Despite great progress in extending water and sanitation services globally, our world is currently facing more, and more urgent, challenges around water security than ever before.
We are still far from reaching the SDG 6 (and other water-related) goals on water supply and sanitation. The insecurity and risks associated with water scarcity, flooding, storm surges and sea-level rise are increasing. The combined forces of climate change and growing water demand propelled by economic growth could see the world tip from a predominantly water-abundant place, to one that is predominantly water-scarce by 2045. At the same time as the urgency increases, new investments and policies must navigate deeper regulatory, financial and political complexity and provide answers for a future that brings growing uncertainty.
The Delft Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity Development is the international forum for water professionals and development practitioners, policymakers, managers and staff from government and local government agencies and utilities, financiers, water users, researchers, and capacity development specialists to discuss the challenges, current realities and new opportunities for knowledge and capacity development in the water sector.
VENUE:
27-29 May 2020
Online
Event Registration: IWA
Published on 15 July 2019
