Sweilem: The importance of applying the concept of interconnectedness to face the challenges of water, food, and energy
Dr. Hani Sweilem, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, met with Louis Fauchon, President of the World Water Council.
Sweilem expressed his happiness at this meeting to discuss enhancing cooperation between the Ministry and the Council, addressing Thanks to Mr. Fauchon for sponsoring the World Water Council for the Honorable Week.
For his part, Fauchon praised Egypt’s interest in the water issue and its being one of the founding countries of the World Water Council, stressing the Council’s keenness to enhance cooperation between Various countries of the world.
Suwailem pointed out that there are many countries, especially in the Middle East and North Africa region, that suffer from water scarcity, which prompts strengthening the role of the Global Council to support procedures for dealing with water scarcity. These challenges.
He stressed the importance of applying the concept of the interconnection between water, food, energy, and environmental systems WEFE NEXUS to enhance effective dealing with water and food challenges in many countries of the world, in addition to emphasizing the importance Desalination for mass production of food is one of the future solutions to confront water challenges, provided that technologies are adopted that achieve the highest economic returns from the desalination process, making it economically feasible, in addition to expanding the treatment and reuse of agricultural wastewater, in which Egypt has achieved great successes that have prompted many countries in the world to benefit from it. From the Egyptian experience in this field.
The Minister of Irrigation reviewed Egypt’s efforts in supporting the Council of African Ministers of Water (AMCO) and seeking to enhance cooperation between various African countries during Egypt’s current presidency of AMCO. In addition to what is represented by the AWARe initiative that Egypt launched at the COP27 conference to serve developing countries, especially African countries, with the inauguration of the African Training Center for Water and Climate Adaptation to serve our African brothers.
Swilem also stressed the importance of The importance of the role of the World Water Council in supporting the Eleventh World Water Forum, which is scheduled to be held in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2026
