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climate adaptation for building NMCG is an inspirational success government can help in resolving
resilience, he highlighted that the story on how to address the the water issue. furthermore, she
World Bank will be focusing on river challenge of water crisis. “NMCG advocated for world-wide approach
basins for larger parts of the world is a beacon of hope”, he said, “By towards the water crisis to create a
on the basis of the model provided giving water sector the importance better ecosystem for generations to
by India. it deserves, we can achieve a come.
healthy environment, justice in our
furthermore, he noted the Ms. Birgit Vogel, Executive
importance of integrated resource society, opportunities for women Secretary, ICPDR said that large
management and said that India and girls, resilient environment, river basins like Ganga has different
offers a stellar example for it as seen curb biodiversity loss, and forge geographical and climatic conditions,
in different aspects of water coming partnerships”. “Rivers don’t care histories, socio-economic situations,
together under one ministry. As part where we put our borders. They flow, biotic and abiotic characteristics.
of institutional and sectoral reform, where they flow”. He hoped that However, similarities and co-
he said that the World Bank wishes partnerships can drive the capacity relations with basins like Ganga, we
to take initiative that has clear that we need to build a sustainable need to make positive use of this for
focus on different components of water system throughout the world. exchange and relationships between
water i.e. water supply, sanitation, Dr. Tania Vorwerk, German
irrigation, and water resource federal Ministry for Economic river basin organisations.
management, which will require Cooperation and Development She highlighted the importance of
comprehensive thinking into river (BMZ) spoke about the systematic exchange experiences as it places
basin management as it will help organization problem that needs functional institutional setup
in storing water, preventing floods, to be dealt with. She suggested a operational mechanisms, improves
coping with droughts, and creating coalition of governments with the river basin management and
economics around the river. He UN and World Bank all across the related approaches, climate change
ended his address by remarking that nations to work together on the with respect to water quantity and
India offers a great model in terms water crisis. She said that there is drought, takes effective actions to
of how the World Bank can take an urgent need for a strong agenda, improve situations in river basins,
forward in countries around the fosters cooperation to prevent
world. bold envoys advocating for system-
wide approach and cooperation tension and conflict about quantity
Special Water Envoy, Netherland, across nations. Namami Gange’s and quality of water. She said that
Mr. Henk Ovink said that water is success, she noted, is essential for it's about learning from each other
helpful and that by investing in it, world’s development as it showed and how to transform ineffective
we can add value to our economies. how cooperation at all levels of the approaches to functioning ones.

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