Dr. Annabelle Houdret (DIE), speaker of the Bonn Water Network, will present the new initiative and Dr. Srinivasa Srigiri (DIE) introduce into the topic of the lecture in his presentation “SDG 6 on ‘Clean Water and Sanitation for All’: Assessing Interlinkages, Trade-Offs and Synergies for Policy Design”. A roundtable will then bring together the expertise of the Bonn Water Network’s member institutions to discuss the topic “Water as a catalyst for the SDGs – addressing interlinkages in research and practice”. Key questions include: Which are the different needs for water that we need to take into account when implementing the SDGs? Which governance approaches are successful in dealing with water demand across sectors and scales in this process? How can science contribute to improve the understanding of these interlinkages through inter- and transdisciplinary approaches? And how do we translate this into practice and bring researchers and decision-makers together to develop and implement sustainable water solutions?

Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers (GIUB) contributes her expertise in transdisciplinary approaches in research on human-water-systems and hydrological extremes; Dr. Daniel Tsegai (UNCCD) will bring in his knowledge on water scarcity in the context of drought extremes and the connections to land rehabilitation; Dr. Birgit Kemmerling (BICC) addresses the challenges of resource-saving and cycle-oriented management of water and land resources in Morocco; Dr. Yvonne Walz (UNU-EHS) brings in her expertise on the role of water in the context of disaster risk management and climate change adaptation; Dr Luna Bharati (ZEF/ IWMI) will highlight Water-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus solutions for sustainable development in Africa and Asia; and Dr. Srinivasa Srigiri (DIE) brings in his expertise on the governance of interdependencies between water, energy and food securities in Mexico, Ethiopia and Jordan.

The event is part of the lecture series “Cooperation in water management – tackling a global challenge” organized by UNU FLORES; TU Dresden and the University of Bonn.

Please register online for the event: 
https://tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/internationales/termine/unu-flores-lecture-series-cooporations-in-water-management-tackling-a-global-challenge/-3

More information on the Bonn Water Network is available here: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/water-governance/
For any questions related to the debate or to the network, please contact Dr. Annabelle Houdret: annabelle.houdret@die-gdi.de

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