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Guidance document on Water
and Climate adaptation
Jos G. Timmerman
Rijkswaterstaat Centre for Water Management
Convention on the Protection and Use of
Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
Aim of the Guidance
Provide a framework or general roadmap for climate
proofing of water management:
Assessing climate change impacts on water
resources
Identifying adaptation measures to climate change
Develop adaptation strategies
Overall transboundary context
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Target group of the Guidance
Decision makers responsible for water management
and relevant health-related issues
Officials and managers of other water-related sectors
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Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
Contents
Introduction
2. International commitments
3. Policy, legislation and Institutional frameworks
4. Financial matters
5. Information and Monitoring needs for adaptation
strategies design and implementation
6. Scenarios and models for impact assessment and
water resources management
7. Vulnerability assessment
8. Coping measures development
9. Evaluation of adaptation strategies
10. Issues relevant to other water-related sectors
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Introduction
Aim
Target Group
Scope
Definitions
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2.
International commitments
United nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC)
UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary
Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention)
Protocol on Water and Health
EU Legislation
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3.
Policy, legislation and Institutional frameworks
Enable adaptation measures on all relevant water management
levels
Governance model (trialogue model)
4.
Financial matters
Assess costs of implementing measures
Assess incentives / return on investment
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5.
Information and Monitoring needs for adaptation
strategies design and implementation
Information needs assessment (currently focus on hydrological
information)
Sources of information
Analysis of information
Exchange of information
Dissemination of information
Design of adaptive monitoring systems
Link to Strategies for Monitoring and Assessment of Transboundary
Rivers, Lakes and Groundwaters
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Scenarios and models for impact assessment and
water resources management
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Climate Change Scenarios
Global and Regional Climate Models
Expected Climate Changes
Direct and indirect impacts of CC on Water
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Vulnerability assessment
Social, ecological and physical vulnerability
Methodologies for vulnerability assessment
Identification of hot spots
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Coping measures development
Safety chain:
Prevention measures
Improving resilience
Preparation measures
Response measures
Recovery measures
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High water availability
Low availability of water
Impaired water quality
Health affects
Education and communication
Evaluation
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Evaluation of adaptation strategies
Develop tools for evaluation
Identify barriers and constraints to adaptation strategies
10. Issues
relevant to other water-related sectors
To be decided
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Thank you
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