Impact of COVID-19 on Water Issues and the Way Forward

During the on-going pandemic, most of us have observed or experienced too, that how nature is reclaiming its lost space. Whether it is reduced level of pollution in yamuna river, or cleaner air in cities, one of the reason for these ecological changes is the minimal human interaction with the environment.

This raises an important question on the climate change debate. The efforts to mitigate the problem were largely focused on systemic changes but CoVID has brought the humans to center of this debate. In this regard, one important issue to be addressed is the increasing demand for water by 2050 for which there will be hindrances such as environmental diplomacy and in particular damaged rivers.

We see that basic utilities are not given to people who cannot afford and this happens because we look at citizens as customers. whereas for good governance, we need to evaluate if water is reaching to all citizens, define goals and most importantly ensure citizen participation.

Speakers:

Vanessa Casado Pérez

Associate Professor of Law; Research Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, School of Law

Alexandra Campbell-Ferrari

Professor, University of Maryland Carey School of Law and American University Washington College of Law

Eeshan Chaturvedi

Founder, EnviPol; Assistant Dean, Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability

Arpit Chaturvedi

Co-Founder and CEO, Global Policy Insights; Co-Founder, EnviPol

Partners:

Global Policy Insights, EnviPol