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 2019-2021 of the Water Convention. The tenth meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate aimed to discuss, plan and provide guidance to the implementation of these activities under the afore-mentioned programme of work.
The meeting of the Task Force was held on 1 May 2019 and was preceded by the global workshop on ecosystem-based adaptation, which was held on 29-30 April 2019 in Geneva.
Tenth meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate
01 May 2019
Salle VII, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland
Presentations and Documents
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| Report (TFWC/2019/2) |
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| Agenda (TFWC/2019/1) |
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| List of participants | ||||
| Introduction to the Water Convention Ms. Francesca Bernardini Water Convention, UNECE |
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| Frequently asked questions about the Water Convention Ms. Francesca Bernardini Water Convention, UNECE |
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| Item 3: Programme of pilot projects and global network of transboundary basins working on adaptation to climate change | ||||
| Overview of the activities of the basins in the global network of basins working on climate change (TFWC/2019/3) |
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| Item 4: Water and disasters | ||||
| Implementation Guide for Addressing Water-Related Disasters and Transboundary Cooperation Mr. Jos Timmerman Waterframes, Netherlands |
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| Words into action guide: Implementation Guide for Addressing Water-Related disasters and transboundary cooperation (ECE/MP.WAT/56) |
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| Guidance on water and adaptation to climate change (ECE/MP.WAT/30) |
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| Water and Climate Change Adaptation in Transboundary Basins: Lessons Learned and Good Practices (ECE/MP.WAT/45) |
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| Item 5: Water and climate change | ||||
| Overview of UNFCCC relevant elements for engagement Ms. Rojina Manandhar UNFCCC |
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| Water and climate change in the global agendas Ms. Maggie White SIWI |
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| Item 6: Financing climate change adaptation in transboundary basin | ||||
| Trainings in preparing bankable project proposals for climate change adaptation in transboundary basins Ms. Sonja Koeppel Water Convention, UNECE |
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| Climate Finance and Transboundary Water Management Mr. Greg Browder World Bank |
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| Financing climate change adaptation in transboundary basins: preparing bankable projects | ||||
| Item 7: Preparations for the World Water Day 2020 on water and climate, incl. World Water Development Report | ||||
| World Water Development Report Mr. Jos Timmerman Waterframes, Netherlands |
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| World Water Week Ms. Maggie White SIWI |
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| Item 8: Future work on climate change in transboundary basins under the Water Convention | ||||
| Planned activities on climate change adaptation under the Water Convention in 2019-2021 |
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| Strategy for future work on climate change adaptation in transboundary basins under the Convention (ECE/MP.WAT/2015/4) |