Water in Times of Climate Change

Dr. Jan Jorrit Hasselaar, theologian and economist, is Director of the Amsterdam Centre for Religion and Sustainable Development, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is research fellow of the University of the Western Cape (South Africa). Hasselaar chaired the working group ‘Sustainable Development’ of the Council of Churches in the Netherlands (2011-2018). Elisabeth IJmker has a background in public policy and international development. She works on religion and societal challenges at the Vrije Universiteit, which she combines with a political career as local representative in the city council of Amsterdam.

• Introduction (Prof. Ruard Ganzevoort), Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Dr John Chryssavgis, Jan Jorrit Hasselaar), 1. The Need for Dialogue, An academic perspective (Prof. Vinod Subramaniam), A governmental perspective (Prof. Caroline Nevejan), Kadir van Lohuizen, photos, An economic perspective (Prof. Jan Peter Balkenende), A religious perspective (Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew), 2. Global Perspectives on Water and Climate Change, Closing session of Amsterdam International Water Week (Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew), Reflection by Bianca Nijhof, Global challenges on water and climate change (Prof. Jeroen Aerts), 3. Voices of the Next Generation: How Dare You?, Water Quality Management (Liang Yu), Caring for our water cycle (Françeska Tomori), Water crisis and social inequalities (Monserrat Vásquez L), Taking action (Bas Zaalberg), Interdisciplinarity in solving global challenges (Samira I. Ibrahim), 4. Voices from Those Who Dare, Building with nature (Pieter van Oord), Faith for Earth Programme (Dr Iyad Abumoghli), Water and religion (Cardinal Turkson), Reflection by Hein Pieper, 5. Water-Sensitive Cities, Jakarta, Amsterdam, Cape Town, Reflection by Thabo Makgoba, 6. A Covenant of Hope, Covenant of Hope, Reflection by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Reflection by Gerhard van den Top, Reflection by Jos Douma, Reflection by Richard Kooloos, 7. The Role of Religion in Society, The Netherlands as pluralist society (Prof. Jan Anthonie Bruijn), Religion and Security (Prof. Ernst Hirsch Ballin), Religion as force for good (Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew), Conclusion: Concrete steps into a hopeful future.