Spain is promoting a Global Water Agenda with regular meetings to study the international commitments acquired

Morán will promote a Water Action Agenda with regular meetings to follow up on the commitments made at this Conference and thus give it the political visibility it requires.

In light of this Conference, Spain will share its solid experience in the management of water resources and will highlight the Third Cycle Hydrological Plans for 2023-2027, with more than 6,500 measures and a historic budget of nearly 23 billion euros.

It will also share its commitment to the digitalisation of the water cycle, with the aim of improving knowledge of the hydrological cycle and achieving better water governance; as well as promoting the use of renewable energies for the decarbonisation of the water cycle, for example, the use of photovoltaic energy in desalination plants and its inclusion in the circular economy.

Pioneers in desalination and water reuse

Spain has become an international benchmark for its commitment to incorporate non-conventional resources (in particular desalination and reuse) into integrated water resources management strategies. The role of desalination in coastal areas for drinking water purification or the application of water reuse for agricultural use is fully integrated in the most water stressed river basins.

Spain is among the top five countries in the world in terms of installed capacity in both water reuse and desalination and is the European leader in terms of volume of reused and desalinated water.

Morán today opened the High Level Seminar on "Incorporating non-conventional resources into integrated water resources management," which is taking place at the Cervantes Institute in New York, organised by MITECO, with the collaboration of the International Desalination Association, the World Bank, the OECD and the World Water Council, and in which the governments of Spain, Chile and Egypt are participating.

Spain, a leader in drought resilience

The International Drought Resilience Alliance (IDRA), launched jointly by the governments of Senegal and Spain, has now been joined by 28 countries to catalyse political momentum for a transformational shift in actions and mindsets towards drought resilience.

IDRA's management committee meets for the first time in New York to discuss ways to collaborate and generate political momentum and action to support countries, cities and communities to proactively combat drought.

Within the framework of the New York Conference, Spain is organising - jointly with the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification - the event 'Resilience in the face of drought: transforming water scarcity into pathways of prosperity', with the collaboration of The Nature Conservancy, the World Meteorological Organization, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the European Investment Bank and the participation of the governments of Spain, the United States, Mauritania and the Netherlands.

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