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UK Contribution to International Freshwater Issues. Andras Szöllösi-Nagy Deputy Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences Secretary, International Hydrological Programme UNESCO. The UN Year. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
UK Contribution to International Freshwater Issues
Andras Szöllösi-NagyDeputy Assistant Director-General for Natural SciencesSecretary, International Hydrological ProgrammeUNESCO
The UN Year
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
International Hydrological Programme (IHP)
International Hydrological Programme (IHP)
• 1965-1974 : IHD [Experimental Basins, World Cat. Of Very Large Floods, World Water Balance & WR of the E]
• 1975-1980 : IHP-I• 1981-1983 : IHP-II• 1984-1989 : IHP-III• 1990-1995 : IHP-IV Hydrology and Water Resources for
Sustainable Development• 1996-2001 : IHP-V Hydrology and Water Resources in a
Vulnerable Environment• 2002-2007 : IHP-VI Water Interactions: Systems at Risk
and Social Challenges
Water Interactions : Water Interactions :
Systems at Risk and Social Systems at Risk and Social ChallengesChallenges
Plan for the International Hydrological Programmeof UNESCO - Phase VI
(2002-2007)
IHP VI (2002-2007)
• Examples of Interactions– Surface water and groundwater– Atmospheric and terrestrial part of hydrologic
circle– Freshwater and salt water– Global watershed and river reach scales– Water bodies, terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems– Water and society– Science and policy– Water and civilization
IHP VI (2002-2007)
• The Plan for the 6th Phase of IHP has 2 major objectives:– To identify the most crucial water-related
research issues emanating from the multiple identified water-related problems at the turn of the millennium (cataloguing and classifying research problems);
– To identify activities and interested countries and organizations committed to particular focal areas and/or activities (Work Plan of IHP-VI)
Interlinkages of IHP-VI, HELP and FRIEND
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T1T1
T2T2
T3T3
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IHP VI (2002-2007)
• Theme 1 (T1) Global Changes and Water Resources• Theme 2 (T2) Integrated Watershed and Aquifer
Dynamics• Theme 3 (T3) Land Habitat Hydrology• Theme 4 (T4) Water and Society• Theme 5 (T5) Water Education and Training
Two cross-cutting programme components (CCPCs): FRIEND (Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data) and HELP (Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy) have been identified which, through their operational concept, interact with all themes.
Interlinkages of IHP-VI, HELP and FRIEND
T 5T 5
T1T1
T2T2
T3T3
TT44
JIIHP ISI IFP
Associated Programmes
UNESCO Chairs in Water
UNESCO Institutes /Centers
UNESCO -IHEInstitute for
Water Education
Existing Institutes / Centers
• UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (Delft, The Netherlands)• RCUWM - Regional Center on Urban Water Management (Tehran, I.R. of
Iran)• Regional Center for Training and Water Studies of Arid and Semiarid
Zones (Cairo, Egypt)• CATHALAC - Center for the Humid Tropics of LAC (Panama City, Panama)• Humid Tropics Hydrology Center for SE Asia and the Pacific (Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia)• IRTCUD - International Research and Training Center on Urban Drainage
(Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro)• IRTCES - International Research and Training Center on Erosion and
Sedimentation (Beijing, China)• IGRAC - International Groundwater Resources Assessment Center
(Utrecht, The Netherlands)• CAZALAC - Water Center for Arid and Semiarid Regions of LAC (La
Serena, Chile)
Future Centers in the Pipeline
• Regional Center for the Management of Shared Groundwater Resources (Tripoli, Libya)
• Regional Center on Urban Water Management for LAC (Bogota, Colombia)
• Regional Center for Ecohydrology (Warsaw, Poland)
• International Center on Qanats and Historic Hydraulic Structures (Yazd, I.R. of Iran)
• Center on the Global Water Cycle (UNH, New Hampshire, USA)
• Regional Center on Drought for Sub-Saharan Africa (site to be identified)
Programmes
• FRIEND• HELP• WWAP• PCCP / WCF
Flow Regimes from International Experimental and
Network Data
Flow Regimes from International Experimental and
Network Data
An International Collaborative Study
in Regional Hydrology
An International Collaborative Study
in Regional Hydrology
FRIEND : Approach
• Development of international hydrological databases containing– time series of daily river flows– spatial data e.g. digitised catchment boundaries,
climate, land-use, and soil type• Conduct research in small international project groups on
specified themes• Adopt common approaches to the analysis of data from
different regions • Exchange of data, models and analysis techniques
between researchers in different countries• Disseminate results through training courses, workshops,
conferences, exchange visits and annual meetings of project groups.
Research themes NE AMHY S Africa AOC Nile HKHAsianPacific
AMIGO
Database
Low flows and water resources
Regime variability
Long time series: models and trends
Extreme rainfall and runoff estimation
Rainfall-runoff modelling
Physical processes
Sediment transport
Water quality
Snow and glaciers
Integrated catchment management
FRIEND Research Themes
To deliver social, economic and environmental benefit to stakeholders through sustainable and appropriate use of water by directing hydrological science towards improved integrated catchment management basins
Hydrology for the Environment, Life and
Policy (HELP)
Compiled from Mike Bonell, Jim Shuttleworth and Jim Wallace
...
Real peopleReal catchmentsReal answersHELP
...
“Paradigm Lock ”
Real peopleReal catchmentsReal answersHELP
Isolated by legal and professional precedence
……based on outdated knowledge and technology
Process hydrology Water managers and stakeholders
ideasresearch
understanding implementation
outputdesign
Isolated by lack of proven utility
Acceptedpractices
DEMONSTRATION DRAINAGE BASINS
Financially underpinned
by donors and national
sources
Selection of 5-10 demonstration drainage basins (104
-106 km²) worldwide
Addressing the most
critical water policy
issues
...Real peopleReal catchmentsReal answersHELP
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A u s tra la s ia3 . M o tu e k a (N e w Z e a la n d )4 . M o u n t L o fty (A u s tra lia )5 . M u rru m b id g e e , s u b -b a s in o f M u rra y D a r lin g (A u s tra lia )
A s ia6 . N E o f T h a ila n d a n d V ie tn a m e s e D e lta , s u b -b a s in s o f M e k o n g (6 c o u n tr ie s in A s ia )7 . S u b e rn a r e k h a ( In d ia )8 . Y a s u o r T a m a (J a p a n )9 . A ra l S e a (C e n tra l A s ia ) 1 0 . W a la w e (S r i L a n k a )1 1 . T a r im (C h in a )
E u ro p e1 2 . H e ra u lt ( F ra n c e )1 3 . D a n u b e (5 c o u n tr ie s in E u ro p e )1 4 . S p re e -H a v e l (G e rm a n y )1 5 . U p p e r S e v e rn (U K )1 6 . T h a m e s (U K )
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H E L P P IL O T P H A S E D R A IN A G E B A S IN S
A fr ic a1 . O lifa n ts (S o u th A fr ic a ,
M o z a m b iq u e )2 . T h u k e la (S o u th A fr ic a )
N o rth a n d C e n tra l A m e ric a1 7 . L a k e O n ta r io (U S A , C a n a d a )1 8 . R e d -A r k a n s a s /L it t le W a s h ita (U S A )1 9 . S a n P e d ro (U S A , M e x ic o )2 0 . L u q u illo M o u n ta in s (P u e rto R ic o )2 1 . P a n a m a C a n a l (P a n a m a )2 2 . Y a k im a (W a s h in g to n , U S A )2 3 . H u d s o n (N Y & N J , U S A )
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A s ia6 . N E o f T h a ila n d a n d V ie tn a m e s e D e lta , s u b -b a s in s o f M e k o n g (6 c o u n tr ie s in A s ia )7 . S u b e rn a r e k h a ( In d ia )8 . Y a s u o r T a m a (J a p a n )9 . A ra l S e a (C e n tra l A s ia ) 1 0 . W a la w e (S r i L a n k a )1 1 . T a r im (C h in a )
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PLAYERSUNESCO (IHP)
WMO (HWRP)
GEWEXCLIVAR
IGBP
IAHS
IAEA NASA...
GTOS
ICSU
CGIAR/CIP IWMI
GWP
The State of The World’sFreshwater Resources
World Water Assessment Programme
(WWAP)
The Mandate
• By co-ordinating the concerns and activities of 23 UN agencies to:
– Identify and describe the nature of water crises.
– Assess the coping capacity of societies.
– Assess the effectiveness of policies.
– Develop indicators to monitor and report progress against targets.
– Enhance capacities of the participating countries to perform in-country assessments.
Water Solidarity within the UN System
• Brought UN Agencies together in assessing water issues
• UN Water has recognized – WWDR as the flagship product– WWAP as the flagship programme
• WWDR recognized as the principle output of the UN system for the IYFW 2003
• Production of African Water Development Report
From Potential Conflict
to Co-operation Potential
Water for Peace
a contribution to
World Water Assessment Programme
Purpose:
To tip the balance in favour of co-operation potential
away from potential conflicts
in order to enhance water security
Target Groups
Institutions and individuals that manage shared water resources:
• Governments
• Donor and funding agencies
• Educators at all levels
• Professionals
• Current and future decision-makers
Operational objectives
Defining and Surveying Conflicts in Water Resources Management
Identifying possible PC and CP indicators
Providing Educational Material
Providing Decision Support Tools
Disseminating results and good practices
INTERNATIONAL WATER (CONFLICT MEDIATION) COOPERATION FACILITY
POSSIBLE PROJECTS POSSIBLE PROJECTS WHERE WE NEED YOUR WHERE WE NEED YOUR
HELPHELP
WATER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME FOR THE
UNESCO-IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION
UNESCO INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY FUND
FOR WATER
Multimedia teacher professional development for water education
Each of the 60 million teachers in the world is a key agent for bringing about the changes in lifestyles and systems we need. For this reason, teacher education is an important part of solving the looming water crisis.
In most countries very few teachers have the knowledge or skills to teach about water and sustainable development issues.
This is because there are very few resources to train the teachers. Teachers particularly need training the social and economic aspects of water in
addition to the traditional scientific approach - for example: water and health, water and food security, water and peace etc.
Fortunately, there is a wealth of information on these water topics already available online.
UNESCO wants to provide a framework that teachers can use to capitalise on these resources.
This can help improve the quality of education and encourage governments to adopt a broader view of water in syllabuses and learning materials.
Multimedia professional development allows us to take advantage of new Information and Communication Technologies - relatively inexpensive, accessible, flexible, up-to-date, interactive.
The History of Water and Civilization
A UNESCO book series on humanity’s interaction with water
– The use and management of water resources is one of humanity’s most ancient and most powerful activities - but its History remains to be written!
– This publication project is designed as a tool for a better understanding of the actual water challenge and a basis for wiser actions in the future.
Water History experts developed the series’ following sequence:
The History of Water and Civilization
• will foster research, collect and systemize findings on the historical interaction between water resources and human development; and
• disseminate this referential scientific information to the interested public, academics, and policy makers.
Adaptations of the series include:• Books for children, audiovisual productions, public information packets,
multimedia uses, and policy briefs.• Related events like seminars and conferences, but also International
Film Festivals and Exhibitions.
Based on the dialogue of the world’s cultures, this project is thought to act as a catalyst for a new holistic vision of humanity’s interaction with water.
UNESCO Water Portalwww.unesco.org/water
The challenge we all have
How to put water in the mindsof people?