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UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
World Water Development Report
Jos TimmermanThe Netherlands
UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
World Water Day 22 March
• 2020 Theme: Water and Climate change
UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
Inception meeting 19-21 September 2018
UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
Part 1 – Context
Prologue: The state of water resources in the context of climate change (WMO, UNESCO-IHP and WWAP)
1: Climate change, water and sustainable development (WWAP, UNESCO-IHP and WMO)
2: The International policy frameworks (SIWI and WWAP)
Contents
UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
PART 2 – Challenges and opportunities
4: Water related extreme events and risk
management (UNU-INWEH)
5: Water, climate change and human health (WHO)
6: Agriculture and food security (FAO)
7: Energy and industry (UNIDO)
8: Human settlements (UN-Habitat)
9: Integration/NEXUS section (WWAP)
Contents
UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
PART 3 – Regional Perspectives (GWP, ECE, ECLAC, ESCAP, ESCWA and ECA, WWAP and
other regional offices/agencies)
Contents
UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
PART 4 – An enabling environment11: Governance (UNDP)12: Financial and economic instruments
(World Bank)13: Technological innovation, knowledge
(management) and capacity development, R&D (UNESCO and UNU-INWEH)
14: Concluding remarks (WWAP)
Contents
UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
AGWA, Aquafed, CDP-BAFWAC, FAO, GWP, IAH, IAHS, ICHARM, IGRAC, IHE, IIASA, ILO, IWMI,
OHCHR, RAMSAR, SIWI, UNDP, UNECE, UNESCO Field Offices, UNESCO IHP, UNHCR , UNIDO, UNISDR, UNU-FLORES, UNU-INWEH,
Water.org, WaterLex, WHO, WMO, World YouthParliament for Water, WWC
Contributors
UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
Addressing the challenges posed by climate change through improved water management is essential to
ensuring a water secure future for all
• Current water challenges are aggravated by governance problems.
• Improved water management can address both adaptation and mitigation objectives.
• A preventive, flexible, inclusive, integrative, long-term approach is needed.
• There is a strong need for increased capacity and better awareness of water management options.
Main messages (under review)