Science-Policy Interface

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Water Talks

The Geneva Water Hub’s Water Talks series is an open-speech opportunity for researchers to expose and explain their ideas and stances on contemporary challenges linked to water governance. So far, the series includes:

• Water Talk nº 1 (March 2015)
• Water Talk nº 2 (January 2016)
• Water Talk nº 3 – “Water, Conflicts and Cooperation” (November 2016)
• Water Talk nº 4 – “Anticipating transboundary water disputes: how to make use of hydropolitical data?” (February 2018)
• Water Talk nº 5 – “Exploring Dam Politics: Rivalries, Power and Hope” (April 2019)
• Water Talk nº 6 – “High Stakes: Governing Hydropower in Mountain Regions and Beyond" (May 2024)
  
  

Policy Engagements

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•  Adaptation at Altitude Webinar – Mountains, Parliaments, and the Global Goal on Adaptation: Preparing for COP28 (2023).

• Water Crisis – Is Water Diplomacy up to the Challenge? Bled Strategic Forum International Conference: Solidarity for Global Security (2023).

• Facilitating Transboundary Water Management Through Data and Information Exchange. Stockholm World Water Week (2023).

• Adaptation at Altitude Webinar – Women Move Mountains in Adapting to Climate Change (2022).

• Coopération transfrontalière : Comment partager des outils performants ? 9^th World Water Forum in Dakar (2022).

• Les discours comme focale d’analyse des dynamiques hydropolitiques. Penser (dans) un monde abîmé : Les sociétés, l’espace et le vivant, nouvelles approaches. Conference at the University of Geneva (2021).

• Access to Water and Energy – Accommodating Social Justice, Security, and Sustainability. Probing Democracy Conference at the Central Europe University in Budapest (2021).

• Beyond Water: Science Diplomacy for Local Conflict Prevention. Geneva Peace Week, organised in partnership together with the UNESCO SIMEV Chair, the Montpellier UNESCO International Water Centre, Montpellier University of Excellence, and the Clingendael Institute (2020).
  
  

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