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Translating Urgency Into Action on Water, Climate, and Security
“We need to devote our full attention to the relationship between water, climate, and security, increase understanding of the issue, and take urgent action,” said Carola van Rijnsoever, Director of Inclusive Green Growth at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at a recent Hague roundtable on building a transatlantic coalition for climate action on water and security challenges in countries of risk.
“It’s time to move past the talking and develop practices, and put the practices into play,” said Sharon Burke, Senior Advisor and Director of the Resource Security group at New America. One way to achieve this is by expanding a community of practice that can show tangible results about how this partnership advances the security of our peoples, she said.
Governor Yang Seung-jo was invited to The Powering Past Coal Global Summit 2021 as an Asian representative
CHUNGCHENGGNAM-DO: Chungchenggnam-do province, in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula, will achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 through close cooperation with local residents, the provincial council, and civic organizations, Governor Yang Seung-jo told an international summit of leaders from national governments, regions and cities, banks and investors, energy majors and grid operators, academia and NGO, youth and health groups.
Governor Yang presented the province’s proactive coal-phaseout policy, noting that Chungcheongnam-do hosts half of the 60 domestic coal-fired power plants, transmits over 60% of electricity generated by these plants to other provinces, and accounts for 22% of the greenhouse gas emissions by Korea.
The Netherlands government and Global Water Partnership Organization has applauded the Zambian government for the outstanding work in strengthening the adaptive capacity to current climate variability in the Kafue sub-basin.
In a joint congratulatory letter to Ministry of National Development Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands’ Inclusive Green Growth Department Director, Carola van Rijnsoever and Global Water Partnership Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Secretary Peter Repinski praised government for its climate resilience programmes.
The entities stated that the SCRiKA project would contribute to various events, publications, and tools throughout the year, so that others can learn from their exemplary experiences.