2016 World Water Week programme
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Tuesday | 30 August | 11:00-12:30<br />
Catalyzing natural capital financing for water security<br />
Convenors: International Union for Conservation of Nature, Rare and The Nature Conservancy<br />
Present and discuss investing and lending portfolios supporting natural infrastructure for water through discussion on innovative financial<br />
mechanisms, new sources of financing, and public private partnerships.<br />
Room: NL Music Hall / Musiksalen<br />
11:00 Welcome by moderator<br />
Setting the stage<br />
The session will commence<br />
with a brief introduction on the<br />
global context of the importance<br />
of investing in nature and water,<br />
what is the problem, and what is<br />
at stake if we fail (fish, forests,<br />
health).<br />
Making the case on the<br />
challenges and barriers to<br />
financing<br />
Financial mechanism and<br />
models: Case Study from<br />
Colombia<br />
11:30 Panel discussion & Q&A<br />
12:25 Summary and wrap-up by<br />
moderator<br />
12:30 Close of event<br />
Seminar: Ecosystem degradation and livelihoods: Moving from vicious to<br />
virtuous cycles<br />
Convenors: ICIMOD, SIWI, Swedish Agency for Marine and <strong>Water</strong> Management, WRC and We Effect<br />
This seminar will discuss the conundrum of economic growth and water’s role in healthy ecosystems for mitigating poverty and achieving<br />
the new SDG-targets. Perspectives from a range of ecosystems from source to sea will be discussed, along with innovative solutions<br />
involving civil society, as well as public and/or private sectors.<br />
Room: NL 357<br />
Livelihoods from risk to restoration<br />
11:00 Welcome<br />
Dheigen Naidoo, CEO, WRC<br />
11:05 Why we need to rethink<br />
growth to promote water and<br />
ecosystem restoration<br />
Prof Lorenzo Fioramonti,<br />
University of Pretoria<br />
11:15 Setting the scene<br />
Wahid Shahriar, ICIMOD<br />
11:25 Aquaponics a sustainable<br />
poverty reduction and<br />
water-saving enterprise<br />
in Uganda<br />
Henry Bazira, <strong>Water</strong> Governance<br />
Institute<br />
11:35 Ecosystem degradation<br />
and livelihood challenges in<br />
India: Problems and prospects<br />
Dr Nandita Singh, KTH<br />
11:45 Strengthening Jordan’s<br />
groundwater management:<br />
Over-abstraction, scarcity,<br />
refugees and water security<br />
Barbara Rossmiller, IRG/Engility<br />
Corp.<br />
11:55 Interactive discussion<br />
Moderator: Dheigen Naidoo,<br />
CEO, WRC<br />
12:25 Summary and wrap-up<br />
Dheigen Naidoo, CEO, WRC<br />
12:30 Close of seminar<br />
62 <strong>2016</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Week</strong>: <strong>Water</strong> for sustainable growth
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