Webinar
IZTECH Webinar- Transboundary Water Resources Management in the Middle East
As a result of climate change, increasing population, unplanned urbanization, and wrong planning, water resources are in danger in terms of both quality and quantity. Besides, the risk of people’s health is increasing due to water pollution all over the world. More than 2 billion people in the world have problems with water supply. Population growth and climate change exacerbate this problem. As IZTECH International Water Resources Department, we organized the second of the series of online seminars on Thursday, January 14, 2021, accompanied by versatile, well-equipped experts and scientists for solving these problems and for the usage, management, and development of surface and groundwater resources required for the ecosystem.
The purpose of our seminars; On the one hand, to be able to evaluate the issues that stand out on the axis of sustainability these days where the pandemic agenda points to a brand new future; On the other hand, it is to better understand and convey our responsibilities about sustainable water resources. In this context, our keynote speaker: HRH Prince El Hassan Bin Talal of Jordan, main speaker, and moderator respectively: Members of Hydropolitics Academy (HPA); Süha Umar, Former Turkish Ambassador to Jordan (Rtd) and Prof. Kamal Jalouqa, Spatial Planner, Jordan German University
The presentation title was ” Transboundary Water Resources Management in the Middle East” on the online platform through Microsoft Teams and questions were answered posed by the participants.
IZTECH Webinar - Increasing Uncertainties and Risks in International Transboundary Watersheds
As a result of climate change, increasing population, unplanned urbanization, and wrong planning, water resources are in serious danger in terms of both quality and quantity. In addition, people’s health is at risk due to water pollution in some regions. More than 2 billion people in the world have problems with water supply. Population growth and climate change exacerbate this problem. As IZTECH International Water Resources Department, we organized the first of the series of online seminars on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, accompanied by versatile, well-equipped experts and scientists for solving these problems and for the development, use, and management of surface and groundwater resources required for the ecosystem.
The purpose of our seminars; On the one hand, to be able to evaluate the issues that stand out on the axis of sustainability in these days where the pandemic agenda points to a brand new future; On the other hand, it is to better understand and convey our responsibilities about sustainable water resources.
In this context, our esteemed speaker, Water Policy Expert Dursun YILDIZ, make a presentation titled “Increasing Uncertainties and Risks in International Transboundary Watersheds” on the online platform through Microsoft Teams and answered the questions posed by the participants.