CEDARE Water Regional Director and Chair of the Organizing Committee of the 5th Arab Water Forum, presents the Transboundary Climate-Water Nexus

CEDARE Regional Director for Water, Khaled AbuZeid, and Chair of the Organizing Committee of the 5th Arab Water Forum (arabwaterforum.org), presents the Transboundary Climate-Water Nexus during the session convened by the Arab Water Council, the League of Arab States, and the SDG Climate Facility. He gave examples from the Nile and the Euphrates river basins.

The Forum was inaugurated by HE. Suhail AlMazroui, UAE Minister of Energy & Infrastructure, HE. Mahmoud AbuZeid, President of the Arab Water Council, HE. Ahmed AbouelGheit, League of Arab States General Secretary, HE. Mohamed Abdelaty, Egypt Minister of Water Resources, HE. Mr. Louic Fouchon, President of the World Water Council, and HE. Serigne Thiam, Senegal Minister of Water & Sanitation, host of the 9th World Water Forum.

The Arab Water Expo, associated with the Forum was inaugurated by HE. Mariam Bint Mohammed Almehiri, UAE Minister of Food & Water Security.

The Opening Ceremony was also attended by several Ministers including HE. Assem Elgazzar, Egypt Minister of Housing, HE. Tamam Raad, Syria Minister of Water Resources, HE. Tarek Abdelsalam, Libya Minister of Water Resources, and HE. Wael Almubarak, Bahrain Minister of Electricity & water.