Egypt Calls for Establishing ‘Global Water Information System’

Egypt Calls for Establishing ‘Global Water Information System’

The Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hany Swailem, called for establishing a global water information system contributing to climate action and disaster risk reduction.

Speaking at the UN Water Conference, Swailem asserted the need to build on the outputs of the UN Climate Change Summit (COP 27) hosted by Egypt in Sharm el-Sheikh last year.

Swailem was speaking during the closing session of the Water Conference in New York, reviewing the results of the interactive dialogue on "Water for Climate, Resilience, and Environment: Source to Sea, Biodiversity, Climate, Resilience and DRR," which was held under the Egyptian-Japanese joint presidency.

The Egyptian minister discussed the main challenges and measures facing water and climate issues, warning that interactive dialogue concluded with several recommendations following the global water scarcity due to climate change and the resulting negative multidimensional consequences on human needs.

Swailem outlined several recommendations, including maintaining the frameworks for integrated water resources management policies and linking them to other frameworks related to environmental systems and the socioeconomic dimensions associated with them.

He also called for a global water information system contributing to climate action and limiting water resources.

Egypt fears its share of the Nile water will be affected by the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam