“Water at the Frontline: Urgent Climate Action in a Warming World”.
As first event in the newly established cooperation between the Blue Community Network and the Climate Action Ressource Network – Asia Pacific (CARN-AP) (see here), we invite for this web conference:
Welcome and introduction by Maude Barlow, Co-founder and Honorary Chairperson of the Council of Canadians. In this function, she started the Blue Community movement with the first Blue Communities in Canada. Maude Barlow is an outspoken advocate and author on issues including democratic and social rights, trade sovereignty, and environmental justice. She has served as a Senior Advisor on Water to the United Nations. She also serves on the World Future Council and on the board of Food and Water Watch.
Panelists:
- Sk Tawhidul Islam: History Epistemic Crisis and the Path to Water Security in a Warming World
Professor at the Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (RCSSTEAP), International Innovation Institute, Beihang University, China.
Senior Research Fellow Disaster Management and Climate Change Analytics in Asia and the Pacific,
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.
Co-Chairperson & Co- Convenor, Climate Action Resources Network – Asia Pacific (CARN-AP). - Lyla Mehta: Towards Brown Gold – Re-imagining off-grid Sanitation in the Face of Climate Change.
- Professor at the Institute of Development Studies, UK, and a Visiting Professor at Noragric, Norwegian University of Life Sciences. She trained as a sociologist (University of Vienna) and has a Ph.d. in Development Studies (University of Sussex). She also serves as Blue Community Ambassador.
- Gonzalo R. Peña Zamalloa: Water, Landscape, and Cultural Preservation: Páramo and Puna Ecosystems in the Andes, South America.
University teacher in Peru - Prof. Yonariza: Water Issues in Indonesia under Climate Change – Sectoral Impacts.
Department of Agricultural Socioeconomic, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Andalas, Padang-Indonesia. - Dinesh Suna (participation confirmed)
Programme executive for Land, Water, and Food and coordinator of the Ecumenical Water Network of the World Council of Churches WCC. He has worked with several ecumenical organizations in his home country in India since the 1990s. He is a founding member of the People’s Water Forum and also represents WCC at the WSF International Council of the World Social Forum.
Date: June 5, 2026 (World Environment Day)
Time:
07.30am San Francisco, USA / Vancouver, Canada
08.30am Mexico City
10.30am Ottawa, Canada / New York, USA
11.30am Sao Paulo, Brazil
02.30pm UTC
03.30pm London, UK / Lagos, Nigeria
04.30pm CEST Europe (Berlin, Paris, Zurich etc) / South Africa
05.30pm Nairobi, Kenya
07.30pm Pakistan
08.00pm India
08.30pm Bangladesh
10.30pm Beijing, China / Manila, Philippines
Hosted by:
- Blue Community Network BCnet
- Climate Action Ressource Network – Asia Pacific CARN-AP
- Professional Institute for Development and Socio Environmental Management PRISM
Register here to receive the Zoom link for participation
Download the flyer (PDF): Webinar: Water at the Frontline
