Concluding Session: NDC/ NAP Day

We are experiencing a short delay of approximately 15 minutes due to peaceful protests at the entrance gate. Thank you for your patience – we will begin shortly. Discussing the importance of securing a robust and balanced set of water and sanitation indicators within the expected list of the GGA indicators, while stressing their cross-sectoral relevance and avoiding a siloed approach. The event will highlight why water and sanitation indicators are politically and technically critical, not only for the Global Stocktake and Biannual Transparency Framework, but also as thematic enablers for resilience across Rio Conventions, Sustainable Development Goals and Sendai Framework.

This side event aims to explore how mitigation and adaptation can be strategically integrated across planning, investment, and implementation—while accounting for macroeconomic implications.

Launched by the UAE, The Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative aims to help address global water scarcity by supporting the development and application of breakthrough technologies while raising the importance of water scarcity on the global agenda.

This session, "Scaling impactful food land and water solutions in fragile and conflict affected settings: The role of science-based agribusiness acceleration," draws on experiences from the CGIAR and the World Food Programme in supporting local innovators in scaling impactful innovations for food land and water systems in FCAs.