Transcript RegionsAdapt`s presentation

Water resources and management working group
Meeting #5 – February 9th, 2017
Water resources and management working group
1) Introduction - RegionsAdapt Secretariat;
2) Discussion and approval of the Work Plan for 2017;
3) Information about upcoming events;
4) Closing remarks - RegionsAdapt Secretariat.
Water resources and management working group
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
6-17: WGs 5th Meetings
APRIL
10-20: WGs 6th Meetings
MAY
4-6 (Bonn): ICLEI Resilient Cities Conference
8-18 (Bonn): UNFCCC 1st Sessional Period
January 9th - Surveys to create 3 remaining WGs - March 20th
JUNE
1-14: WGs 7th Meetings
10-19 (NYC): HLPF
JULY
AUGUST
7-18: WGs 8th Meetings
SEPTEMBER
4-6/11-15: WGs 9th Meetings
1-14: New WGs 2nd Meetings
(tbc) Climate Summit Americas
7-18: New WGs 3rd Meetings
4-6/11-15: New WGs 4th Meetings
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
6-17 (Bonn): COP23
DECEMBER
JANUARY (2018)
3-26: Draft RA 2Y Report
17-25: WGs 10th Meetings
17-25: New WGs 5th Meetings
3-12: New WGs 1st Meetings
CDP checks and reviews submitted data
RA 2017 Report Draft
20/11 - 15/12: RA 2017 Report Draft (w/ CDP´s review)
April 4th - CDP States and Regions Platform: Reporting Window for 2017 - June 30th
4-6: nrg4SD GA
14-17: 29th Adaptation Fund Board
5: 2 Webinars (#5) with CDP on reporting
guidelines
(tbc) Conference in Rio Grande do Sul
20: Announcement of new WGs
30: Webinar (#4):
RA 2016 Disclosure Report
ORU GA (Basque Country, date tbc)
23-25 (Brussels): CoR Conference on
Adaptation
22-26 (Cancun): 5th Session of the Global
Platform for DRR (UNISDR)
26-30: Webinar (#6)
Webinar (#7)
Webinar (#8):
Launch RA 2017 Report
30: 30th Adaptation Fund Board
Preparing for extreme events
related to floods and droughts
Interactions between water
quality and climate change
adaptation
Compilation of cases
(participants send to Secretariat by end of March)
Publishing compilation
(Secretariat)
Developing common standards and elaborating projects with Partners that could be matched with fundraising and capacity building opportunities
Presenting results
at COP23
Compilation of cases
(participants send to Secretariat by end of March)
Publishing compilation
(Secretariat)
Developing common standards and elaborating projects with Partners that could be matched with fundraising and capacity building opportunities
Presenting results
at COP23
Collecting information
(participants send to Sec. before Feb. 28)
Establishing criterion and
indexes for cc adaptation
in the field of water mgt
Events
WGs Meetings (active since 2016)
New WGs Meetings (active since 2017)
Webinars
Reporting
2-Years Report (End of Pilot Phase)
Leveling information
(Secretariat shares all info
before 6th Meeting)
Project design: common methodology for cc adaptation index
(Participants + Secretariat)
Implementing pilots where possible (Participants) and fundraising outreach (Secretariat)
Presenting results
at COP23
31: Webinar (#9):
Launch of RA 2-Years Report
(w/ kpi results)
Water resources and management working group
Training materials recommended by our technical partner, UNDP Cap-Net:
- Integrated Water Resources Management as a tool for adaptation to climate change
(English, Español, Français, Português)
- Integrated Water Resources Management Plans (English, Español, Français, Português)
- Hydro-Climatic Disasters in Water Resources Management
- Integrated Urban Flood Management
- Drought Risk Management
- Drought Risk Reduction in Integrated Water Resources Management
Water resources and management working group
Bonn Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) – May 8-18, 2017
Forty-sixth sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 46) and Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 46) as well as the third part of the first session of the Ad
Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA 1-3). More info
Side-event: RegionsAdapt: Regional governments as key actors in climate change adaptation
RegionsAdapt is the first global initiative for regional governments to act, cooperate, and report efforts on climate adaptation. It also
includes seven working groups on key priority topics. The first report of the initiative confirms regional governments as key actors in
climate adaptation.
Please contact us before Feb. 24th if your Regional Government expects to attend the Conference.
Water resources and management working group
2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) – May 22-26 – Cancun
“The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (Global Platform), as recognized by the UN General Assembly, is
the main forum at the global level for strategic advice, coordination, partnership development and the review of
progress in the implementation of international instruments on disaster risk reduction. It was established in 2006 and
is now the world's foremost gathering of stakeholders committed to reducing disaster risk and building the resilience
of communities and nations.” More info
Side-event: Infrastructure resilience under growing stress from urbanization and climate change:
Experiences from countries, regions and cities in Latin America
This panel, jointly presented by the German cooperation GIZ, RegionsAdapt and ECLAC, will showcase the experiences of diverse
sectors in South American countries, regions and cities on Disaster Risk Reduction, Adaptation to Climate Change and building of
resilience in infrastructure planning.
Please contact us if your Regional Government expects to attend the Conference. Registrations are still open.