Expo 2020 Dubai: Water Week to spotlight conservation, management of planet’s most precious resource

Expo 2020 Dubai: Water Week to spotlight conservation, management of planet’s most precious resource

Last of 10 theme weeks to celebrate water in all its forms to be held between March 20-26

A visitor at Terra - The Sustainability Pavilion, Expo 2020 Dubai. Supplied photos

Published: Fri 18 Mar 2022, 5:18 PM Last updated: Fri 18 Mar 2022, 5:20 PM

Water will underpin Expo 2020 Dubai’s final Theme Week, the Expo News Service announced on Friday. Public and private sector change-makers will unite from March 20-26 to explore how to better preserve and protect a finite, precious and threatened natural resource that sustains all life on Earth.

Covering more than two-thirds of the planet’s surface, water is an essential developmental pillar, its conservation critical to building a safe, clean and healthy future for people and the planet, as enshrined in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Today, one in four people (two billion) worldwide also lack safe drinking water, half (3.6 billion) lack safe sanitation and 2.3 billion go without basic handwashing facilities at home, according to official figures.

Water Week is a collaboration between Expo 2020 Dubai; the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure; and the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment. The event will comprise a series of purposeful and action-orientated events to explore water in all