Sustaining Water in a Changing Climate conference
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Sustaining Water for All in a Changing Climate
The World Bank’s Board has recently endorsed a Progress Report on the Bank’s Water Strategy. It calls for renewed emphasis on:
• Integration of new technologies
• Hydropower
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Agriculture
• Sanitation
Join a discussion hosted by Inger Andersen, Vice-President of the Bank's Sustainable Development Network.Nancy Vandycke, Lead Economist, will present the report and Water Sector Manager Julia Bucknall will moderate a discussion featuring:
Jamal Saghir
Director
Sustainable Development
Africa Region
John Briscoe
Professor of Environmental Health, Harvard University
& Author of 2003 World Bank Water Resources Strategy
Jerson Kelman
Professor. Water Resources, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro & former Director of Brazil’s
National Electricity Regulatory Agency
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
12 noon- 2 p.m.
MC 13 - 121
Coffee will be served.
