Speaking notes for Mark Harbers, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, at the COP28 event on follow-up to 2023 UN Water Conference and Water Action Agenda

‘Water is how climate change manifests itself. Mitigation is CO2 and adaptation is H2O. People experience the impacts of climate change through water. People living in vulnerable conditions are the most acutely impacted. […] It’s important to maintain the momentum generated in March. So we need to continue advocating follow-up action with the relevant UN agencies, including in the months leading up to the High-Level Political Forum and the Summit of the Future in 2024.’ Dat zei minister Harbers zaterdag 9 december 2023 tijdens de COP28 in Dubai