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BWS Bulletin – Daily report of the Budapest Water Summit 2019 – The second day

The Institute for Sustainable Development have summarized the second day of the Budapest Water Summit 2019 as part of the BWS Bulletin

The 2019 Budapest Water Summit resumed discussions in four plenary sessions on Wednesday, covering:

  • water stress and mass migration;
  • investments for water security;
  • technology to avoid crises;
  • and science in water crises.

Hungarian President János Áder attended the session on science for water crises.

Mr. Charles Vörösmarty, Director, Environmental Sciences Initiative of the City University of New York (right) gives a keynote speech at BWS 2019 session on "Science Against Water Crises: Do We Know Enough?"
Photo: MTI/Zsolt Szigetváry

A series of side events and a Digital and Nature-based Sustainable Solutions Expo took place in parallel. In the evening, participants attended a reception and cultural programme at the Millenáris Park Conference Center.

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Mr. János Áder, President of Hungary (right) and Mr. Ádám Ferencz, Director of General Electric (GE) plant
in Oroszlány at the Digital and Nature-based Sustainable Solutions Expo held parellel
to the Budapest Water Summit 2019
Photo: MTI/Zsolt Szigetváry

Hungarian developments may solve the problem of pharmaceutical residues worldwide

The filtering of pharmaceutical derivatives from water is a problem for almost the entire world. That was part of the reason for the international interest elicited at the Budapest Water Summit by the results of a National Competitiveness and Excellence Programme (NVKP) project led by the Geographical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Science’s Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, which cover the complete set of associated problems.

New Coca-Cola bottles made of recycled marine waste

Coca-Cola has presented its first bottle made by recycling marine waste. At its test facility, it has so far produced 300 bottles that contain 25% plastic waste fished out the Mediterranean Sea.

The main reforms and innovations that highly promote water security and sustainable development

Interview with Mr. Xavier Leflaive, Principal Administrator, Environment Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

How recent political conflicts can be the consequences of insufficient water resources

Interview with Professor Aaron Wolf, Director of the Program in Water Conflict Management, Oregon State University (USA).

Budapest Water Summit attracts tremendous interest

A great many people were interested in the Budapest Water Summit – the importance of the event is attested by the fact that over 2,300 people from 118 countries had applied to attend the event, and along with the over 30 ministerial delegations, leaders of international organisations and multilateral financing institutions, as well as water industry experts have also attended.

BWS Bulletin – Daily report of the Budapest Water Summit 2019 – The third day

The Institute for Sustainable Development have summarized the third day of the Budapest Water Summit 2019 as part of the so-called BWS Bulletin.

János Áder: Young people would like to preserve Hungary as their grandparents saw it

Young people wish to live in a clean environment, that natural need is the message of the drawings, photos and posters they submitted to the competition, said President János Áder to journalists after the awards ceremony of the SDG for Kids competition at the Budapest Water Summit.

Papal message to the participants of the Budapest Water Summit 2019

BWS Bulletin – Daily report of the Budapest Water Summit 2019 – The first day

The Institute for Sustainable Development have summarized the first day of the Budapest Water Summit 2019 as part of the so-called BWS Bulletin.

Budapest Water Summit 2019 – Closing remarks

Watch the video recording of the opening ceremony.

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