The eighth meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate took place in the Palais des Nations in Geneva in room VII on 15 September 2016 back to back with the Sixth Workshop on Adaptation to Climate Change in Transboundary Basins (Geneva, 13-14 September 2016).The Task Force on Water and Climate discussed, planed and provideed guidance to the implementation of the activities on water and climate under the programme of work for 2016-2018 of the Water Convention.
8th meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate
15 September 2016
Salle VII, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland
Documents
| Document title | ENG | FRE | RUS |
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| Provisional agenda | |||
| Report | |||
| Overview of the activities of the global network of basins working on climate change | |||
| Draft concept note on the development of the Sendai Framework "Words into Action" Implementation Guide for river basin management and transboundary cooperation | |||
| List of participants | |||
| Background publication | |||
| Water and Climate Change Adaptation in Transboundary basins: lessons learned and good practices (ECE/MP.WAT/45) |
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| Guidance on water and climate change (2009) (ECE/MP.WAT/30) |
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| Background documents | |||
| Programme of work for 2016–2018 under the Water Convention (ECE/MP.WAT/49/Add.1) |
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| Draft programme of work for 2017−2019 for the Protocol on Water and Health (ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2016/3− EUPCR/1611921/2.1/2016/WGWH/07) |
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| Draft strategy for future work on climate change adaptation in transboundary basins under the Water Convention (ECE/MP.WAT/2015/4) |
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Presentations
| Title | ENG | FRE | RUS |
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| Item 3 | |||
| Global network of basins working on climate change adaptation Ms. Sonja Koeppel, UNECE |
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| Management of the Neman River basin with account of adaptation to climate change Vladimir Korneev, Belarus |
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| Chu Talas: Which activities have you implemented on climate change in the last year? What were the major results and lessons learned of the project on climate change? Shamil Ilyasov, Kyrgyzstan |
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| Item 4 | |||
| Pact of Paris on water and adaptation to climate change in the basins of rivers, lakes and aquifers From COP21 to COP22 Eric Tardieu, INBO |
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| Words Into Action, Implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, Transforming policy into action and results Marco Toscano-Rivalto, UNISDR |
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| Implementation Guide for River Basin Management and Transboundary Cooperation Jos Timmerman Alterra Wageningen UR |
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| Item 5 | |||
| Global Water Adaptation (AGWA)’s Global Policy Team, innovations & opportunities John Matthews, AGWA |
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| CEEAC (ECCAS) Armand NDEMAZAGOA-BACKOTTA, CEEAC |
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| Item 6 | |||
| Development of International Public Private Partnership Standards Scott Walchak, PPP Programme, UNECE |
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| Item 7 | |||
| Future work on water and climate under the UNECE Water Convention Sonja Koeppel Water Convention secretariat, UNECE |