Dr. Letitia A. Obeng took over the reins as Chair of the Global Water Partnership (GWP) on 1st January 2008.
Given her strong background in water and development we asked her about GWP and its role in sustainable development.
To a large extent, the global climate crisis is a global water crisis. Yet the latest iteration of the negotiating text on adaptation, the so-called Non-Paper 31, has deleted any clear references to water and its management as a vital consideration for climate change adaptation. This is despite increasing mobilisation by the water community to call for a strong outcome on water from Copenhagen.
Interview with Ms Kusum Athukorala, Chairperson, Network of Women Water Professionals (NetWwater)
Interview with Mr. José Miguel Zeledón at Water Direction, MINAET, Costa Rica
Interview with Mr. Tomás Fernández and Mrs. Eda Soto at Inter-Institutional Commission of the Hydrographic Basin of the Panama Channel (CICH)
Interview with James Dalton, Water Management Advisor at IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
This week in Midrand (9-13 November), South Africa, the Global Water Partnership's five Africa regional offices and its Mediterranean one are working with key allies to translate Africa's commitments on water into action. At the top of the agenda is financing water infrastructure, water supply and sanitation and climate change adaptation.
Dedication to consultation and communication paid off in 2010 as policy makers established and consolidated a relationship with researchers in the Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF) in the Limpopo River Basin.