Drought solutions and integrated water resource management – Experiences from the IDMPFREDERIK PISCHKE

GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP (GWP) / WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (WMO) INTEGRATED DROUGHT MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME ( IDMP)

2 DECEMBER 2015– UNFCCC COP 21 SESSION: “CLIMATE IS WATER: SOLUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE”

Integrated Drought Management Programme Background

Launched in 2013 at High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policies (HMNDP) to support implementation of its outcomes

[Excerpt of HMNDP final declaration, emphasis added]

• Develop proactive drougth impact mitigation, preventive and planning measures, risk management, fostering of science, appropriate technology and innovation, public outreach and resource management as key elements of effective national drought policy

• Promote greater collaboration to enhance the quality of local/national/regional/global observation networks and delivery systems

• Improve public awareness of drought risk and preparedness for drought

• Consider, where possible [...]risk reduction, risk sharing and risk transfer tools in drought management plans

• Link drought management plans to local/national development policies

IDMP Regional Programmes

and Country Support

Support action and implementation on the ground,

adding to existing efforts strength of IDMP and its 30

partners

Central and Eastern Europe (2012): Bulgaria, Czech Republic,

Hungary, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine

Horn of Africa (2014): Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South

Sudan, Sudan and Uganda.

West Africa (2015): First in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali, and then share

lessons learned with other neighbouring countries through the WMO partners,

GWP Country Water Partnerships and other partners.

South Asia Drought Monitoring System (2014) with IWMI

Mexico (2013), Turkey (2013)

Framework:

National Drought Management Policy Guidelines

• Adapting of 10-step process by Don Wilhite

(National Drought Mitigation Center at the

University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

• Response to need articulated at High-level

Meeting on National Drought Policy

(HMNDP)

• Template that can be adapted to national

realities and needs Central and Eastern

Europe

• Building on existing risk management

capacities

Success factors to foster prevention, mitigation and preparedness

Build on existing Disaster Risk Management frameworks – avoiding compartemantilization yet providing specificity (Central and Eastern Europe; Uganda)

Bridge and integrate holistically rather than isolate risk (Horn of Africa)

Reconcile condradictory policy recommendations and move from crisis management to risk reduction – move from regular financial ”emergency” assistance to measures supporting on-farm management of risks – shift in culture(Australia, Namibia, Horn of Africa, Mexico)

Allignment of different levels of government to a risk management plan (Uganda, Mexico)

Seize opportunities of awareness to strengthen Drought Risk Reduction (Horn of Africa, Central America)

Political commitment, high-level engagement, clear responsibilities at central and local level (Mexico)

Some, limited resources needed to start and drive the process with the awareness that benefits outweigh the costs

Focus on implementation – enforcement and early action (Horn of Africa, West Africa)Translation of plans into budgetary processesAdequate government and community ownership difficult with slow-onset, invisible issues

Political commitment, high-level engagement, clear responsibilities at central and local levelHigh- Level Engagement:

IGAD Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI):

- High-level political commitment following drought in 2010

- Challenges to involve stakeholders outside government

- Strengthen of water resources management

- Ensure that prevention, preparedness and mitigation efforts are owned at local level as well as national level

A multi-stakeholder platform with active participation of all levels of society

Effective decentralization Active community participation in planning, decision making

and implementation essential to move from policy to practice

Horizontal Integration: bring together partners from different disciplines and sectors

to find solutions (sectoral approaches from the past are limited in reducing drought impacts).

Inclusive platform to highlight approaches to Integrated Drought Management of its partners, with a spirit that more can be achieved working together

Drawing on the principles of Integrated Water Resources Management

Vertical Integration: Connects and exchanges experiences among the global,

regional, national and local level.Currently 3028 partners, participating through 13 Regional and 86 Country Water Partnerships

Drought monitoring, early warning and risk assessment

Key components of South Asia Drought Monitoring System:

• Feedback loop between providers and users of information

• Use both remote sensing and ground truth data with a view to Integrate Seasonal Forecast (South Asia Climate Outlook Forum

• Clear focal point at national and regional level coupled with multi-stakeholder platform to ensure uptake

Assessment of drought in Central America:

• Identify direct impacts and secondary impacts

”Dont’t Waste the Drought”

– drought as an opportunity to reimagine the management and use of water

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Conclusions

• An integrated approach to drought management, with strong technical basis but in which different disciplines and sectors join to find solutions

• Connect and exchange experiences among the global, regional, national and local level

• Use multi-stakeholder platforms at the global and national level

• Highlight successful cases of integration & benefits of actions

• Wealth of knowledge exist - close gaps in knowledge and in communicating apply existing knowledge

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