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The Contribution of Multiculturalism to the contemporary Environmental Culture and to the New Culture of Water


ISBN: 979 12 81038 52 0
Language: Italian, English
Publisher: Paolo Loffredo Editore Srl
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The Contribution of Multiculturalism to the contemporary Environmental Culture and to the New Culture of Water

On the occasion of the presentation of the Proceedings of the G20 Special Event on Water 2021, the hlrT Symposium offers the opportunity to gather personalities from Turkish institutions, multilateral organizations, private sector and research to discuss on the different possible strategies tostrengthen and enhance Science diplomacy and Cultural diplomacy in the vast domain of Water Policies and Water Governance. Nowadays, the international debate on the new paths for development focuses on specific key words such as: “Sustainable”, “Intergenerational”, “Access”, but sometimes these terms are used with different meanings and generate confusion. This happens mainly when the dialogue between governments, private sector, donors and NGo’s turns from theory to practice, especially in the domain of development Cooperation where the interaction between different entities tends to grow. Regaining an appropriate use of these words would be useful to better clarify intentions, actions and commitments of the different actors that play an important role in the fight against water scarcity, especially nowadays with the severe consequences of climate change. Among today’s major concerns there is also the bad communication due to a growing lack of each other’s comprehension…..

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Alessandro Leto (Genoa, 1965), Geographer, Journalist and Documentary Film Director, is considered one of the most brilliant and successful analyst in the field of study of Sustainability at the international level. He is a Scholar and University Professor, conceived in 2005 the concept of “Sustainable and Responsible Development” and is currently investigating the advantages to adopt Resilience principles in order to efficaciously tackle the great challenges humanity will face in the near future, when dealing with nature's major changes. He matured a vast scientific and institutional experience in Africa, Near and Middle East; developed a specific competence in Geopolitics of Natural Resources with a focus on Water Studies; launched the interdisciplinary movement for a “New Culture of Water”, later adopted as Manifesto by the Geneva Water Initiative in 2016. Author of several scientific publications, contextually to his institutional career he founded and still lead Water Academy SRD Foundation, the prestigious Swiss interdisciplinary Research Center internationally renowned. He is the Director of the Master on “Water Awareness, Consciousness, Knowledge and Management” released by International Telematic University UniNettuno. Member of the European Academy of Science since 2016, amid many important Conferences, he recently chaired in 2021 the COP26 Event “Youth 4 climate” on “Water Security and Food Security Nexus: the Challenge of Climate Change”, jointly organized by Water Academy SRD Foundation and CIHEAM Italy: and in the same year the G20 Special Event on Water. Member of important international Research Centers and Foundations, he won several prestigious awards in the domain of Science Diplomacy.


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