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DECLARATION OF THE PRESIDENCY OFTHE INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT OF ROME
ON WATER AND CLIMATE 

 

Come and sign the
International Declaration on Nature-based Solutions
for water management under climate change

 

 

 

 

 
 
The international summit is organized in partnership with UNECE (United Nations – Economic Commission for Europe), the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO, Secretariat of the Global Alliances for Water and Climate - GAfWaC) and Aquamadre.
 
It opened in the morning of Monday 23rd of October by the Italian Prime Minister, in the historic and prestigious Campidoglio of Rome.
 
 
The event was designed as a milestone in the preparation of COP23 (Bonn, 6-17 November 2017) and of the World Water Forum (Brasilia, 18-23 march 2018). It promoted further integration of water as one of the top priority issues of international debate on climate change and it called on donors and project holders to take action for the financing of projects intended to improve knowledge, governance and public participation for water and adaptation to climate change. The focus was on addressing the impacts of climate change on water resources, and their dramatic consequences (floods, drought, degradation of ecosystems, etc.).
 
The summit was a unique occasion to match project proposals and financing opportunities and to foster experience sharing between great river basin organizations, local, national and regional administrations in charge of climate change adaptation policies and water resources management, bilateral and multilateral donors and other institutions interested in adaptation to climate change and basin management (UN Agencies, Secretariat of the UNFCCC and UNFCCC Member States, etc.).
 
 

Walter Mazzitti at the Official Opening Ceremony

 

  

 

 
 

 Interview de Jean-François Donzier à Radio Vatican

 
Website
http://www.minambiente.it/water-and-climate-summit

The Italian Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea will hold the International Summit "Water and Climate: Meeting of the Great Rivers of the World" from the 23rd to the 25th of October 2017 in Rome, ITALY.

Useful information
Rome_International_Summit_Concept_note_.pdf
The_International_Summit-1-2.pdf
Invitation_Ministro-2.pdf
Programme_ROME_2017_V7_Eng_.pdf
General_information_and_logistics.pdf
draft_program_vers_17_10-2.pdf
DECLARATION_OF_PRESIDENCY-FINAL.pdf
High_level_declaration_Nature_based_solutions_final_EN.pdf
Cérémonie d'ouverture / Official opening ceremony
Ouverture des travaux - Intervention des organisations internationales
Session of the Great Rivers of the World
SESSION N°1 – Panels 1 et 2
SESSION 2 Panel 1 - Water resources and aquatic ecosystems management in a changing climate. Presentation of pilot experiences, strategies and support for new projects
SESSION 2 Panel 2 - Water resources and aquatic ecosystems management in a changing climate. Presentation of pilot experiences, strategies and support for new projects
SESSION 3 Panel 1: Public participation and involvement of the private sector for adaptation to climate change in basins. Successful partnerships and shared future actions / Participación pública e implicación del sector privado para la adaptación al camb
SESSION 3 Panel 2 : Public participation and involvement of the private sector for adaptation to climate change in basins. Successful partnerships and shared future actions / Participación pública e implicación del sector privado para la adaptación al cam
SESSION 4 - Financial mechanisms for adaptation to climate change in basins
Cérémonie officielle de cloture / Official Closing Ceremony
Signature de la Déclaration sur les solutions basées sur la nature par le Ministre italien de l'Environnement, le Président du PFE et le SG des Alliances AMEC
Place et fontaine du Capitole