Bali – The 10th World Water Forum will be held in Bali from 18-25 May 2024, providing a forum for global stakeholders to discuss the increasingly worrying water crisis. With the theme “Water for Shared Prosperity”, this forum attracted world attention in an effort to find a solution to this critical problem.
One of the main focuses in this forum is climate change. In this regard, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) is encouraging collaborative steps to overcome climate change in the context of the water crisis. BMKG emphasizes the importance of cross-sector and cross-country cooperation in dealing with the increasingly pronounced impacts of climate change.
Chair of BMKG, Dwikorita Karnawati, stated that the clean water crisis is a challenge that requires a comprehensive and collaborative solution from all parties. Through concrete steps resulting from the World Water Forum, it is hoped that an effective strategy can be created to maintain the availability of clean water for future generations.
“Realizing justice, availability and quality of water is currently still not considered fair globally or regionally. This is what should be encouraged to be discussed later. “What steps must be taken collaboratively,” he said.
Through the 10th World Water Forum, a number of parties encouraged joint efforts to increase equality by helping poor, underdeveloped countries to increase their capacity and be resilient in responding to climate change.
“Developed countries, developing countries and small countries will be affected, indiscriminately. “If we are not aware, we don’t work together, then we will become extinct together,” added Dwikorita.
Meanwhile, the World Water Forum is not only looking for solutions to the clean water crisis, but also facing the challenges of providing clean water to communities around the world. With a large number of participants from various countries, this forum is a momentum to share knowledge, experience and innovation in efforts to overcome water problems globally.
Director of Asia Pacific World Water Council (WWC) and 10th World Water Forum (WWF), Yoon-Jin Kim, emphasized that the water crisis is one of the serious problems facing the world today. Lack of clean water can cause various problems, such as drought and the spread of disease.
“Climate change causes various changes to the hydrological cycle, such as increasing air temperature, evaporation, and changes in rainfall patterns. This causes the availability of clean water to become more uneven and difficult to predict.”
As a result, handling the water crisis becomes more difficult. Therefore, the government and related parties must work harder to overcome the impacts of climate change and the water crisis.
“We need to think about making water more sustainable. “So we really encourage cooperation from various stakeholders in the 10th WWF,” said Kim.
Delegates from various countries attended with the hope that this World Water Forum would produce real commitments in handling the global water crisis. With various discussion panels, presentation sessions and bilateral meetings, they strive to deepen understanding of the challenges faced and find innovative and sustainable solutions.
Apart from discussing the clean water crisis, the World Water Forum also highlights aspects of the climate crisis which are increasingly exacerbating water problems in various parts of the world. Climate change results in an increase in global temperatures, changes in rain patterns, and melting of polar ice, all of which have a direct impact on the availability of clean water for society.
In this context, this forum becomes an arena for scientists, environmental experts and other stakeholders to share information, evaluate existing policies and formulate new strategies to face this challenge.
As host, Indonesia is committed to holding the World Water Forum successfully and making a real contribution to efforts to deal with the global water crisis. With its natural beauty and rich culture, Bali provides inspiration for all forum participants to work together to protect water resources for future generations.
