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Global workshop on building climate resilience through improving water management and sanitation at national and transboundary levels

29 - 31 March 2021
Remote participation and Geneva Switzerland

The global workshop will be organised in a hybrid format with very few participants present in the Palais des Nations, Geneva and most others connected remotely from 29 to 31 (a.m.) March 2021. The workshop will take a holistic perspective on the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events on water resource management, both at national and transboundary level, and on water supply and sanitation systems and ultimately people's health. In this context, the global workshop aims to bring together environment/water and health communities as well as disaster risk and climate change experts to jointly develop best practices in building climate resilience and reducing disaster risk through improving water resource management and sanitation on the national and transboundary levels. 

The global workshop is organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe as secretariat of the Water Convention and the co-secretariat of the Protocol on Water and Health, with the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe,  under the leadership of Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland, in cooperation with the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), the Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA), the International Network of Basin Organisations (INBO), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).

Working languages of the workshop will be English, French, Russian and Spanish. A detailed programme of the workshop will be issued in March 2021.

The workshop will be followed by the twelfth meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate under the Water Convention on 31 March 2021 (p.m.).

 

Participation

The workshop will gather representatives of the water and sanitation, disaster risk reduction, climate change and health communities as well as transboundary basin organisations with the aim to strengthen cooperation, links and synergies between their activities and to share good practices in policy making and implementation.

 

Registration & Practical information:

Due to the Covid-19 pandemics, the workshop will be organized in a hybrid format, with very few participants present in the Palais des Nations, Geneva (according to the current guidance max. 5 external participants) and most others connected remotely.

To attend the meeting, please create an account in INDICO and register for the event using the following link by 24 March 2021: https://indico.un.org/event/31154/ 

Please kindly find some links towards instructions on:

1) How to create an INDICO account: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeZuft5xQ4U

2) How to register for an online meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaEj3hShn6U

 

For assistance with registration and other organisational matters, please contact the secretariat by e-mail [email protected].

 

Documents and Presentations

6604 _ Information Notice Workshop _ 352300 _ English _ 773 _ 322798 _ pdf
6604 _ Information Notice Workshop _ 352300 _ French _ 780 _ 322799 _ pdf
6604 _ Information Notice Workshop _ 352300 _ Russian _ 864 _ 322800 _ pdf
6604 _ Information Notice Workshop _ 352300 _ Spanish _ 879 _ 322801 _ pdf
6604 _ Programme of the Global Workshop _ 354416 _ English _ 773 _ 322792 _ pdf
6604 _ Programme of the Global Workshop _ 354416 _ French _ 780 _ 322793 _ pdf
6604 _ Programme of the Global Workshop _ 354416 _ Russian _ 864 _ 322794 _ pdf
6604 _ Programme of the Global Workshop _ 354416 _ Spanish _ 879 _ 322795 _ pdf
6604 _ List of participants _ 356741 _ English _ 773 _ 327943 _ pdf
6604 _ Conclusions _ 354768 _ English _ 773 _ 330164 _ pdf
6604 _ Conclusions _ 354768 _ French _ 780 _ 331003 _ pdf
6604 _ Conclusions _ 354768 _ Russian _ 864 _ 331004 _ pdf
6604 _ Conclusions _ 354768 _ Spanish _ 879 _ 331005 _ pdf

General

9382 _ General presentation _ 354665 _ English _ 773 _ 323316 _ pdf
9382 _ Conclusions _ 354666 _ English _ 773 _ 323317 _ pdf

Session 1 - Increasing resilience of water and sanitation to the effects of climate change, including through the Protocol on Water and Health

9196 _ Climate change impacts on water, sanitation and health - Mr. Oliver Schmoll, WHO/Europe _ 354509 _ English _ 773 _ 322996 _ pdf
9196 _ Protocol on Water and Health as a tool to address climate change impacts on water and sanitation through target setting and risk-based approaches - Ms. Nataliya Nikiforova, Secretariat of the Protocol on Water and Health, UNECE _ 354510 _ English _ 773 _ 322997 _ pdf
9196 _ Water operators and climate change adaptation – why we need the involvement of all stakeholders to ensure resilient water infrastructures - Ms. Claudia Castell-Exner, European Federation of National Associations of Water Services (EurEau) _ 354511 _ English _ 773 _ 322998 _ pdf
9196 _ Water Safety Plans and climate resilience - Mr. Enrico Veschetti, National Institute of Health, Italy _ 354512 _ English _ 773 _ 322999 _ pdf
9196 _ Climate-resilient water safety planning in Ethiopia - Ms. Azeb Tadesse, Water Development Commission of the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy of Ethiopia _ 354513 _ English _ 773 _ 323000 _ pdf
9196 _ Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA) methodology - Mr. Ad Jeuken, Deltares _ 354514 _ English _ 773 _ 323001 _ pdf

Session 2 - Water, sanitation and health in national climate policies

9197 _ Water and health adaptation priorities under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Mr. Motsomi Maletjane, UNFCCC _ 354515 _ English _ 773 _ 323002 _ pdf
9197 _ Rapid research on the integration of water and sanitation in climate policies - Mr. Jos Timmerman, Waterframes _ 354516 _ English _ 773 _ 323003 _ pdf
9197 _ Addressing Water in National Adaptation Plans: Water supplement to the UNFCCC NAP Technical Guideline - Ms. Anjali Lohani, Global Water Partnership _ 354517 _ English _ 773 _ 323004 _ pdf
9197 _ Case-studies on integration of water, sanitation and health aspects into national climate policies (Bangladesh) - Mr. Adnan Ibne Abdul Qader, WaterAid and Mr. Ali Mohammad Rezaie, International Centre for Climate Change and Development _ 354518 _ English _ 773 _ 323005 _ pdf
9197 _ Case-studies on integration of water, sanitation and health aspects into national climate policies (Jordan) - Mr. Munjed Al Sharif, member of the national Committee on Climate Change _ 354519 _ English _ 773 _ 323006 _ pdf

Session 3 - Disaster risk reduction through transboundary cooperation

9271 _ Regional initiatives on disaster risk reduction in Central Asia - Mr. Dzhergalbek Ukashev, Central Asia Centre for Emergency Situations and Disaster Risk Reduction _ 354570 _ English _ 773 _ 323136 _ pdf
9271 _ Regional initiatives on disaster risk reduction in Central Asia - Mr. Dzhergalbek Ukashev, Central Asia Centre for Emergency Situations and Disaster Risk Reduction _ 354570 _ Russian _ 864 _ 323137 _ pdf
9271 _ Interventions on how flood, drought and other disaster management is integrated into transboundary basin planning and development (Dniester basin) - Mr. Petro Kropotov, State Emergency Service, Ukraine _ 354571 _ Russian _ 864 _ 323138 _ pdf
9271 _ Interventions on how flood, drought and other disaster management is integrated into transboundary basin planning and development (Drin basin) - Mr. Ylber Mirta, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, North Macedonia _ 354572 _ English _ 773 _ 323139 _ pdf
9271 _ Interventions on how flood, drought and other disaster management is integrated into transboundary basin planning and development (Volta basin) - Mr. Dibi Millogo, Volta Basin Authority _ 354574 _ French _ 780 _ 323141 _ pdf
9271 _ Preventing accidental water pollution: joint action by the Water and Industrial Accident Conventions - Mr. Bojan Srdic, Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia _ 354575 _ English _ 773 _ 323142 _ pdf
9271 _ Perspectives on reducing disaster risk and managing health impacts in a changing climate - Mr. Max Linsen, Consultant on environmental affairs _ 354576 _ English _ 773 _ 323143 _ pdf

Session 4 - Transboundary cooperation and health policies

9281 _ Progress in transboundary climate change adaptation under the Water Convention and within the Global network of basins working on climate change adaptation - Ms. Hanna Plotnykova, Secretariat of the Water Convention, UNECE _ 354579 _ English _ 773 _ 323148 _ pdf
9281 _ Insights on how health issues are covered by reporting on SDG indicator 6.5.2 on transboundary water cooperation - Ms. Sarah Tiefenauer-Linardon, Secretariat of the Water Convention, UNECE _ 354667 _ English _ 773 _ 323318 _ pdf
9281 _ Integration of health policies and actions into transboundary agreements, river basin management planning and activities of the transboundary basin organizations (Amazon basin) - Ms. Alexandra Moreira, Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization _ 354581 _ English _ 773 _ 323150 _ pdf
9281 _ Integration of health policies and actions into transboundary agreements, river basin management planning and activities of the transboundary basin organizations (Chu-Talas basin) - Ms. Indira Akbozova, Secretariat, Chu-Talas Water Management Commission _ 354582 _ Russian _ 864 _ 323151 _ pdf
9281 _ Integration of health policies and actions into transboundary agreements, river basin management planning and activities of the transboundary basin organizations (Lake Victoria basin) - Ms. Hilda Luoga, Lake Victoria Basin Commission _ 354583 _ English _ 773 _ 323152 _ pdf
9281 _ Integration of health policies and actions into transboundary agreements, river basin management planning and activities of the transboundary basin organizations (Senegal basin) - Mr. Amadou Lamine Ndiaye, Senegal River Basin Development Authority _ 354584 _ French _ 780 _ 323153 _ pdf

Session 5 - Addressing coherently climate change adaptation, resilient water and sanitation, disaster risk reduction, transboundary water cooperation on the national level

9284 _ Water adaptation and resilience from a global perspective – putting water at the heart of climate to reach the SDGs in 2030 - Ms. Lisa Hartog, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management _ 354585 _ English _ 773 _ 323154 _ pdf
9284 _ Water adaptation and resilience from a global perspective – putting water at the heart of climate to reach the SDGs in 2030 - Ms. Jasmina van Driel, Global Center on Adaptation _ 354668 _ English _ 773 _ 323319 _ pdf
9284 _ The role of water management, sanitation and health as well as the benefits of transboundary cooperation in the new EU Adaptation Strategy - Mr. Willem Jan Goossen, European Commission Directorate-General for Climate Action _ 354586 _ English _ 773 _ 323155 _ pdf
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