Ministerial roundtable on protection and restoration of freshwater ecosystems

Date: Sunday 10th December 

Time: 16:00 - 17:30 (GST)

Location: Presidency Roundtable, Blue Zone, Dubai, UAE

Description:

This ministerial roundtable on the Freshwater Challenge will announce new country signatories and their commitments to protecting, sustainably managing and restoring freshwater ecosystems, which are essential to protecting and restoring freshwater ecosystems, which are essential to mitigating and adapting to climate change, and currently the most degraded type of ecosystem worldwide. 

The Freshwater Challenge, launched at the UN 2023 Water Conference, is the world's most ambitious freshwater restoration initiative to date, aiming to restore over 300,000 km of rivers and 350 million hectares of wetlands by 2030 - the Challenge is a way for promoting the inclusion of water-related targets in multilateral environmental agreements and development frameworks, such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The event will also consist on a multi-stakeholder-facilitated discussion on ways to implement and deliver on commitments. 

Watch the social media Freshwater challenge video.