On the occasion of the World Water Day, on March 21, 2025, the Brazilian embassy in Rome and the Diplomatia Association entitled “Together for Water: Dialogues for COP30”.
World Water Day
The event took place a day earlier World Water Daywhich will be celebrated on March 22. The birthday is an important chance for reflection on the urgency to resolve the global water sanitary and hygienic sanitary crisis. In many countries, access to drinking water and toilets is in fact still limited, and millions of people live without sufficient structures to guarantee their health.
The water crisis not only concerns the consumption of resources, but also has enormous implications for other global issues, such as health, hunger, gender equality, education and economic development.
The celebration of the World Water Day also coincides this year with the UN conference on Water 2023 in New York, where world leaders meet to discuss solutions for this global crisis. The event offered a unique opportunity to increase consciousness and to strengthen collective dedication for universal access and sustainable management of water, with challenges with concrete determination and solutions.
Since then, the signing countries of the Convention, called “Parties” have gathered every year to discuss progress and challenges.
COP therefore means a conference of the parties (“conference of the parties”) of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change. UNFCCC stands for Framework Convention in the United Nations regarding climate change. The COP 30 is the thirtieth meeting. A big top that was born to find a global agreement to meet the ever -urgent challenges with regard to the consequences of climate change. It will be held in the city of Belém, in the Amazon, from 10 to 21 November 2025, with more than 60 thousand participants from 193 countries.
The COP30 wants to strengthen the use of Brazil in conducting worldwide negotiations on climate change, about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, about adapting to climatic phenomena, about financing for developing countries and renewable energetic.
Opening of the event
“The decision to organize the COP30 in Belim is strategic for Brazil. An Amazon city that is deeply tied to water. It is important to recognize the challenges of the population, including indigenous communities” He explained in the first intervention Renato MoscaBrazilian ambassador in Italy, Malta and San Marino.
From Rome to Brazil
Giovanni CastellanetaPresident of Diplomatia, co -organizer of the initiative, emphasized that Brazil has a great responsibility in a world that is in flames and changes quickly.“As you know, Rome is the city of the fountains, here in Piazza Navona there is the Fontana dei Fouridel Bernini. Under the major rivers of the fountain, the Rio delle Amazoni is missing because it is in 1600. For Africa the cities in Italy and Belem in Brazily. He announced it Stefano GattiGeneral Manager of Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Ministry of the Environment
The intervention of Laura d’ApilHead of the Department of Sustainable Development, Ministry of Environment and Energy Safety who brought the greetings from the Minister and the deputy minister with delegation and underlines that “Access to drinking water is an essential human right. Achieving the development of development and sustainable management of water resources requires sufficient knowledge of the availability of the resource in time and space with a view to climate change. The water is not sufficient in quantitative and qualitative terms in satisfying all agricultural needs, this situation will improve that the effects of the urgent questions will improve the urgent questions. to fit.
The challenges of water and climate: international perspectives
To moderate the second part of the Fernanda conference Maria Dos Santos from the Brazilian embassy.
“The FAO is about the integrated management of water stocks to ensure that there is not only water for agriculture, but also for all human needs. It is important to underline that management is becoming increasingly problematic in the case of extreme events. FAO is committed to continuing its efforts in collaboration with partners” he said Riccardo Biancalani Di fao.
Manuel SapianoCEO of the Energy and Water Agency or Malta has shown the model of his country that provides for both the use of the water and the increase in the increase in the desert of the sea.
Ennio Vivaldi, After illustrating the difficult situation in his country, Cile ambassador invited politicians to intervene as quickly as possible.
In fact, the situation of water in Chile has become an increasingly urgent and more complex. The country is characterized by a geography that varies from desert to forests, making the management of water stocks complex. The aquifers are exhausted because of the growing demand.
Maria de Fatima GardenAngola ambassador said that water is living and synergy between countries for a common and inclusive goal is of fundamental importance.
Experiences and good practices: Brazil and Italy
In Brazil, an entrepreneurial example of excellence is presented by the CEO of Pieralisi Latam Estela TestaOne of the largest companies in Brazil. Among the many activities in the industrial sector are about the treatment of waste water.
Heart of the intervention, on the Italian front, the point of view of Francesco Bresti CEO of ACEA Acqua who spoke about projects for the future of the company.
Here is his intervention.
“In addition to being the most important operators in Italy, we are also present outside the national territory. For example, we are also present in Peru, Honduras and Santo Domingo. All our planning is based on the hypothesis of optimizing water management to minimize the withdrawals and maximize the projects. Deals with 20%. A Fragile Source of a single Source. Rome brings a tube that is 80 years old when he had problems, he would think about the life of citizens.
COP – History – Conference of the parties
The first treaty of the United Nations regarding climate change was held in 1992 in Brazil in Rio de Janeiro. Also remarkable because “Rio Agreements” is an international environmental treaty. Produced by the conference on the environment and development of the United Nations, it is informally known as the “Top of the Earth”.
Since then, the signing countries of the Convention, called “Parties” have gathered every year to discuss progress and challenges.
COP therefore means a conference of the parties (“conference of the parties”) of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change. UNFCCC stands for Framework Convention in the United Nations regarding climate change.
The COP 30 is the thirtieth meeting. A big top that was born to find a global agreement to meet the ever -urgent challenges with regard to the consequences of climate change.
An important event that brings together leaders of all countries of the world to agree on intensifying the worldwide action to resolve the climatic crisis.
It will be held in the city of Belém, in the Amazon, from 10 to 21 November 2025, with more than 60 thousand participants from 193 countries.
The COP30 wants to strengthen the use of Brazil in conducting worldwide negotiations on climate change, about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, about adapting to climatic phenomena, about financing for developing countries and renewable energetic.
‘It will be an honor for Brazil to receive representatives from all over the world in a state of our Amazon. I am sure that Helder Barbalho (the Governor of the State) and the people of the Para are ready to promote the best agent in history “. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in 2023 after the official announcement of the choice of the United Nations head office.
The event “Together for Water: Dialogues for COP30”.
The initiative at the headquarters of the Brazilian embassy in Rome, in Palazzo Pamphilj, at number 14 in Piazza Navona.
The organizers
L ‘Brazilian embassy In Rome it is the diplomatic mission of the Federal Republic of Brazil in the Italian Republic. It is also attributed to Malta and San Marino.
Diplomatic It was a non -profit association born about 30 years ago. It performs cultural and popular purposes on issues of international importance. It organizes cultural events or geopolitical distribution. He is planning to encourage knowledge of the most important international issues and countries with which Italy entails diplomatic, political and cultural relationships, also with the help of competent Italian and foreign speakers, as well as internationally renowned personalities.
It runs through the rhythms of change in the globalized world.