The International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environment and the First Arab Water Forum took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 16-19 November 2008.

Participants discussed: water resources; water conservation; climate change and its impact on water resources and arid environments; utilization of new technologies in the study of arid environments and their natural resources; the advancement of Arab water policy towards development; and management of water crises in the Arab world. In his inaugural speech, Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz pointed to the possibility that terrorism targets water resources and called for a water summit similar to the world economic summits.
Links to further information
Conference website
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia Press Release, 16 November 2008
Saudi Press Agency, 16 November 2008