WaPOR at the World Water Week
Sessions where WaPOR will be discussed
Hybrid Event, 27/08/2024 - 28/08/2024
Split view of Actual Evapotranspiration in the Gezira Scheme, 20m data.
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Though this year the WaPOR team is not organizing a session, WaPOR will still be included in discussions at the 2024 World Water Week (WWW) in Stockholm. Last year the conference was the site of a session during which the then just-delivered first layers of the new WaPOR dataset (👉 WaPOR at the 2023 World Water Week) were showcased. One year prior to that, at the 2022 WWW, the expansion and improvement of the database had been announced (👉 The WaPOR database is going global!).
This year the sessions featuring WaPOR data are the following:
How accurate data on water is fostering joint decision making
Tuesday 27
Moderated by Mark Bakker (eLeaf)
| Earth observation technology can be used for building global water-resilient food value chains and mitigating (local) water withdrawals impacting water-stressed basins, fields and commodities. These shared watersheds are crucial for water quantity, quality and access and underline the need to break silo's of water authorities, businesses & local communities. This panel discussion will feature water and agriculture leaders from Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, The World Bank, FAO, Water Envoy of the Netherlands, the Director of the Tensift Basin Authority (Morocco), CEO Water Mandate and a regenerative farmer from South Africa.The agenda of the session will be as follows:
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Speakers:
- Meike Van Ginneken, Ministry of Infrasturcture and Watermanagement Water Envoy for the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Heba Al Hariry, FAO Land and Water Officer
- Poolad Karimi, World Bank Senior Irrigation Specialist
- Katherine Isaf, Pacific Institute/CEO Water Mandate Collective Action Lead
- Francesca O'Hanlon, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Senior Water Manager
Transboundary aquifer cooperation for advancing climate resilience in Africa
Wednesday 28
| While the abundance and potential of transboundary aquifers has motivated growing cooperative investment, transboundary aquifer management remains in its infancy. In Africa, there are more than 70 shared aquifers. However, less than 15 are believed to have received focus of a transboundary development project and less than 5 have been included in a transboundary water agreement. The reality that progress in cooperative aquifer management is its initial stages nonetheless implies vast potential to upscale. Plans to upscale can in turn be shaped and informed by lessons emerging from initial efforts. This session will contextualize the significance and potential of shared aquifers in advancing climate resilience, facilitating cooperation and conflict resolution, and assuring water security for all in Africa. The session will also showcase the role of the new GEF funded Groundwater for Advancing Resilience in Africa (G4DR) project in realizing groundwater’s potential in Africa. Using case studies of implementation of past transboundary aquifer projects, the session will then mine lessons to inform the roll-out of efforts to enhance transboundary cooperation in the context. The G4DR project uses WaPOR data to achieve its aims. |
Session convened by:
- African Ministers' Council On Water
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
- International Water Management Institute
- SADC Groundwater Management Institute