The Brazilian National Indigenous Water, Sanitation and Waste Management Program (PNSI)

As climate impacts intensify, effective and inclusive water governance is essential for building resilience and accelerating progress on global water–climate goals. This session brings together youth leaders, policymakers, researchers, and practitioners for an intergenerational and multistakeholder dialogue on strengthening water governance systems for climate action. The discussion will explore how youth can move from participation to influence, and how shared governance approaches can drive transformation ahead of the UN Water Conference 2026

In this panel, we will learn from the experience of stakeholders about which adaptation measures have been effective in adapting to climate change. We will analyze how natural resource management plans, such as land and water, can be a platform for implementing these adaptation options. We will share financing strategies that have been successful in supporting the development of adaptation strategies.

Achieving the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) depends on our ability to transform multilateral commitments into concrete resilience strategies on the ground. Water lies at the core of this agenda: it links water security, energy security, food production, ecosystem conservation, economic development, and the protection of vulnerable populations

With climate change intensifying water scarcity and disrupting agricultural productivity, ensuring that food systems can withstand water-related stresses is essential. This session aims to explore why water-food linkages are key to promoting both climate mitigation and adaptation, and how strengthened mainstreaming of water-food linkages in climate policies promotes achieving global climate resilience, the goals of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.