We have returned from the largest and one of the most important groundwater events in 2022 – UN-Water Summit on Groundwater, which took place on 7-8 December 2022, with pre-summit side events on 6 December 2022 in Paris. EU-WATERRES project team was represented by partners University of Latvia (Inga Retike and Jānis Bikše) and Geological Survey of Estonia (Magdaleena Männik).
The talk given at the side event “Transboundary Aquifers in the world” by Inga Retike (researcher and communication manager) presented our approach in managing transboundary aquifers between Estonia-Latvia and Poland-Ukraine and showcased the newly developed MapPortal (https://eu-waterres.eu/web-app/) for stakeholder needs. On-site and online stakeholder trainings with the MapPortal is among the major tasks of project EU-WATERRES team in 2023.
You can watch our talk here: https://youtu.be/OajErU2L85E?t=25083 or access the presentation here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366445305_Transboundary_groundwater_resources_-_joint_treasure_and_responsibility
The event gathered more than 850 on-site international participants, 3,500 online participants from more than 139 countries and what is most important, it provided the framework for groundwater to be visible worldwide. This high participation and commitment from all the attendees and speakers demonstrated the interest but also the concern about the global challenges we face on groundwater-related issues. The Summit served as the culminating event for an important year for groundwater, the year of the UN Word Water Day 2022 campaign: Groundwater, making the invisible visible.
Do not worry if you missed the event or want to refresh some of the greatest talks. You can replay them here: https://groundwater-summit.org/recordings/
Watch the highlights video here: https://youtu.be/VBj03ttuqqY
Do you want to know more about EU-WATERRES project? Visit project’s homepage https://eu-waterres.eu/
