Water Conferences Focus on Gender, Food and Urban Resilience
Water professionals and leaders discussed how principles for managing and governing water can be implemented in relation to food security and resilient cities, at recent meetings in Milan, Italy and Marseilles, France. Participants at a two-day conference under the auspices of the Italian Presidency of the G7 discussed water-related principles in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. They issued a ‘Declaration of Milan’ emphasizing the human right to water and sanitation and the role of women in protecting and managing water resources. Following the Milan conference, the second International Conference on Water and Climate took place in Marseilles, France. It addressed the issues of food security and urban resilience, as well as ‘Water for Africa’.
The Milan conference took place from 27-28 September 2017, with scientific support provided by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Water Governance Initiative and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP). The conference, on the theme ‘Rules for Water, Rules for Life,’ was the first such event organized by the Milan Center for Food Law and Policy, and sought to promote interaction and debate across various water-related sectors.
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