Transcript Alex Simalabwi-Water..

Water, Climate and Developement
Towards water security and climate resilience in support
of national development
Alex Simalabwi
[email protected]
June 2, Bonn-Germany
Key Question...?
How can water be integrated in climate
change strategies?
Some Perspective
Water is ‘NOT’ about Climate change!
Some Perspective
Water is about Development
food
energy
mining
deltas
tourism
Biodiversity, tourism
Energy
Fisheries
Agriculture
Water Key in
Development
Finance
Environment
Tourism
Industry
The big picture
Energy
Fisheries
Agriculture
Water Key in
Development
Environmen
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Finance
Tourism
Industry
Climate Change threatens Development
Getting it all wrong?
Focusing on getting water into climate
change strategies is a ‘wrong diagnosis’
• Focusing on getting ‘water’ into climate
change strategies may be okay…but not
good enough
• What happens when the climate change
strategy is not addressing govt
development priorities?
What is key?
• Understand govt development priorities
• Strengthen water in development planning
and decision making processes in support
of government development priorities
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Climate change
Population growth
Urbanisation
Food
Big ticket items
to changing the
water
discourse
Need to adresss all these issues in bigger developement perspective
What needs to be done
•Target development planners and
decision makers at all levels
Develop sound economic arguments
why ignoring water is dangerous
Beyond COP 15 dialogues in Africa
and China- 3 main reccomendations
1. Integrate water security and climate change into development
planning and decision making processes at all levels
2. Develop institutional, stakeholder capacity and partnerships to
integrate water security and climate change in development and
decision making processes.. Build resilience, reduce fragmentation
3. Mobilise finance and develop financing strategies for water security
and adaptation to climate change
•2 Track Process to make it happen
Political process…
……remember COP 15
Technical process
……engage in the technical
processes of climate change
Final Word
Get the COP people, Water people,
development people…talking
water People
Global
Water
Partners
hip
Developement people
Global
Water
Partners
hip
COP People
Global
Water
Partners
hip
These people ‘live’ in 3 different worlds and this
needs to change before we see the change we
desire
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Details on the outcome of the
Dialogues in Africa and China to be
continued in a Side Event on
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June 7 @ 1-2.30 pm