Climate change conference in Morocco marks Water Action Day

The Climate Change Conference (COP22) in Morocco on Wednesday marked the Water Action Day, as part of the Global Climate Action Agenda that is aimed to bring more attention to water as a way of providing solutions to help implement the Paris Agreement.

The agenda seeks to boost cooperation between governments, cities, businesses, investors and citizens to cut emissions and help vulnerable nations adapt to climate impacts and build their own clean energy and sustainable futures.

Countries have identified water as a key to adaptation in 93 percent of their national climate action plans.

Charafat Afilal, Moroccan minister in charge of water, said on Wednesday that her country and its partners will launch the "Blue Book on Water and Climate."

The publication is the concrete outcome of its interim International Conference on Water and Climate, hosted in Rabat in July 2016, in cooperation with the government of France and the World Water Council.

"Now, we need to realize what is at stake, since water insecurity leads to increased conflicts, tension between populations, and also provokes migration that threatens overall stability," she said.

For his part, Benedito Braga, president of the World Water Council, said that while humanity experiences increasing demographic and socioeconomic pressures, water remains one of the most impacted resources. Endit