30th Crisis Talk on 4 December 2024

Water is one of our most essential resources for life. It is also the key medium through which we perceive the impacts of climate change. More than that, over 90 percent of natural disasters worldwide are related to water. Linked to the overexploitation of water resources, the unequal distribution of water, the loss of ecosystem services and the associated health risks, regional water emergencies are becoming increasingly more likely. For the EU, climate change and water management are of critical importance, both for achieving climate-resilient water management within its borders and in addressing potential international crises. This is reflected in the work of the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). This autumn, the German Scientific Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) will publish its flagship report in Germany, which includes policy recommendations for climate-resilient water management. During this Crisis Talk, the recommendations will be presented, and their relevance to European policy will be discussed.

Welcome Address

Marco Reuter
Acting Deputy Director of the Representation of the State of Hesse to the EU

Dr Stefan Kroll
Board member
PRIF – Leibniz Institute for Peace and Conflict Research

Keynote Speech

Prof Dr Karen Pittel
Head of the ifo Center for Energy, Climate and Resources

Panel Discussion

Prof Dr Karen Pittel

Stefan Köhler (tbc)
Member of the European Parliament

Patrick Child
Deputy Director-General in the Directorate-General for Environment
of the European Commission

Moderation

Julia Hofmann
Communication and Strategy Consulting (ifok GmbH)

The Crisis Talks systematically examine the question of how Europe is dealing with its current and past crises, with opportunities of the crises and lessons learned from overcoming past crises. The "Crisis Talks" lecture series is regularly organized by the Leibniz Research Network "Environmental Crisis – Crisis Environments", the Representation of the State of Hesse to the EU and the Research Centre "Normative Orders" at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.

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Invitation (PDF)