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Water in the Middle East: Prospects for Conflict or Cooperation

The event was sponsored by the Coca-Cola Czech Republic
Date: 10. 10. 2005 13:00 - 14:30

Location: "Knights' Hall" of the Žofín Palace, Slovanský ostrov, Praha 1

Organizer: Forum 2000 Foundation

Guests:
  • H.R.H. El Hassan bin Talal, President, Club of Rome the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  • Uzi Arad, Head of the Institute for Policy and Strategy, former Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel
  • Bedřich Moldan, Chairman, Scientific Board of the European Environmental Agency, the Czech Republic
  • Libor Ambrozek, Minister of Environment, the Czech Republic
  • Hillel Shuval, Professor of Environmental Sciences, Hebrew University, Israel

Moderator:
Jan Urban, journalist, Professor at the New York University in Prague, the Czech Republic

Topic:
  • To what extent does modernization influence water consumption patterns and vice versa? What is the role of tradition?
  • If the current alarming trends in demography, economic development and water consumption hold on, is the Middle East going to face even more serious crises soon again?
  • Could a Community of Water and Environment be envisaged, having a value-added effect of mutual trust-building?
Conclusions and Recommendations

Exploring Water Patterns in the Middle East

Supported by

Nippon Foundation

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