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Fourth Workshop on Adaptation to Climate Change in Transboundary Basins

Fourth Workshop on Adaptation to Climate Change in Transboundary Basins

25 - 26 June 2013
Geneva Switzerland

The Fourth Workshop on Adaptation to Climate Change in Transboundary Basins took place in the Palais des Nations, Geneva on 25–26 June 2013 back-to-back with the sixth meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate (Geneva, 27 June 2013).

The workshop offered a platform for exchanging experience on adaptation strategies, best practices, success factors and lessons learned, with a particular focus on transboundary climate change adaptation serving multiple purposes. It built upon the earlier workshops on water and climate organized since 2008 in the framework of the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention).

The workshop was organized in cooperation with the governments of the Netherlands, Switzerland and Finland, as well as with the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation, the World Meteorological Organization, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network (IW:LEARN), and the International Network of Basin Organizations.

The press release is available here.The workshop report will be made available on this website in due course.
 

Documents

Title Eng Fre Rus
Information notice PDF PDF PDF
Provisional agenda PDF PDF PDF
Concept note on the collection of lessons learnt and good practices PDF PDF  
Report      
List of participants PDF    
Background documents      
Guidance on water and adaptation to climate change see publication
Materials for interactive sessions      
Market Place of Tools Guide word word word

Presentations

Title ENG FRE SPA
SESSION 1: OPENING AND INTRODUCTION      
The global opening of Water Convention: how can it help adaptation to climate change in
transboundary basins?

Mr. Nicholas Bonvoisin, Secretary to the Water Convention, UNECE
PDF    
SESSION 2: LINKING TRANSBOUNDARY ADAPATATION STRATEGIES TO NATIONAL
ADAPTATION STRATEGIES
     
Projections for Water Systems – Scientific Services for Adaptation
Mr. Hans Moser, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz, Germany
PDF    
Streamlining adaptation strategies at different levels
Mr. Jos Timmerman, Wageningen University
PDF    
 OECD study on adaptation strategy effectiveness
Ms. Kathleen Dominique, OECD
PDF    
Danube: the first transboundary adaptation strategy
Mr. Raimund MAIR International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR)
PDF    
National adaptation strategy in Vietnam and the links to the transboundary activities
Mr. Le Ngoc Tuan, Vietnam
PDF    
Developing local transboundary adaptation strategies in the Meso-American region
Mr. Carlos Flores, El Salvador
    PDF
Baltic Sea region-wide climate change adaptation strategy
Mr. Ole Krarup Leth, Danish Meteorological Institute
PDF    
SESSION 3: TRANSBOUNDARY CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION SERVING MULTIPLE PURPOSES      
Boundaries in the water-energy-food Nexus: finding convergence through cooperation
Mr. John Matthews, AGWA
PDF    
Agriculture: An alternative vision for addressing water issues
Mr. Rama Babu Cherekuri, India
PDF    
Hydropower
Ms. Tracy Lane, International Hydropower Organization
PDF    
Industry
Mr. Justin Abbott, ARUP
PDF    
Navigation
Mr. Hans Moser, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany
     
Senegal
Mr. Mohamed Fawzi Bedredine, OMVS
PDF    
Perspective from a pilot basin: How different water-related sectors are involved in the pilotproject on river basin management and climate change adaptation in the Neman river
Mr. Vladimir Korneev, Belarus
PDF    
SESSION 4: TOOLS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN TRANSBOUNDARY CONTEXT      
Tools for climate change adaptation in a transboundary context
Mr. Jos Timmerman, Wageningen University
PDF    
Perspective from a "global network" basin: How tools for climate change adaptation are used in the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) PDF    
Short overview of available tools
Mr. Julian Doczi, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
PDF    
SESSION 5: LESSONS LEARNT FOR TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION IN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION      
Drafting a climate change adaptation strategy for the Rhine: Lessons learnt!
Mr. Adrian Schmid-Breton, ICPDR - Coblence
PDF    
Dauria Going Dry
Mr. Eugene Simonov
PDF    
Le Fleuve Rhône Comprendre pour mieux coordonner les usages
Mr. Patrick Tourasse, EDF
    PDF

Market place of tools

Title ENG
Market place of tools guide WORD
Tools for climate change adaptation in a transboundary context, Mr. Jos TIMMERMAN,
Wageningen University
PDF
Short overview of available tools, Mr. Julian DOCZI, Overseas Development Institute (ODI) PDF
WEAP/LEAP Model, Mr. Devaraj de CONDAPPA, SEI associate
Water Evaluation and Planning
Community for Energy, Environment and Development
 

Global Framework for Climate Services, Mr. Tomasso ABRATE, WMO
The Global Framework for Climate Services
Integrated Flood Management

PDF
Climate Vulnerability index methodology applied to Mongolia, Ms. Caroline SULLIVAN,
Southern Cross University, NSW Australia

PDF
PDF
PDF

Communication in the AMICE project, Ms. Sarah COMBALBERT, EPAMA PDF
Geo information and Flood Communication in the Dniester, Ms. Lesya NIKOLAYEVA, ZOI
Workshop on Flood Communication and Information Exchange in the Dniester River Basin
PDF
Cross border Flood Risk Management, a serious game, Mr. Bart SWANENVLEUGEL, Flood wise  
Tipping point approach, Mr. Ad JEUKEN, Deltares  
Economics of Climate Adaptation, Ms. Claudia CASAROTTO, Swiss Re
Shaping Climate-resilient Development, ECA
PDF
Moving from tools to decisions: The AGWA Decision Support System, Mr. John MATTHEWS, AGWA PDF
Knowlegde management under the UNFCC, Ms. Rojina Manandhar, UNFCC PDF

Summaries

Title ENG
Speech  by Mr. Alexander Verbeek
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
PDF
Projections for Water Systems – Scientific Services for Adaptation
Mr. Hans Moser, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz, Germany
PDF
OECD study on adaptation strategy effectiveness
Ms. Kathleen Dominique, OECD
PDF
Danube: the first transboundary adaptation strategy
Mr. Raimund MAIR International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR)
PDF
Agriculture: An alternative vision for addressing water issues
Mr. Rama Babu Cherekuri, India
PDF
Perspective from a pilot basin: How different water-related sectors are involved in the pilotproject on river basin management and climate change adaptation in the Neman river
Mr. Vladimir Korneev, Belarus
PDF