Blue Community Ambassador Lyla Mehta is chairing a webinar:
Do we need a Global Commission on the Economics of Water to Value Water? Part II
Following the huge interest and engagement in the first webinar on this topic, Just Water Futures is pleased to present a second discussion on the Global Commission on the Economics of Water on November 21, 2025, 14:00-15:00 CEST.
In this event, we explore the Global Commission’s proposals for water governance from the perspective of international law, the physical sciences and from a water commons citizens’ perspectives and ask what these mean for water justice, especially for the poorest and most marginalised.
Panelists:
Henry Thomas Simarmata, Lawyer and negotiator for the United Nations Declaration on Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP)
Bruce Lankford, Professor Emeritus of Irrigation and Water Policy, University of East Anglia
Marcela Olivera, Water Commons Organizer, Cochabamba, Bolivia and Blue Planet Project (BPP)
Chair: Lyla Mehta – Institute of Development Studies, UK & Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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