Water for Climate Pavilion – Inaugural Ceremony

Watch live on SIWI’s Youtube channel

Agenda

Welcome -Thomas Rebermark, Director, Swedish Water House, SIWI

Indigenous blessing for the keeping of the waters: Great Grandmother Mary Lyons, Ojibwe Elder

Keynote Addresses:

• HE Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan | Inspiring through the Water Action Decade
• H.R.H. Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme, Climate Envoy for the Netherlands | Generating momentum across global processes
• HE Nataša Pirc Musar, President of Slovenia | Water for Climate, Water for Peace
• HE Hani Sewilam, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of Egypt | Building on outcomes of COP27

• Shahbano Tirmizi, UAE Climate Change Special Envoy Office | Ambitious Water Action for COP28 and beyond

Panel Discussion with the Global Commission on the Economics of Water

• Engage in a discussion on the complex interactions between water, finance, food, trade and climate

Panelists:

• Johan Rockström, Potsdam Institute
• Elizabeth Wathuti, Kenyan Youth Climate Activist
• Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, DG of the WTO

Moderator: Henk Ovink, GCEW Commissioner

Presentation of the Thematic Curators and their key messages Days 1-4: Highlight themes, key sessions, speakers

• Louise Ellis, ARUP | Knowledge, Innovation and Technology
• Tove Lexen, WaterAid | Watering the NDCs and NAPs
• Jose Gesti, Sanitation & Water for All | Global Goal on Adaptation
• Emrah Engindeniz, UN Habitat/GWOPA  | Locally Led Adaptation

Presentation of the Thematic Curators and their key messages Days 5-9: Highlight themes, key sessions, speakers

• Ivan Sjögren, SIWI | Peace, Security, Health
• Tony Wong, Australia Water Partnership | Scaling up: Systems approaches
• Austin Alexander, Xylem (on line) | Water for Net Zero
• FAO | Food, Agriculture, Water
• Alex Simalabwi, GWP | Climate Finance