Entertainment for social change: Water Week 2024

Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

Description

The event will explore opportunities for cross-sector collaboration by presenting the Water Action Partnership and proposed UK activations leading up to Water Week 2025 being held 17-23rd March, to coincide with UN World Water Day 2025. The roadmap for UK and global delivery by 2028, has been developed with findings from the 2023/24 consultation, that invited over 180 stakeholders to take part including representatives the United Nations, industry leaders, NGOs, and policymakers who are all doing vital work in this space.

The event will hear from Caroline Petit, Deputy Director at the United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe on the importance of partnerships and multilateralism to deliver on the SDGs and the UN Water Action Decade. Notable speakers include; Emily Renshaw-Smith, Executive Director for Open Planet, created by Studio Silverback, award-winning filmmakers behind the Our Planet series, Moksha Roy, UK Environmental Youth Ambassador, Monika Oomen, VP Brand, Digital Content Strategy, Comms, Kids EMEA at Warner Bros. Discovery, Tania Flasck, Director at Sand Technologies, Chair at Waterwise and NED at British Water, Helena Mansell Stopher, Founder, Products of Change, Katy Newnham, Founder, Wastebuster and the Wombles Community Foundation.
Period5 Jun 2024
Held atRoyal Geographical Society, United Kingdom
Degree of RecognitionNational