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SUMMARY:First International Water Summit and the Establishment of the Zuckerberg Water Prize
DESCRIPTION:The Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research (ZIWR) is pleased to announce the first International Water Summit and establishment of the Zuckerberg Water Prize during May 22–23\, 2022\, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU)\, Sde Boqer Campus\, Israel. \nThis biannual Water Summit will assemble leading scholars from around the world in the broad field of water science and technology\, and cover four main topics related to water security in a changing world – desalination\, water treatment\, hydrology\, and aquatic microbiology. The summit will address applied and fundamental questions related to the nexus of water\, humanity\, and the environment. Discussions will be held on cutting-edge research\, related challenges\, and future directions as well as implications for policy makers. The summit will also include roundtable discussions with active participation from the audience. Researchers that would like to share their studies can submit an abstract for an exclusive poster session. \nThe Zuckerberg Water Prize (sum of USD 60\,000) will be awarded for the first time during the Water Summit to acknowledge outstanding achievements and global impact of an individual or organization in the broader field of water. The biannual award is endorsed by ZIWR\, a leading global institute conducting cutting-edge multidisciplinary research and advanced education in water sciences to improve human well-being and in drylands through technologies and policies for the sustainable use of water resources. ZIWR is accepting nominations for this award for the inaugural round of 2022\, with a deadline of March 1\, 2022. Among the members on the Prize Committee are Prof. Noam Weisbrod (Director\, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research [BIDR]\, BGU\, Israel)\, Prof. Menachem Elimelech (Yale University\, USA)\, Prof. Janet Hering (Director\, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology [Eawag]\, Switzerland)\, Prof. Amit Gross (Director\, ZIWR\, BIDR\, BGU\, Israel)\, and Dr. Karen G. Villholth (Principal Researcher and Groundwater Coordinator\, International Water Management Institute [IWMI]\, South Africa). \nInformation regarding registration and poster presentation can be found here.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/first-international-water-summit/
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SUMMARY:Dresden Nexus Conference 2022: Biodiversity - Stewardship for Vital Resources
DESCRIPTION:The DNC2022 focuses on strengthening biodiversity with other challenges in society (e.g.\, climate change\, urban and regional development\, agri-food and forest systems and circular economy). Under the theme “Biodiversity – stewardship for vital resources”\, the fourth Dresden Nexus Conference (DNC) will take place on 23–25 May 2022. It is generally an online conference (sessions) with selected live and on-site elements and formats. The programme aims to explore research and practical examples of sustainable resource management in communities around the world and how these management strategies support the achievement of the SDGs. \nOverview of the Event \nChanges in demographics\, urbanisation\, climate\, and their human causes have resulted in significant impacts and pressures on the availability and quality of environmental resources. Current approaches to environmental resources management are often based on ‘siloed thinking’ whereby the interconnectedness between resource systems is ignored. Against this background\, the Dresden Nexus Conference (DNC) is dedicated to advancing the Resource Nexus to enable the sustainability of environmental resources. Co-organised by United Nations University – Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES)\, the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER)\, and the Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden)\, the conference provides a platform for inter- and transdisciplinary exchange on the Resource Nexus. By bringing together actors from a diverse range of disciplines and sectors\, DNC fosters dialogue on how nexus thinking contributes to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a deep transformation towards Strong Sustainability in its ecological\, economic\, and social dimensions. \nNexus Topics at its Core \nThe biennial conference focuses on complex and dynamic interrelationships between sectors and resources\, to increase understanding of conflicts\, synergies\, and trade-offs between them. Furthering Resource Nexus research and practices requires working in-depth with all relevant sciences as well as on the science-policy interface\, implementation\, monitoring\, and real-world cases in an inter- and transdisciplinary perspective. This implies\, for instance\, modelling at various spatio-temporal scales\, dealing with interdependencies between ecosystem functions and services\, understanding the role of institutions and culture in decision making\, or developing strategies for different governance contexts. \nThe conference discusses a broad diversity of key Resource Nexus topics. These are brought together with a view to cross-cutting challenges linked to climate change\, biodiversity\, agri-food\, urban and regional development\, circularity\, as well as organisational development. The conference tracks support discussions with a focus on: \n\nTheory: Advancing the concept of the Resource Nexus and its relevance for policy and practice\nTechnologies: Addressing the conception\, design\, and societal embeddedness of technical resource solutions and infrastructures\nGovernance: Understanding (collective) problem-solving strategies\, policy designs\, and implementation processes\nHealth and wellbeing: Examining interlinkages between resource systems\, human health\, and liveability\nSociety and justice: Exploring disparities and inequalities in resource access and distribution\nData: Identifying Resource Nexus data needs and contributing to data integration and interpretation\nSustainability Assessment: Embedding the economic\, ecological\, and social dimensions of sustainability in their temporal and spatial contexts\nemergent perspectives (open track)\n\nFocus on Biodiversity \nWhile the conference generally discusses all of the above topics related to the Resource Nexus\, each conference edition foregrounds one overarching theme that is given special attention. DNC2022 focuses on “Biodiversity – Stewardship for Vital Resources”\, following immediately the celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity (22 May 2022). \nBiodiversity forms one of the cross-cutting challenges for the Resource Nexus. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) already recognises the intrinsic value of biodiversity and its ecological\, social\, economic\, cultural\, and aesthetic value. CBD also calls for the conservation of biodiversity\, the sustainable use of its various components\, as well as the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilisation of underlying genetic resources. However\, the IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services states that out of eight million animal and plant species worldwide\, around one million are threatened with extinction and such biodiversity loss represents the most significant crossing of planetary boundaries beyond a safe operating space (Rockström et al. 2009). \nTo reverse the trend of biodiversity loss by 2030\, an effective post-2020 agenda learning from the progress made by the Aichi Targets of the UN Decade on Biodiversity\, but also from the obvious shortcomings and challenges ahead\, is pivotal. According to the World Wildlife Fund For Nature (WWF)\, while greater species protection and more protected areas are hugely important\, they will not in themselves reverse current trends: it is also vital that we change patterns of land use and/or food production and consumption. The European Commission intends to suggest such legally binding targets by the end of 2021\, not least to also further contribute to the achievement of the SDGs. \nFor science\, it is therefore vital to conceive of socio-ecological systems in a variety of ways in order to map their reciprocity\, dynamics\, and complexities. In doing so\, we can identify and establish leverage points for instruments\, strategies\, and landscape planning as well as values and worldviews that help to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystems at different scales and to create impact. Against the backdrop of global urbanisation and the cumulative effects of biodiversity degradation and climate change\, there is an urgent need to analyse and evaluate diverse individual and collective human-nature relationships in urban areas and to regulate these in the context of nature-based solutions and combined grey-green infrastructure. Examples of such positive trends are urban agriculture and the promotion of more balanced human-food relationships. These aims are also reflected by the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030)\, which was designed to spotlight the need for significantly increased global cooperation to restore degraded and destroyed biodiversity and ecosystems. \nProgramme \nThe full programme is available here. \nSessions \nThe session list is available here. \nRegistration \nRegister here. \nFurther Information \nMore information regarding the conference is available here. \n \n 
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/call-for-abstract-dresden-nexus-conference/
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SUMMARY:Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development 2022
DESCRIPTION:Building resilience to climate-security risks in the Sahel: Insights from research and practices \nWater and climate expert of the FREXUS project from Niger\, Abdou Boko\, Boubacar (GIZ)\, will be speaking together with representatives from the European Center for Development Policy Management and Mercy Corps. \nThis session will provide practical and policy solutions to better manage transboundary climate and security risks in the Sahel. It seeks to deepen the understanding of governing and civil society actors at local\, national\, and regional level to building resilience against such risks. This session is for practitioners\, policymaker and researchers working in the climate and security domains in the Sahel who are interested in concrete\, solution-oriented approaches to respond to climate and security risks. \nAbout the Forum\n23 May 2022 09:00 – 25 May 2022 16:00 \nThe 2022 Forum is jointly organised by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and will be held in a hybrid format\, with sessions held online and in person at Münchenbryggeriet\, Stockholm. \nThis year’s Forum will explore ways to enable an environment of peace in the face of converging crises. Against the backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment\, the Forum will discuss long-term global challenges in the midst of the immediate security crisis. What needs to change within the economy\, institutions\, governments\, organizations\, companies and societies to sustain the natural environment\, biodiversity and human progress while sustaining peace and security according to the goals set out in Agenda 2030? \nForum registration and programme\nFor online participation\, click here to set up your personal account. \nDownload the full Forum Agenda to see further details about the event. \nFurther Information\nFor additional enquiries on the 2022 Forum\, please contact the organising team. \nFor more information\, visit the Forum webpage.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/stockholm-forum-on-peace-and-development-2022/
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