It’s too late for climate change, but we can manage our way to a sustainable water future. That from Jay Famiglietti, the Canada 150 Research Chair in Hydrology and Remote Sensing and executive director of USask’s Global Institute for Water Security. He is one of the speakers at the 2nd annual University of Saskatchewan Senate Forum on Wednesday afternoon.
This year’s topic is the realities of climate change. Famiglietti says we can’t take water security for granted, which he defines as having enough water to do the things we want to do like grow food, grow the economy and take care of the environment.
Famiglietti says global fresh water availability is changing. He will also touch on where some of the hot spots are in the world that either have too much or too little water, and what we can do about it.
Food security, environmental sustainability and developing partnerships between the sciences and Indigenous knowledge will also be covered at the forum which begins at 4 this afternoon and the Holiday Inn Express & Suites across from the university.