At a press conference on the sidelines of the conference, Áder said: “If we lose the battle of water, we will also be defeated on the climate front”.

He insisted that the complete water management system should be reconsidered, involving changes to its institutions, technologies and financing.

Peter Thomson, president of the United Nations General Assembly, said the world is heading for an unsustainable situation.

Current tendencies suggest a global warming of 3-4 degrees Celsius rather than 1.5-2 Celsius as outlined in the Paris Agreement, making the survival of human civilisation doubtful, he added.

Thomson urged efforts to implement the targets of the Paris Agreement, without which, he said, the future of mankind was in jeopardy.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.

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