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Environmental resilience lecture series, 1 February: The Future of Water – Opportunity and Risk

On Monday 1 February at 13:00, the EPA and the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) will hold the second lecture in their series on environmental resilience. This lecture is on ‘The Future of Water: Opportunity and Risk’.

Mr Loïc Fauchon, President of the World Water Council, will discuss the actions that the World Water Council is taking to promote international hydro-diplomacy to ensure global access to high quality water and sanitation infrastructure.

He will also highlight the important role that water strategies play in addressing environmental, climate and social transformations.

Mr Fauchon will also examine the state of international water security which poses a serious risk to environmental resilience, but also an opportunity to catalyze positive change. He will argue that equitable access to safe water is a prerequisite for sustainable development.

To register please, follow this link and enter your details: https://iiea.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qx_fEJ47QoS__FGEQkqAdQ

Loïc Fauchon has served as President of the World Water Council since 2018. He has more than twenty-five years of experience in the field of international advocacy for global water security and access to clean water. From 1991 to 2019, Mr Fauchon was CEO of the Water Supply Company of Marseille, leading a group of 15 companies. He is a member of the UN High-Level Panel on Water Related Disasters (HELP).

Learn more:

www.worldwatercouncil.org/en

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