Description: As water-resources planning is compounded by uncertainties generated by a changing climate and geopolitical landscape, regions are struggling to ensure water security for their populations. This panel is intended to help frame the issues, identify some solutions that are working regionally, and set the stage for subsequent discussions during the FIHM.

Moderator: Aaron Salzberg, Ph.D - Director of the Water Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Speakers:

Melanie Nakagawa, J.D. - Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for Climate and Energy, The White House

Kate Brauman, Ph.D - Associate Director for Analysis and Communications, Global Water Security Center

Martyn Clark, Ph.D - Associate Director, Centre for Hydrology and Coldwater Laboratory, University of Saskatchewan

Brenda Torres Barreto - Executive Director, Estuario de la Bahia de San Juan Program