Don’t Waste Good Catastrophes:

Aligning DRR, Water, and Climate

Agendas

World Water Week 201928 August 2019

Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), Deltares, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, German

Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), IUCN, UNECE, the World Bank

Susanne DorasilHead of Division on Water, Urban Development,

Mobility, German Ministry of Economic

Cooperation and Development

Worldwater.io

UNDRR 2019

UNISDR (2015): The Human Cost of Weather-Related Disasters 1995-2015, p. 13

Opportunities and options for integrating climate change adaptation with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030.Technical paper by the secretariat of the technical examination process on adaptation (TEP-A). 2017

BMZ (2019): Comprehensive Risk Management: https://www.bmz.de/en/publications/type_of_publication/information_flyer/information_brochures/Materilie400_risk_managem

ent.pdf

Fostering Practical Coherence

for Resilience

350 Mio. Euro on averageper year to water

23 % of bilateral adaptation finance went into the water

sector

1) Harmonized Action Plans

2) Ownership in National Planning Strategies

3) Knowledge on Disaster and Climate Risk processes

Save human lifes

Secure preconditions of sustainabledevelopment

Reduce economic loss and damage

Water Authorities and Experts

Manage Risks „from below“

Thank you very much!

Ingrid TimboePolicy Director

Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA)

Ingrid TimboePolicy Director, Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA)

28 August 2019

Water as a means of coherence between Agenda 2030, the Paris Agreement and Sendai Framework

for Disaster Risk Reduction

Connecting the dots between policy frameworks

• The major global agreements of 2015 have many overlapping aims, but implementation remains divided and largely incoherent at the highest levels

• This fragmentation means that potential co-benefits are not realized and can lead to the duplication or triplication of work and inefficient use of resources –financial, human and natural

• Worse, uncoordinated action in one area may inadvertently heighten risks or undermine progress in other areas

Connecting the dots between policy frameworks

Climate-aware disaster preparation could help to reduce or avoid impacts from climate change-intensified hazards while DRR recovery processes can accelerate climate adaptation by recognizing past conditions may no longer be useful targets

Well-managed adaptation options that reduce the vulnerability of human and natural systems align with the SDGs, for example:• ensuring food and water security, • reducing disaster risks, • improving health conditions, • maintaining ecosystem services, • and reducing poverty and inequality

Water as the great enabler of resilience

• Water is both an instrument of disaster and a key to a thriving, resilient future

• Mainstreaming resilient water management practices can have important benefits for reducing disaster risk, increasing adaptive capacity, and supporting sustainable and equitable development

• Resilient water policies can also provide structure for coherence between the global frameworks

“Watering” the implementation vehicles

• 2020 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)

• 2020 National Disaster Plans under the Sendai Framework• Prevention pays – greater focus on preparation measures also has benefits for

climate change adaptation

• Focus on institutions as well as policies

Maria Carreño LindelienProject Officer, Global Water Programme

IUCN

Rafael CarmonaGeneral Coordinator

Mexico City Water System (SACMEX)

Rajiv AhalDirector, Natural Resource Management

GIZ India

Implemented by

Reviving traditional tank structures:

An effective response to multi-disaster issuesExperiences from Champavathi River Basin, Andhra Pradesh, India

Indo-German Project on Water Security & Climate Adaptation in Rural India

• Rain-fed river flowing through Vizianagaram

District.

• Agriculture is the main livelihood activity in the

area, and 75% is rain-fed.

• The area has experienced floods

(18 times), cyclones (11 times) and droughts (8

times) in the past

30 years.

• Champavathi feeds 3,673 traditional tanks

(earthen bund structures), linked in124 tank

cascades with a total capacity of 11,519 mc ft.

• The tanks had become dysfunctional/

encroached over the years.

• The Indo-German project piloted revival of 2

tank cascades including 78 tanks and

developed the model for scale-up.

Champavathi

River Basin

Reviving traditional tank structures: Experiences from India

(Map only for reference purpose. GIZ is not responsible for the

accuracy or validity)

Reviving traditional tank structures: Experiences from India (Photo credits ©GIZ/ Travelling Tripod Films LLP)

Ministry of Rural Development

State Rural Development Department

State Agriculture Department & Research

Station

State Ground Water Department

District Water Management Agency

State Animal Husbandry Department

State Water Resources Department

State Space Application Centre

DHAN Foundation

GIZ

Before intervention

After intervention

Oora Cheruvu

Key impacts

• 78 tanks revived to act as flood protectors and drought mitigators. Remaining tanks are now being revived by the State Government.

• 167,794 person-days of wage employment under MGNREGA during 2017-18.

• Tank User Associations, Farmer Field Schools for enhancing sustainability.

• Enhanced resilience enabling 300 farmers to do double cropping instead of single cropping.

• Alternate livelihood options such as fisheries in tanks have been developed for risk mitigation.

Reviving traditional tank structures: Experiences from India (Photo credits ©GIZ/ Travelling Tripod Films LLP)

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Reviving traditional tank structures: Experiences from India

Caroline BrownEngagement Manager

Pegasys

Gender and Livelihoods AdvisorClimate Resilient Infrastructure Development Facility

World Water Week 2019Don’t waste good catastrophes: aligning DRR, water and climate agendas

28 August 2019

Caroline Brown

Delivering Resilient Water Infrastructure in Southern Africa

Kufandada, Zimbabwe Case Study

A Climate Catastrophe: Drought in the Save River

Basin, Zimbabwe

Basin-wide implications for the Save River Basin

Localised livelihood challenge in Kufandada, Zimbabwe

Extended drought & increasingly erratic

rainfall

Subsistence rainfed farming in the Save

River BasinLow crop yields Riverbank cultivation

Impacts quality & quantity of water for

downstream usersErosion and siltationof water source

Key to creating basin-wide impact lies in developing resilient livelihood projects at scale, by designing them to respond to current and future impacts of climate change

How do we achieve this in a systematic,

efficient and scientifically robust

manner?

Key to determining the most appropriate project responses / typologies lies in engaging project stakeholders to understand local dimensions, changes and challenges over generations, etc

Preparing resilient projects: applying climate tools and approaches

Climate Resilient Portfolio of Projects

Basin-wide strategic planning

Project screening & scoping

Bankability / Feasibility design

Financial Closure

Regional Climate Scenarios

Climate Resilient Development Pathways

Livelihood Vulnerability Hotspot Mapping

Vulnerability Mapping Tool

Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Tool

Climate Change Risk Assessment

Influencing strategic plans by understanding what the major climate and developmental drivers and risks are, results in individual projects being inherently more resilient. Preparing a vulnerability baseline and identifying future

climate risks to the project (physical infra, the services it provides, and to project beneficiaries) is critical to ensuring its sustainability.

Key learnings and outcomes from the Kufandada Case Study

Final Project Design

Notable project benefits & outcomes

Basin-wide impact

✓ Regular, accessible water supply

✓ Abstraction and storage facilities

✓ Irrigation infrastructure

✓ Improved WASH infrastructure

✓ Solar power for pumping & hospital back-up source

120 subsistence farmers as beneficiaries

40 patients/night at Bikita Rural Hospital as beneficiaries

Increased incomes from increased yields

Reduced time spent collecting water, esp. women

Reduced incidence of water-borne diseases

Halted river bank cultivation – reduced erosion

Successful partnership with Zimbabwe Super Seeds

Development of a Green

Climate Fund Application to

support 20 similar schemes

throughout the Save Basin,

with an estimated 15 745

direct beneficiaries

For more information on CRIDF’s livelihood projects, visit: http://cridf.net/livelihoods-projects/

Dumitru ProcaSenior Specialist

Moldavian Agency for Water Resources

Transboundary Dniester Basin

Mr. Dumitru Proca, Senior specialist,

Moldavian Agency for Water Resources

World Water Week 2019, Stockholm, the 28th of August

Republic of Moldova

The entire

Dniester basin

surface is equal to

72100 km2,it

covers over 19200

km2 of the RM or

26,5% of the total

basin surface.

The length of the

Dniester river is

about 1350 km. It

begins from the

mountains Karpaty

and flows into the

Black Sea.

Institutional and legal background

for transboundary cooperation

• Moldo-Ukrainian Commission for sustainable use and protection of the Dniester river basin,

https://dniester-commission.com/en/joint-management/dniester-commission/

• Treaty between Government of the Republic of Moldova and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on cooperation on conservation and sustainable development of the Dniester River basin, https://dniester-commission.com/en/joint-management/dniester-commission/

• Activities of Commission are focused on the joint water resources management by means of qualitative and quantitate monitoring on the river, prevention of emergency cases related to excessive water discharge or water pollution, as well as setting up climate change adaptation measures in the transboundary perspective. http://apelemoldovei.gov.md/libview.php?l=ro&idc=108&id=1065

Support to adaptation to climate change and

risk reduction of emergency situation (ES)

Analyses of climate change impact on water resources of the Dniester basin

and vulnerability assessment of the basin to climate change.

Strategic framework for climate change adaptation for the Dniester basin and

its implementation plan (regarding ES). https://dniester-

commission.com/en/publications/climate-change/

Aimed at the further strenghening capacities for common management of

Dniester basin against flood and drought risk problems.

GEF project ”Enabling transboundary cooperation and integrated water

resources management in the Dniester basin” (2017-2020). https://dniester-

commission.com/en/dniester-river-basin/climate-change/

The future transboundary management plan for the Dniester basin will include

measures on adaptation to climate change and on risk reduction of ES.

Tools for adaptation and reduction of

emergency situation risks in Dniester basin

• Restoration of forests and wetland zones.

Modifying the Rules on exploitation of the Dniester reservoirs, aimed at optimization of the Dniester hydrological regime, taking into consideration both the needs of all water users and ecosystems (wetlands).

Ensuring the ecological water discharge annually (which lasts for 30 days

during April-May) by means of Interinstitutional Commission, which foresees:

good conditions (increased amount of water) for fish reproduction,

watering the wetland zones (Low Dniester),

sediments removal from the bottom of the Dniester.

Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

of the Republic of Moldova• By Governmental Decision no. 1009 from 10th of December 2014 has been approved the Strategy of the Republic of

Moldova regarding adaptation to climate change by 2020 and the Action Plan for its implementation.

The Aim of the Climate Change Adaptation Strategy of the Republic of Moldova is: “to ensure a framework when the

country’s social and economic development is resilient to the future impacts of climate change”.

In terms of UE Flood Directive 2007/60 in Republic of Moldova by Governmental Decision no. 887 from 11th

of November 2013 have been approved the Regulations on Flood Risk management.

Preliminary assessment of flood risks,

Development of hazard and risk maps for floods,

Development of flood risks management plans.

By Governmental Decision no. 779 from 04th of October 2013 have been approved the Regulation regarding planning of drought management

Thank you for attention!

• dima.proca@apele.gov.md

Apele Moldovei facilitates the realization of

activities regarding institutional requirements

for watershed management and the

establishment of governance tools

Break-out Group Discussion Questions

1. From your experience, what are some examples of specific tools

and / or approaches being used to promote and improve coherence

between climate and DRR? What has worked well? How could they

be improved and what is needed to achieve improvement?

2. Are transboundary perspectives accounted for in addressing

disasters and climate change in your basin / country? In what

ways?

3. What are some necessary political steps towards a more

integrated approach of water, disaster and climate management?

Niels VlaanderenCoordinator, International Water Affairs

Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment

Kingdom of the Netherlands