From 6 to 18 November 2022, the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) took place in Sharm-El-Sheikh, hosted by the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Water and Climate are inextricably linked. According to the IPCC 6th Assessment Report, extreme weather events causing severe floods and droughts have become more frequent and more severe due to human-induced climate change and will accelerate in the near future. The intensification of the hydrological cycle is exacerbating existing water-related vulnerabilities caused by other socioeconomic factors. The 2020 World Water Development Report on Water and Climate Change informed that, in the period between 2001 and 2018, around 74% of all natural disasters were water-related.
The secretariat of the Water Convention organized and contributed to several sessions at the COP 27 as described in the table below.
For more information regarding COP 27, please access the following link.
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Timing |
Events |
Online and/or on site |
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Tuesday, 8November 17:00 - 18:00 (EET) |
Side event: Financing Solutions for Transboundary Water Resilience to climate change |
Water Pavilion and online Recording (min. 08:00:00) |
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Saturday, 12th November 10:00 - 11:00 (EET) |
Side event: Financing resilience projects at transboundary level as a tool to achieve SDG 6 and 13 in a coherent manner |
SDG Pavilion and online |
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Saturday, 12th November 15:00 - 16:30 (EET) |
Side event: Achieving Climate Change adaptation and mitigation through Water Resilience |
Hatshepsut and online |
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Monday, 14th November 12:00 - 13:15 (EET) |
Official COP Presidency Water Day Plenary Session on River basin scale adaptation and its co-benefits and the risk of maladaptation |
On-site |
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Thursday, 17th November 9:30 - 10:30 (EET) |
Side event organized by Finland: Financing joint measures across sectors for resilience at transboundary basin scale: towards more cooperative and impactful climate action |
EU Pavilion, online |