World Water Week 2019 - High Level Dialogue: Building a resilient future through water
Channel: Resilience Rising
Date: 2019-11-27

This two-part high-level dialogue session aims to bring together decision-makers from the main global agenda processes, the thought-leaders in water and climate community, multi-discipline and sectorial stakeholders to share knowledge, strengthen and scale actions, and foster progress on water-relevant global goals (specifically SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement).

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Part 1

0:00:00 Introduction

0:09:55 Opening keynote presentation from H.E. Hernán Bascuñán Jiménez, Ambassador of Chile in Sweden

0:17:35 Second keynote presentation - H.E. M. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of Jal Shakti for the Government of India

0:34:50 Fishbowl panel discussion, led by Mathilde Bouyé, Associate at the World Resources Institute

Panelists

H.E. Kimmo Tiilikainen, State Secretary for the Government of Finland
José Luis Acero Vergel, Vice Minister of Water and Sanitation for the Government of Colombia
Jürgen Kögl, Special Envoy of the Minister of Human Settlements, Water, and Sanitation for the Government of South Africa
Dr Adanech Yared Jilly, General Director of the Basins Development Authority for the Government of Ethiopia
Christian Severin, Senior Environmental Specialist at the Global Environment Facility

1:31:30 Closing remarks - Dr Patrick Verkooijen, CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation

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Part 2: Practice and Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Action from a Cities perspective

1:41:14 Welcome back and introduction of topic

Torgny Holmgren, Executive Director, SIWI
Dr Fred Boltz, Water Lead for the Global Center on Adaptation; Ambassador, The Resilience Shift

1:50:37 Keynote address - Susanne Dorasil, Head of Division Water, Urban Development, Mobility, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

2:10:12 Fishbowl panel discussion on water and urban resilience, led by Dr Alejandro Jiménez, Director of Water and Sanitation, SIWI

Panelists:

The Honorable Daviz Simango, Mayor of Beira, Mozambique 
The Honorable Jean-Didier Berthault, Great Paris Metropolitan Councillor and Vice President of Intercommunal Sanitation Syndicate of Greater Paris (SIAAP), France
Jennifer Sara, Director of the Global Water Practice, World Bank
Eduardo Vazquez, Executive Director, Agua Capital, Mexico City
Hardeep Anand, Deputy Director for the Miami-Dade Water & Sewer Department, USA 
Louise Ellis, Associate and Water Engineer, Arup & The Resilience Shift

2:55:50 Closing Keynote Address - H.E. Isabella Lövin, Minister for Environment and Climate and Deputy Prime Minister, Government of Sweden