Statement by Mark Harbers, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, at the High-Level Dialogue Conference (HLDC) of the China Europe Water Platform (CEWP), 21 March 2023, 16.00 uur

‘We need to better align our plans, approaches and policies around disaster prevention. We need to share weather and water data to better align disaster prevention and water management, in policymaking and in decisions on de-risking and investment, at all levels. We need to invest in water and infrastructure’. This said minister Harbers at a panel discussion of the High-level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP), 21 March, New York Minister Harbers spoke at a session of the China Europe Water Platform at the UN Water Conference on 21 March, New York. ‘For decades, the Netherlands has fostered international cooperation, especially on such a cross-cutting theme as water. Because working together is key in tackling the enormous challenges we’re facing, in all areas. Whether the issue is too much or too little water, or polluted water.’