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gppn
global public policy network on
water management
Felix Dodds
Executive Director Stakeholder Forum
http://gppn.stakeholderforum.org
GPPN Background
Joint initiative of Stakeholder Forum and Stockholm International
Water Institute . It was set up in 2006 to help prepare for the water
review in 2008 of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development
2005 decision.
To consult and work with global stakeholders including governments
and UN Agencies and Programmes to identify priorities for the global
water and sanitation agenda, and help communicate those priorities to
decision-makers
Key focus in 2009: Raising profile of water for COP15
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Roadmap
December 2008
UNFCCC 14 Poznan
February 2009 UN CSD
March 2009 World Water
Forum
April 2009 UNFCCC
Prepcom 1 Bonn
May 2009 UN Commission
on Sustainable Development
• June 2009 UNFCCC
Prepcom 2 Bonn
• August 2009 UNFCCC
Prepcom 3 Bonn
• August 2009 Stockholm
World Water Week
• October 2009 UNFCCC
Prepcom 4 Bangkok
• November 2009 UNFCCC 5
Barcelona - Water And Day
• December 2009 UNFCCC
GPPN Activities
1. Advisory group made up of five governments, UN Water
and stakeholders
2. Consultation – multi-stakeholder (January-March)
3. Key Messages – report outlining priorities (April)
4. Side Events – generating discussion and debate (April.
June)
5. Workshop for negotiators – outlining key issues,
building support (June)
6. Text Amendments – direct response to draft negotiating
text (May-June)
7. Informal Government Group – Friends of Water –
Building relationships with negotiators (June, August)
Key Messages (1)
Integrated Land and Water Resources
Management
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• Economic development incorporating
ecosystem-based adaptation
• Regional and transboundary considerations
• Sector-orientated adaptation, but most crosssectoral considerations
Key Messages (2)
• Enhanced communication between climate
information providers and climate information
users eg water land, ecosystem people
• Increased engagement of water and land
sectors in Nairobi Work Programme
• Enhance capacity for sectoral actors to develop
and report on NAPAs .
Development of the AWG LCA Text
• No mentions of water in ANY of outcome documents from
COP13 and COP14
• One mention of water in draft negotiating text in April
2009
• Increase to 11 direct mentions of water in the whole AWG
LCA text during the session in June 2009, 7 under
Adaptation. Now in advanced text for Bangkok 12 mentions
Also indirect references
N.B As a result the text increased from 53 to 200 pages
Suggested text from the secretariat
3. The
serious adverse effects of climate change, notably those on
crop production and food security, marine and coastal
ecosystems, coastal livelihood, water resources and human
health, ecosystems
14i Protect and sustainably manage the natural resource base,
and recognize that ecosystems and the goods and services they
provide (such as water, food, soil protection and carbon capture
etc.) underpin resilience and are fundamental to support human
adaptation and sustainable development;
23f iii Applying climatic information in sectoral planning as well as
in cross-sectoral planning such as integrated water resources
management
Some examples of land text in the AD HOC WORKING GROUP ON LONGTERM COOPERATIVE ACTION UNDER THE CONVENTION
14 e. [Promote cross sectoral priorities especially integrated
land and water resources management] [Adaptation
planning should integrate land and water resources
management at the ecosystem, watershed, or other
appropriate scale];]
19 m Take into account land degradation.]
23 e [Reduce perverse incentives that encourage
unsustainable land uses,
46 k Clarifying and securing land tenure and planning – i.e.
allocation, ownership and control over lands and resources;
Way Forward
Call for existing references to remain in the text
• Call for - Regional Adaptation Plans of Action (RAPAs)
• Clearer message on the need for international institutional
arrangements to bring water and climate communities
together & enhance capacity for adaptive water
management
• Look outside the ‘water and land boxes’. Engage with
political processes. Bridge agendas
• Engage with ‘Water Day’ at the Barcelona in November –
where there will be a session on Land and Water
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Lessons for the Land Community
•Great input at UNFCCC on Land Day organised
by UNCCD
•Dialogues on Climate Change Adaption for Land
and Water Management
•There is land text in the UNFCCC text
•Meet with your climate negotiators in capital
(often between now and Copenhagen)
Lessons for the Land Community
•Maybe set up a meta- network for the Land
Community or utilise the one set up for the water
community around the UNFCCC
•Set up a government contact group of ‘climate
negotiators’ ‘Friends of Land’ or again utilise the
‘Friends of Water’ •Be at the negotiations – every day – drink a lot of
coffee
•Organise side events and workshops
Beyond COP15?
•Start working now on the post ‘Nairobi work
programme’
•Integrate climate negotiators in any workshops
you organise
•Ensure that you are in constant discussion with
the UNFCCC secretariat
•Convert Principles into Policy recommendations
Stakeholder Forum books
"We can't solve problems by using the same
kind of thinking we used when we created
them.“
Albert Einstein
Felix Dodds
Executive Director
http://gppn.stakeholderforum.org