Paris to host World ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ Congress in May 2019
10 November 2017 - Paris will host the next World ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ Congress between 14 and 16 May 2019, the ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ announced today.
The biennial event sets priorities for the future direction of the hydropower sector. It brings together leaders from business, industry, government, finance, UN agencies, academia and civil society organisations. Β Β
The seventh World ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ Congress is to be hosted in partnership with UNESCOβs International Hydrological Programme.
With the theme of βThe Power of Water for a Sustainable Worldβ, the Congress will focus on hydropowerβs role in delivering on the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Richard Taylor, Chief Executive of the ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅, made the World ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ Congress announcement at the United Nations COP23 climate conference in Bonn, Germany.
βTwo years ago, world leaders in Paris made the historic commitment to limit global warming. We expect the hydropower community to bring the same resolve to realising the ambition of the Paris Agreement and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals,β he said.
Mr Taylor was speaking at a special event on the water-energy nexus, hosted by the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat and Itaipu Binacional on 10 November.
Building on the 2017 World ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ Congress, which was hosted at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, up to 100 countries are expected to be represented at the Congress in 2019.
Notes to Editors:
Installed hydropower capacity worldwide has surpassed 1,250 GW, equivalent to supplying more than a billion people with clean energy. ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ makes up over two-thirds of all renewable electricity produced today.
The ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ was created in 1995 under the auspices of UNESCOβs International Hydrological Programme, whose headquarters are in Paris.
ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ is a founding member of the International Renewable Energy Alliance (REN Alliance) along with partners from the bioenergy, geothermal, solar and wind industries.