The 2016 Budapest Water Summit focuses on the issues regarding the availability and security of water sources.
"If we lose the battle of water, we will also be defeated on the climate front", Hungarian President Janos Ader told a press conference on the sidelines of the 2016 Budapest Water Summit which opened on Tuesday. The event focuses on issues surrounding the availability and security of water sources throughout the world. Mr Ader said that the complete water management system should be reconsidered, involving changes to its institutions, technologies and financing. Peter Thomson, president of the United Nations General Assembly, emphasised that the world is heading for an unsustainable situation. Current tendencies suggest a global warming of 3-4 degrees Celsius rather than 1.5-2 Celsius as outlined in the Paris Agreement.
