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26 October 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Excellencies, Dear Water Friends,<\/p>\n

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How rewarding it can be to cooperate on water!<\/p>\n

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This impression is still fresh with all of us from the last two days.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday, we agreed \u2013 you agreed \u2013 on the interactive dialogues of the 2023 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Water Conference.<\/p>\n

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We have also, in a consultation process with 1200 stakeholders, been able to define the transformative game changers for the Conference and the process to follow.<\/p>\n

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Game changers that are practical, like the Early Warnings for All initiative and the integration of water and climate information through the Global Water Information Services.<\/p>\n

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Game changers like the global network for capacity development and the proposal to reframe the economic cost of water inaction.<\/p>\n

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We have put down a stepping-stone on the SDG 6 pathway.\u00a0Congratulations<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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In November, the next stepping-stone awaits us in Sharm el Sheik.<\/p>\n

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The event there will be the first Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵFCCC-COP that will feature water as a means of adaptation as well as a lever for mitigation.<\/p>\n

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I commend the Egyptian COP Presidency for this bold move. It is not an easy step since water is at least as political as climate. But a move that we are all looking forward to.<\/p>\n

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The AWARe initiative targets the interface and adaptation. It is focus on building. It has a science validation mechanism. It brings actors together to provide peaceful solutions to water scarcity and early warnings.<\/p>\n

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It tells us how we can make our water management climate smart.<\/p>\n

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There are other, related issues that will also take center stage in COP this year.<\/p>\n

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Finances will be a main topic. AWARe can be a tool to let finances for adaptation spark action in Africa.<\/p>\n

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Loss and Damage needs to be addressed, but the best remediation in this field is to use science-based solutions to reduce current and future losses.<\/p>\n

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Again, here the Early Warnings for All initiative and the Water and Climate Leaders Action plan are exemplary solutions.<\/p>\n

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Water reuse and water loss reduction as well as the decoupling of biodiversity loss, CO2<\/sub>\u00a0emissions, water consumption and the production of the calories we need to feed the world shall guide our path.<\/p>\n

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I have a wish for the Egyptian COP presidency: please do all you can to ensure that water makes it into the negotiated outcome. It will be the first \u201cwater\u201d COP.<\/p>\n

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Our glass is half empty and half full.<\/p>\n

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The bad news is: we will not resolve the water and climate challenges in a single year.<\/p>\n

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Our transformative efforts will require not only enormous investments, but also the complete rethinking of our views on water and our approaches to it.<\/p>\n

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But there is good news, as well.<\/p>\n

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It is invigorating to see that we have common interests and the common will to resolve our challenges.<\/p>\n

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It is encouraging to recognize that, against all political odds, we are capable of acting together.<\/p>\n

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And it is reassuring to know that we have solutions for water scarcity, droughts, floods and wet heat bulbs.<\/p>\n

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The path will continue: the next COPs in Egypt and then in the United Arab Emirates will be interlinked to the process of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ 2023 Water Conference, the Sendai Mid Term Review, the SDG summit in September 23 and the Summit of the Future in 2024.<\/p>\n

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It is a unique chance to transform our ways of assessing, doing business and planning.<\/p>\n

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At the kind invitation of Minister Shukry, I will go to Sharm el Sheik, as has been announced.<\/p>\n

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I will connect with the climate community during the water, biodiversity and energy days in COP27.<\/p>\n

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I really look forward to a series of important meetings there.<\/p>\n

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But, first and foremost, I hope to see change in Sharm el Sheik.<\/p>\n

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I thank you.<\/p>\n

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