Invited by WMO Secretary General Petteri Taalas and UN Water Chair Gilbert Houngbo, the “Water and Climate Leaders” aim to set and pursue an integrated global Water and Climate Agenda in support of sustainable development and national mitigation and adaptation actions. Their focus is on catalysing action through leadership and example.
The Panel will provide strategic guidance on integrating the water and climate agendas as well as maximizing synergies in designing and implementing actions to achieve SDGs 6 and 13 as well as to ensure effective climate action for adaptation and resilience.
The “Water and Climate Leaders” come together in a panel of eminent representatives of UN Members, civil society and the private sector
Leaders
Mr. Emomali Rahmon
President, Republic of Tajikistan
Mr. János Áder
President, Hungary
Mrs. Hilda Heine
Past President, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Mr. Komi Sélom Klassou
Past Prime Minister, Republic of Togo
Mr. Han Seung-soo
Past Prime Minister, Republic of Korea
Mr. Carl-Hermann Gustav Schlettwein
President AMCOW; Minister, Republic of Namibia
Mrs. Cora van Nieuwenhuizen
Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Mr. Abdelkader Amara
Minister, Kingdom of Morocco
Mrs. Hannele Pokka
Professor; Past Minister, Republic of Finland
Mrs. Haydée Rodriguez
Vice Minister, Republic of Costa Rica
Mr. Gilbert Houngbo
Chair UN-Water; President IFAD
Mr. Petteri Taalas
Secretary General WMO
Mr. Howard Bamsey
Chair Global Water Partnership
Mrs. Lindsey Blodgétt
World Youth Parliaments for Water
Mr. Matthias Berninger
SVP Public Affairs & Sustainability BAYER
Mr. Ernest Gibson
UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change
Mission:
The “Water and Climate Leaders” set and pursue an integrated global Water and Climate Agenda in support of national mitigation and adaptation actions
Impact:
The “Water and Climate Leaders” will:
1. Based on inputs by the Advisors, develop and promote the transformative, action oriented Global Water and Climate Agenda
2. Advocate for political actions at the highest UN and national levels;
3. Inform the public on the main climate and water related challenges and possible integrative solutions;
4. Guide the Water and Climate Coalition
Overview of the Coalition Milestones
Advisors Group
Advisors are the experts appointed by the members of the Panel to support the “Water and Climate Leaders”.
The Advisors support the Coalition and provide information for the Panel Members to advocate for urgent climate and water related action. They also serve as the custodians of the Matrix of action of the Coalition. They create impact through:
- Taking stock of the work of Coalition and its progress quarterly;
- Informing the Leaders on the Coalition`s progress regularly in preparation for the different international platforms of water and climate events like World Water Fora, World Water Weeks, COPs etc.
- Guiding the coalition to develop an effective matrix of action including priority action areas, based on feed-back from the “Water and Climate Leaders”;
- Advising the “Water and Climate Leaders” on priority investment needs;