Budapest Water Summit

WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal and Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy Director Robert Varady participated in the Budapest Water Summit, which was held November 28-30, 2016 in Budapest, Hungary. The Summit, with the theme of "Water Connects", had a significant focus on the policies required to achieve the water-related United Nations-2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In particular, Sustainable Development Goal Six calls for ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Megdal and Varady were invited speakers for the Science-Technology forum component of the Summit. Megdal's keynote, entitled "Groundwater Invisibility and Decentralized Governance: The role of science in informing groundwater policy", was part of a session on managing groundwater under uncertainty. Varady spoke at the Science-Technology closing high-level panel on how scientific knowledge guides SDG policy making at different scales.

More information about the Budapest Water Summit 2016 can be found here.