made a very strong global commitment that must speak to us as a nation can we transition to a low carbon economy and still exploit our vast mineral wealth for the good of all of our people how will we use our water resources more efficiently what type of infrastructure is required to provide water to all our people throughout the country what is our solution to the challenge that some regions are likely to become water stressed quite soon and there are some parts of the country that are water stressed because they don’t have access to water even though they frequently live in the shadow of dams how do we manage our marine and fishing resources to meet the needs of future generations how do we produce more food using less water as is evident this single challenge throws up dozens of questions that need to be answered and the answers must be based on solid research sound evidence and careful plans and tested with all the major stakeholders