President Ader sums up water talks in South Korea

Gyeongbuk, South Korea, April 13 (MTI) – Opportunities can be found in crises, Hungary’s president said in Gyeongbuk, South Korea, on Monday, summing up his talks at the 7th World Water Forum that he opened in Daegu the day before.

On the forum’s sidelines, Janos Ader held talks with Benedito Braga, president of the World Water Council, Yvo de Boer, director-general of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), and Thomas P. Bostick, Chief of Engineers of the US Army (USACE). He asked them to back Andras Szollosi-Nagy, a governor of the World Water Council, in his bid to head the organisation when the mandate of the current president expires in November.

Janos Ader told reporters that economic and business opportunities lie in tackling water-related crises as well as related health care, social and demographic problems. The job of decision makers is to provide the resources needed while leaving it to scientists and professionals to solve the problems themselves, he said.

The next climate summit in November in Paris will be a first step “on this difficult road,” he added.