Side Event at COP16, Cancun, Mexico on 6 December 2010 Water, Climate and Development: Linking up Development Agendas and Putting Water Security First Time: Monday 6 December 2010 at 6.30-8.00 pm Place: Room Águila, Cancun Messe This side event will demonstrate the links between water, human development and climate change, discuss policy responses for COP 16, and explore financing water-related adaptation. A flyer for the side event is available for download here. Speakers include: • Dr. Letitia A. Obeng, Chair of Global Water Partnership • Mr. Anders Berntell, Water and Climate Coalition, Executive Director, Stockholm International Water Institute • Mr. Maas Goote, Head of Delegation, Special Envoy for Climate Change, the Netherlands (tbc) • Ms Kulthoum Omari, HBF Sustainable Development Programme Manager • Dr. Ursula Schäfer-Preuss, Vice President, Asian Development Bank • Mr. Bai Mass Taal, Executive Secretary of the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) • Mr. Rolando Castro Cordoba, Freshwater Action Network (FAN) The Side Event was organised by the Global Water Partnership, the Water and Climate Coalition and the Heinrich Böll Foundation More information about the Global Water Partnership's participation at COP16: http://www.gwp.org/en/gwp-in-action/Events/GWP-participation-in-the-16th-Conference-of-the-United-Nations-Framework-Convention-on-Climate-Change-in-Cancun/

1. www.waterclimatecoalition.org Water and Climate Towards COP16 – Engaging with the UNFCCC