Transcript climate change, water/land use

Rationale & Background
 Shorter WWDR3,
 Enhance contents, visibility and reach of
WWDR3,
 In-depth and wider coverage of key issues,
sectors, topics and debates
 Ongoing process between WWDR3 (2009)
and WWDR4
Side Publications: An Overlook
 30 suggested side publications from
prominent organizations (predominantly
from within the UN family)
 UNESCO/PCCP, UNW-DPC, WMO,
UNDP, UNEP, IFAD, UNU-INWEH ,
OAS, ICHARM etc.
 Wide range of topics, from cooperation to
capacity development, IWRM, sanitation,
climate change, water-related disasters,
water scenarios etc...
Overview
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS: scientific research
linked to peer-reviewed publications
INSIGHTS: analysis by contributing
authors to WWDR3 expanding on core
issues (groundwater, sanitation, etc..)
DIALOGUE SERIES: topics and sectors
beyond water to which water is crosscutting (biodiversity, poverty alleviation,
land use, etc..)
5TH WORLD WATER FORUM
 First batch: 17 publications have been
published alongside the WWDR3
 Today’s Panel: 14 papers
 Discussion/debates around the WWDR3’s
key messages
Getting Out of the Box: Linking Water to
Decisions about Sustainable Development
 By achieving social and economic development
objectives and sustaining development
 By properly managing water as a critical resource
to survival and well-being of individuals
 “IWRM Implementation in Basins, Sub-basins and
Aquifers: State of the Art Review”, by UNESCO-IHP
(Miguel Doria)
 “IWRM in Action”, by DHI Water Policy and UNEP-DHI
Centre for Water and Environment (Henrik Larsen)
Understand what Drives Pressures on
Water
 Demographic, economic and social drivers:
inter-linked and interacting
 Climate change and possible futures
 “Water Adaptation- Freshwater in Climate Adaptation
Planning and Climate Adaptation in Freshwater
Planning”, by UNDP (Hakan Tropp)
 “Climate Changes, Water Vulnerability and Possible
Remedies for the Middle East - with a few Selected
Cases”, by UNESCO-PCCP (Jon-Martin Trondalen)
 “Confronting the Challenges of Climate Variability and
Change Through an Integrated Strategy for the
Sustainable Management of the La Plata River Basin”, by
OAS (Cletus Springer/ Jorge Rucks )
Use of Water: Multi-Dimensional
Benefits
Evolution of use for industry, energy and
development: Water footprints, navigation
(including in inland waters) as a critical factor of
development and communication.
“Water Footprint Analysis (Hydrologic and Economic) of the
Guadiana River Basin”, by Ramon Llamas & Maite Aldaya
“Inland Waterborne Transport: Connecting Countries”, by
PIANC (Ian White, Anne McCann)
Use of Water: Multi-Dimensional
Benefits
Impacts of water use on water systems and
the environment
Manage competition for water and pressure
on ecosystems
 «Water Security and Ecosystems Services: The Critical
Connection», by UNEP (Tim Kasten)
The Evolution of the Resource
 Global Warming
 Evolving hazards: floods, erosion,
landslides; droughts, loss of wetland;
chemical and biological pollution of water
quality and in-stream ecosystems
 “A Multi-Model Experiment to assess and cope with
Climate Change Impacts on the Châteauguay Watershed
in Southern Quebec”, by Ouranos, University of Munich,
& Centre d’Expertise Hydrique du Québec (Luc Vescovi)
 « Water and Climate Change in Quebec », by Ouranos,
Ministry of Transport of Quebec and Hydro-Quebec (Luc
Vescovi)
 « Global Trends of Water-related Disaster - an Insight for
Policymakers », by ICHARM (Yoganath Adikari)
Responses and Choices
 The need for reliable information about the
state of the resource and how it is changing
in response to external drivers (climate
change, water/land use)
 “Investing in Information, Knowledge and Monitoring”
by WWAP Secretariat (James Winpenny)
Options Inside and Outside the Water Box
 Inside: Institutional development,
stakeholder participation and transparency,
partnerships and coordination shared
benefits; greater institutional capacity
(education, public awareness raising..)and
human capacity, water governance reform
 Outside: risk management; identify tradeoffs and synergies between water and
other policy impacts in all sectors;
decisions taken by governments, civil
society and business leaders.
 “Institutional Capacity Development in Transboundary
Waters”, by UNW-DPC (Charlotte van der Schaaf)
 “Water and Climate Change: Citizen Mobilization, a
Source of Solution”, by ISW ( (Marie-Joëlle Fluet)
The Way Forward
 Get beyond unsustainable development and inequitable
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access to water resources
Achieve social and economic development objectives
and sustain development
Properly manage water resources as critical to survival
and well-being of individuals
Increase investment in water infrastructure and
capacity development
Combine efforts between leaders in the water domain
(know-how) and leaders in government, the private
sector and civil society (decision-makers on devlopment
objectives and allocation of human and financial
resources)