The Climate Briefing: The nexus of water security and climate policy

Examining the crossover between water security and climate change with the next two COPs taking place in regions with a history of being water stressed.

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Published 22 August 2022 — 30 minute listen

Antony Froggatt

Former Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Environment and Society Centre

Carol Chouchani Cherfane

Director, Arab Centre for Climate Change Policies; Cluster Leader, Climate Change and Natural Resource Sustainability, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

What should policymakers and negotiators from the Middle East and Africa working on water security focus on at COP27?

What does it mean to achieve water security? What are the main barriers or challenges? How is water security relevant to climate change?

This podcast was produced in collaboration with the UK Aid-funded Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development (K4D) programme which facilitates the use of evidence and learning in international development policy and programming.