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

Naoko Ishii (centre) speaks with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, 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.