IHE Delft at COP28

Water Transversality & Climate Risk.

IHE Delft Rector Eddy Moors will address the meeting in a video recording.

The Adaptation Mitigation and Resilience building

Launching Professional Training Programmes for Developing Countries

Organized by UNFCC CASTT Programme. IHE is a member of the Adaptation Academy and contributes to the training courses in collaboration with the Korean Environmental Institute (KEI), Alliance for Global Water Adaptation, Asian Institute of Technology and Oregon State University.

Meeting Room 36, Zone B2

Making Waves with Middle East's Future Water Leaders 

IHE aluma Rewa Assi will speak at this session as Youth Representative for UNICEF MENA. Together with other changemakers she will address the question of how will we navigate the intersecting climate and water crises in the coming decades? Young people have a pivotal role in shaping a climate-resilient, water-secure future. This intergenerational session will convene youth voices and local leadership representatives to collaborate and address current and future water issues in the Middle East and beyond. Register online.

ECD Pavilion - Expo City Hall 

Towards Global Action on Water: Science-Based Solution 

IHE Delft Rector Eddy Moors is a panellist at this first of a series of two science-based seminars. The series aims to develop an action and implementation plan, aligned with the mandate of the International Water Action Decade. The plan intends to enable countries to analyse the likely consequences of different development paths, based on individual national needs. 

IPCC Pavilion

The climate-extremism nexus in Iraq: challenges and opportunities for peacebuilding. This event will address how climate change worsens water insecurity and its role in instability and the rise of extremist groups, particularly in Iraq. Discussions will cover strategies for preventing, preparing for, and responding to climate and water risks, mitigating water-related conflicts, and the benefits of early warning systems. This event is organised by the The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Counter Terrorism (UNOCT), the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Association (KNMI) and will talk about security topics including the Water, Peace and Security Partnership. HCSS is a partner in the IHE Delft-led Water, Peace and Security (WPS) partnership.

The Iraq Pavilion, Blue zone

Symposium: Water Cycles - COP28 Design Conversations.  

IHE Delft programme manager Ain Contractor, as a member of the Anjali, Yugma Collective, will present at this side event, organized by the Dutch consulate. Together with speakers from India, Kuwait, and Bahrain, Contractor will discuss community movements for environment protection - highlighting everyday care practices of indigenous communities, whose cultures, economies, and ecological knowledges are tied deeply to open lands and waters. The symposium brings together thinkers from architecture, social practice and the arts to explore how design-focused and arts-driven practices can shape the understanding and health of water cycles across different geographies.

Jameel Arts Centre

Water for peace and security: From risk to resilience

This high-level Presidency Event is co-organized by the WPS partnership and HCSS, in collaboration with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and UN agencies. Participants will showcase how cooperative, equitable and sustainable water management practices enable peace and security in fragile regions affected by conflict. The event builds on the Transboundary Water Cooperation Coalition and will highlight how water risk can be transformed into resilience. 

The Presidency pavilion, Green zone

IHE Delft rector Eddy Moors will address the CASTT Adaptation Academy event Enhancing National Climate Resilience through Capacity. This COP28 event will highlight the Academy’s value in building a community of practice among national adaptation focal points and others involved in climate programmes.

Follow the Livestream of the Enhancing National Climate Resilience through Capacity

NDC Partnership Pavilion; Blue Zone Building 88

Winning with Water – Tools that support conflict sensitive adaptation.

This event is co-organized by the WPS partnership and HCSS. In an interactive panel, representatives of the HCSS, Deltares, and the Kenya and Sahel offices of Wetlands International, will discuss the nexus between climate and conflict and highlight best practices and lessons learnt from using innovative methods and tools to support timely, informed, and inclusive adaptation action in regions prone to water-related conflict. This event is to be livestreamed.

The Children and Youth Pavilion, Blue zone

Science 2 Policy: Korea’s National Water Assessment

IHE Delft Rector Eddy Moors is a panellist at this second of a series of two science-based seminars, which will discuss the South Korean national water assessment, bridging the gap between science and policy. The panel will discuss pathways for implementation in several national contexts beyond South Korea. The water assessment was among gamechanger ideas introduced at the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York, where it received widespread acclaim from Member States and the scientific community.

The Republic of Korea Pavilion