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- Henk, thank you so much
for joining us today.

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I would love to understand
how you see the challenges

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around water in the world.

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I know there are so many

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and I'd love to have you
set the stage for us.

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- Thanks so much, Wendy, for having me.

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Water is everywhere.

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We know, we see it here,
we take it for granted.

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I think that is the biggest problem -

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but you can't take water for granted.

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It's becoming more
scarce and more polluted

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with climate change
impacting our environment

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and our community,
putting everyone at risk.

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This is not a global
north or south divide.

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This is for private sector,
investors, governments,

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and communities across the whole world

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and you see it because water
is connected to everything.

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It's there for food, and to drink.

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We can't survive without water,

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but water drives the economies
for food production, energy,

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healthy environments, our
cities that we live in

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and at the same time, the water
in our soil, in our grounds,

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and in our rivers is being
depleted by us and polluted,

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so it's becoming scarcer every second.

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Understanding water and
then starting to value

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and manage it better is
part of driving action

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for, you could say, everything
in life, in society,

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we would say everything

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for sustainable development goals.

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It's good for our health,
it's good for our planet,

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it's good for our economies

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and our cities and infrastructure.

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It's necessary for equity and equality,

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driving education and
health opportunities forward

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and it's a critical driver

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for both climate mitigation
as well as adaptation.

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Water, by definition, is collaborative.

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You can't solve it alone,

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although everyone can take
their own responsibility.

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So it's not an excuse,

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that it's collaborative,
to not take action,

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but it is a mechanism
to drive collaborations

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and we have to go across
silos, public and private,

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but also within the private
sector or public sector.

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This is not something about water alone,

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but this is water energy
and food coming together.

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Food and climate in the environment,

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the economies and cities
and infrastructure,

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health and beyond.

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So you can't deal with it alone.

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It is also the best
opportunity to make that work.