Climate Resilience cannot be achieved without considering the Value of Water. Ensuring sustainable management of water and sanitation for all is directly linked to climate resilience and our capacity to build Water-Smart Societies.

The World Economic Forum identifies as top risks for our societies the failure of climate-change mitigation and adaptation as well as natural resource crises. We need all together to embrace our societal responsibility and accelerate a paradigm shift towards circular and resilient approaches, processes, and methods.

The objective of this side event is to highlight the urge for key stakeholders such as SMEs, utilities, industry, and governments to take actions in accelerating the deployment of circular processes while extracting values for the benefits of our rural and urban communities.

One must value water of its own activities and exploit the value embedded in wastewater. Resource recovery, water reuse and energy saving are connected, then relevant stakeholders need to use systemic approach, leaving no one behind.

By taking examples from the European Research and Innovation programme and some flagship solutions from the European market, this event will demonstrate how the local partners can act locally and globally to impact and accelerate the implementation of key solutions.

Water Europe and Ragn-Sells in partnership with the Consulate of Sweden in New York, Bioazul, Suez and Xylem will invite stakeholders to discuss the needed actions to deploy circular solutions for climate resilience and their benefits in line with the 2030 Agenda.