MENA Webinar 2022

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Climate Change Adaptation to Water Security in MENA Region

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BACKGROUND

Regardless of whether the concept of water security is initially viewed from a biophysical or social perspective, it is complex, contested and dynamic, and requires equally complex and dynamic – i.e. adaptive – thinking. Adaptive approaches to water management and governance have been promoted for decades as part of the transition from water government to water governance. However, much remains to be done before water security becomes a concept and institutionalised practice within an adaptive paradigm that is constantly reviewed and reshaped to meet the needs of an ever-changing world.

Social learning and resilience thinking, as well as linking policy fields (the water-food-energy nexus) can only be achieved through adaptive, flexible and reflective approaches.

 Ultimately, the agreement is that water security should provide protection against water-related disasters and diseases, guarantee access in sufficient quantity and quality at an affordable cost, and meet basic food, energy and other needs without compromising the sustainability of life-sustaining ecosystems. It is high time for a rethink, replacing conventional, and reductionist management with adaptive and sustainable alternatives.

 As in other regions of the world, but even more urgently in the MENA region, the sustainable and – in view of climate change – adaptive use of water resources is becoming an existential issue. These are not populist phrases, they describe the reality that can already be felt.

 The webinar wants to lead this discourse and to discuss adaptive strategies for water security.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Prof. Dr. Fayez Abdulla

Dr. Abdulla is Full Professor at Jordan of Science & Technology University of Washington in Seattle, USA

Prof. Dr. Aziz Faissal

Dr. Faissal is Associate Professor at Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco

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