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Ninth meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate

13 December 2017

Salle XII, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland

The Task Force on Water and Climate under the Water Convention is responsible for activities related to adaptation to climate change in transboundary basins, including flood and drought management, in accordance with the programme of work for 2016-2018 of the Water Convention.

The ninth meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate discussed, planned and provided guidance to the implementation of the activities on water and climate under the programme of work for 2016-2018 of the Water Convention as well as to discuss future activities in this framework.

The ninth meeting of the Task Force was held back-to-back with international workshop on water scarcity “Taking action in transboundary basins and reducing health impacts” (11-12 December 2017).

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Documents

Documents	ENG	FRE	SPA	RUS
Agenda	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
List of participants	PDF
Item 3: Programme of pilot projects and global network of transboundary basins working on adaption to climate change
Overview of the activities of the basins in the global network of basins working on climate change (TFWC/2017/3)	PDF
Item 4: Preparation of a Words into Action guide on Water and disasters
Draft “Words into Action” Implementation Guide for Addressing Water-Related Disasters and Transboundary Cooperation (TFWC/2017/4)	PDF Word
Item 5: Contribution to global processes on water, climate and disasters
Water Action Day at COP23 High-Level Engagement on water and climate report	PDF
Item 7: Future work on climate change in transboundary basins under the Water Convention
Strategy for future work on climate change adaptation in transboundary basins under the Convention (ECE/MP.WAT/2015/4)	PDF	PDF	PDF	-
Background documents
Water and Climate Change Adaptation in Transboundary Basins: Lessons Learned and Good Practices (ECE/MP.WAT/45)	see publication
Report of the eighth meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate	PDF
Conclusions	PDF

Presentations

Presentations	ENG
Global network of basins working on climate adaptation : progress update Mr. Alexander Belokurov, Ms. Sonja Koeppel, UNECE	PDF
Binational Commission of the Sixaola River Basin Mr. Juan Carlos Barrantes, Costa Rica	PDF
Experiences on transboundary cooperation and climate change adaptation Mr. Omari Mwinjaka, Lake Victoria Basin Commission	PDF
Progress on Implementation of the Sendai Framework Ms. Shoko Arakaki, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction	PDF
Words into Action Guide – Implementation Guide for Addressing Water-Related Disasters and Transboundary Cooperation Mr. Jos Timmerman, Netherlands	PDF
Global processes and contribution of the Task Force on water and climate Ms. Sibylle Vermont, Switzerland Mr. Niels Vlaanderen, Netherlands	PDF
Recent water-related developments under the UNFCCC process Ms. Livia Hollins, UNFCCC Secretariat	PDF
International Conference on Water and Climate Mr. Bernardas Padegimas, World Water Council	PDF
Water and Climate: Meeting of the Great Rivers of the World Ms. Federica Rolle, Italy	PDF
Financing Climate Change Adaptation in Transboundary Basins Mr. André Oosterman, EIB	PDF
EU Adapatation Action Mr. Max Linsen, European Commission	PDF