Transcript International water resources

The David Livingstone Legacy
International Development Agenda with 21st Century Technology
Barony Hall, 2 May 2013
Water Security and Climate Change
Dr Francesco Sindico
Reader in International Environmental Law
School of Law, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Water management for climate change Adaptation
Groundwater Resources and Climate
Change Adaptation
Groundwater Resources and Global
Water Security
Groundwater Resources, Global
Water Security and Transboundary
Aquifers
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More than 400 TBAs
have been identified
Only 4 are currently
regulated by some sort
of TBA specific legal
instruments
Emerging UN legal
principles on the
management of TBAs
Water Security and Climate Change at the Law School
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Multidisciplinary collaboration with the
Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering and the Department of
Accounting and Finance
Save the Date: 15-16 October, Glasgow
City Chambers, Banqueting Hall,
International Roundtable Conference
“International Water Cooperation and
Transboundary Aquifers”
University of Strathclyde contribution to the UN
International Year of Water Cooperation
Supported by major national and international
stakeholders
Particular interest in the management of
the Shire Valley TBA (Malawi and
Mozambique)
Water Security and Climate Change at the Law School
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Strathclyde Centre for Environmental
Law and Governance
LLM/PgDip/PgCert in Climate Change
Law and Policy
Unique programme tailored to a professional
audience
Capacity building and knowledge exchange
element embedded through links with partners
in developing countries
Set to start in September 2014
Thank you!
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Dr Francesco Sindico
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Reader in International Environmental Law, University of
Strathclyde Law School
Director, Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and
Governance
Programme Director, LLM in Climate Change Law and Policy
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