, SIWI
Setting the Scene
Moderator: John Vidal, The Guardian
09:00 Welcome and introductory remarks – Connecting
the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement
Torgny Holmgren, Executive Director, SIWI
Karin Lexén, SIWI
09:10 Opening address
H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria,
SDG Ambassador
09:20 Water and Sanitation in the 2030 Agenda
H.E. Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General of the
United Nations
09:40 Water-for-peace and people’s development
H E. Mwai Kibaki, former President of the Republic of
Kenya, UNESCO Special Envoy for Water (tbc)
09:50 Action Agenda to Build Paris Agreement
Momentum
Ségolène Royal, Minister of Environment, Energy and
the Sea, France (Video link)
10:00 Water in the Global Climate Agenda
H.E. Dr. Hakima El Haite, Minister Delegate to the
Minister of Energy, Mining, Water and Environment,
Morocco
10:15 Achieving coherence in complex global
negotiations
Manuel Pulgar Vidal, Special Advisor to the High
Level Panel on Water and UNFCCC COP20 President
10:30 Close of session
The session will continue at 11:00.
102 2016 World Water Week: Water for sustainable growth