cs51: managing water adaptively: no regrets by ania grobick

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Mana in water ada tivel : no re rets

Presentation to the Asian Development Bank

Dr Ania Grobicki

Executive SecretaryGWP



GWP organised round tables and training seminars to help findcommon ground on Aral Sea Basin transboundary issues.

nv ronmen a pro ems ge a en on A GWP dialogue convened stakeholders to urgently addressproblems of the Wei River, the largest tributary of the YellowRiver.

Water boosts rural development GWP helped Fujian's Department of Water Resources toincrease water productivity to improve rural livelihoods.



Groundwater use in Dhaka to be reduced

GWP contributed to understanding alternatives togroundwater and options for improving surface waterquality. Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authorityundertook to reduce dependency on groundwater from87% to 50% by 2015.

Vietnam endorses IWRM approach

by GWP adopted a recommendation to strengthenriver basin organisations, paving the way for publicparticipation.



What do these outcomes have in common?

through high-level policy dialogues• Addressing water quality and water allocation issues,

recognizing environmental deterioration and taking steps

to rectify it saving and diversification of water sources

• Enabling innovative solutions to river basin management

to emerge through involving stakeholders andcommunities



So - what do these outcomes have

• Reducing levels of risk and uncertainty

• Enabling people to adapt to rapid

environmental chan e

• Enabling communities, cities and countries



GWP´s core strengths

• –

including domestic water supply, energy, agriculture, industry,environment …. working with both floods and droughts

•

• Doing IWRM in different ways in different contexts – IWRM as a

process whose outcome is an improvement in people´s level of

• Bringing together people from different sectors to develop betterunderstanding of problems and identify common solutions –

media ….

• Bringing together stakeholders on a neutral platform for dialogue



GWP Action on Disaster Management

•

• Also developing substantive links with ISDR (InternationalStrategy on Disaster Reduction) and other partners

10 years in existence : knowledge, tools, guidelines, training

– Launched HelpDesk for Integrated Flood Management in 2009See www.apfm.info

– Lauched at the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction

(Geneva, June 2009) …. Uptake by 28 countries

– Now creating a similar programme on Integrated Drought



GWP strategy

for

climate

change

adaptation

:Building resilience through water security

Better climate information

Disaster RiskReduction

Disaster RiskReduction

Climate ChangeAda tation

Climate ChangeAda tation

WaterWater

GWP´s role :- Reaching out to the climate community, the disaster managementcommunity- ,regional level and global level- Stressing that better water management is the key to climate adaptation



Be ond Co enha en

Copenhagen, November 2008

Dialogue on Adaptation to Hanoi, January 2009 Bamako, February 2009

Water Management

Istanbul, March 2009 Nairobi, April 2009

The Nairobi Statement

G8, Italy, July 2009GWP written input :“Climate Adaptationis Water Ada tation”

Geneva, Aug/Sept 2009

World Climate ConferenceOpening plenary speech: Almedalsveckan

2009Barcelona, November 2009

Side Event at Water Day

Copenhagen, December 2009

water & climate services an server wStakeholder Forum

GWP accredited by UNFCCC: IGO Observer StatusSide Event : “Bridging the Water and Climate Agendas”

“Water Management, Water Security and Climate Change Adaptation”One Page Briefing Note + contributions to “Outreach”

Led to : “Beyond COP15 : Building Resilience through Water Security”

Beyond COP15 :Regional Dialogues;

+ GWP input intoReview of

Nairobi WorkProgramme on

Adaptation

GWP input inBonn, June 2010;

COP16 in

Adaptation Fund ancun, ec



People’s efforts to adapt to climate change



GWP engaged in global climate processes:

• World Climate Conference-3



- Round Table on climate change,Beijing, April 2010- Minister Chen Lei and hi h-ranking figures from EnergyMinistry, Environment Ministry,National Development Reform

Council (NDRC)



Common Regional Framework agreedfor managing floods in South Asia



specific flood management policies



GWP Pakistan pursues fundingfor climate change adaptation



GWP Philippines leading knowledge



GWP Peru offers course on ClimateChange, Glacier Retreat and IWRM



GWP Mali takes first steps tointegrating IWRM with National

Adaptation Programme of Action(NAPA)



Key messages

• Better water management is a risk reduction strategy• Better water mana ement is inherentl ada tive

• Better water management brings no regrets – investment

now improves people´s lives• Better water management leads to water security



GWP and ADB

• Seeking engagement with Regional Development Banksincluding ADB

• GWP Consulting Partners meeting in Stockholm

(Saturday, 4 September 2010)• Seeking to link the Country Water Partnerships and

Regional Water Partnerships with ADB staff and clients

•implementation of ADB-financed projects

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