Conference on "Water Diplomacy: Building Bridges for Lasting Peace"
Conference on "Water Diplomacy: Building Bridges for Lasting Peace"
Friday 9 November 2018, 9:30 to 16:00
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
Kruzel Hall
Avenue de la Paix 7bis, Geneva. ()
The Geneva Water Hub’s Platform for International Water Law is pleased to invite you to a Conference on « Water Diplomacy: Building Bridges for Lasting Peace ». This event is taking place in the context of the .
The Conference will cover the multiple challenges of the nexus between water, peace and security both from the science, legal and governance standpoint. It includes two segments:
- Threatened critical water infrastructure and peacebuilding;
- Transboundary water cooperation, local governance mechanisms and water diplomacy.
The objectives of the Conference are twofold:
- To discuss the opportunities of water as a resource for peacebuilding;
- To address good practices of water management mechanisms to prevent tensions at the local and international levels;
The event organizers include The Geneva Water Hub/AV¶ÌÊÓÆµ, UN Environment, GeoExpertise - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and Rally for Rivers.
This conference can be attended .