10th Water Research Horizon Conference 2019
18th-19th JUNE 2019 | GEOZENTRUM HANNOVER | GERMANY
jointly organised by
the Water Science Alliance and the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
WRHC 2019 Opening keynotes
19 June 2019, 09.15-10.00 am
18 June 2019, 10.00-10.45 am
Senior Water Advisor FAO, UN Water Vice-Chair
Keynote title
Water and food security: pathways that leave no one behind and those that do (notes)
About him
Vice Chair of UN-Water, operating out of the headquarters of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Rome, Italy.
Major research areas
- Managing water, land and soil-related activities and programs
- Mainstreaming water across the various sectors and disciplines
- Water and sustainable development
- Agricultural water management and food security
About him
Professor and senior researcher at the Kiel Institute (IfW). He has been for many years head of the research area “The Environment and Natural Resources” at the IfW and speaker of the Kiel Earth Institute.
Major research areas
- Climate change and climate policy
- Eco-political instruments
- Sustainable development
- Interdisciplinary research
- Alternative energy sources
- Global environmental problems
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