Hon. Minister Dr. Anxious Jongwe Masuka holds a BSc Agric (Hons) and a DPhil from the University of Zimbabwe/Oslo. He was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Lands and Rural Resettlement in August 2020. A technocrat with a very strong industrial and agricultural background, having been a forestry and agricultural researcher for 13 years with over 100 science publications and more than 15 books and…
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Rosane Santos is the Sustainability Director at Iguá S.A., a holding company that operates in the sanitation sector with services throughout Brazil. In this position, she is responsible for boosting the group's ESG agenda, ensuring that the best international sustainability standards are applied. Graduated in Accounting from UERJ, with a specialization in Finance from UFF and an Executive MBA…
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Mr. Rahimzoda started his career of hydraulic engineer at Nurek HPP with the tallest earth-fill dam in the world, where he worked on dam safety protocols, management of reservoir and investigation of sedimentation processes. In 2003 Mr. Rahimzoda changed his career to join the EC IFAS, an international organization supported by the Central Asian Governments. Later in 2005 he was appointed a…
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Brian Arbogast leads the foundation’s effort to bring groundbreaking innovations in sanitation technology and new ways to deliver sanitation products and services to people in the developing world. Prior to joining the foundation, Brian was a corporate vice president at Microsoft Corporation, leading an international portfolio of research and development projects. More recently, he concentrated…
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We’re thrilled to welcome Matt Damon and Gary White, co-founders of Water.org, to our Mission: #ItsPossible Facebook Live booth, from the heart of the World Bank – IMF Spring Meetings. They’ll be discussing why providing safe water to everyone in the world is important to development with Raj Kumar from Devex.
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Matt Damon has dedicated the last decade to tackling the water and sanitation crisis globally. In 2006, he founded the H20 Africa Foundation, which later merged with another organization to become Water.org. Through its innovative financing models and focus on sustainable solutions, Water.org has brought clean water and sanitation to over 6 million people. Damon recently served as executive producer on Bending the Arc, a new film about the inspiring story of a global healthcare movement that started in Haiti. This event will be followed by a film screening of Bending the Arc with Producer and Writer Cori Shepherd Stern at 6:15 p.m - 8:00 p.m., Preston Auditorium
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Water touches every aspect of development. It drives economic growth, supports vital ecosystems, and is fundamental to life. However, nearly 700 million people currently lack access to safe drinking water; 2.4 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation.
With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, the global community committed to “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all” (SDG6) by 2030. But to meet SDG6 and other water-related SDGs, one big hurdle is the lack of sufficient sources of finance.
The World Bank is co-hosting the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) Finance Ministers’ Meeting at the 2017 IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings, the first high-level SWA meeting to be held since the launch of the SDGs. The focus of this meeting will be on how we can address the financing gap for universal access to water and sanitation, which is estimated to be $114 billion per year until 2030.
Join thought leaders on water issues including Matt Damon, co-founder of ...
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Water security is emerging as the number one global risk in terms of development impact. While the impacts are felt most acutely in the arid, water scarce regions of the world, climate change and rapid urbanization have increased water scarcity for other regions, as well. Fast-growing cities in water-scarce environments are the most vulnerable.
During the event, local leaders and other key stakeholders will share their experiences and solutions for addressing water scarcity challenges with a view of the social, economic, and political implications. The panelists have worked on some of the most innovative management approaches and technologies now being deployed in the sector and will discuss some of the key challenges as well as positive lessons on how these can be used more widely to enhance water security globally.
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