Karin Lexén of the Water and Climate Coalition Secretariat was invited to speak at a press briefing organized by the Global Water Partnership on June 13, at the UNFCCC climate change conference in Bonn.

The press confrence arranged on Monday December 6th presented the Water and Climate Coalition with an opportunity to present its work to an audience of journalists present at COP16 in Cancun.

In the closing plenary session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) at COP16 on Saturday 5th December, six countries called for water to be tabled as an agenda item for the next session of the SBSTA in June 2012.

 Press Coverage

The official launch of the Water and Climate Coalition in Bonn, on June 3rd, garnered significant international media attention.

For Water Day the GPPN issued a press release to decry the ‘Evaporation of Water from the Climate Change Talks’, which was included as part of a wider Press Pack.

The press release generated significant international media attention, including the articles below: