Event on Economics of Water: Transforming Governance to Secure Sustainable, Just and Prosperous Future

Alicia Barcena, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, speaks during the event "The Economics of Water: transforming governance to secure a sustainable, just and prosperous future," held on the side of the UN 2023 Water Conference. This open dialogue is an opportunity to discuss the criticality of the Water Action Agenda; highlight the need for the global water cycle to be managed as a global common good and safeguarded through effective multilateralism; and illustrate the governance conditions that are needed for a more efficient, just and sustainable use of water from the local to the global level to achieve water security.