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8th meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate

15 September 2016
Salle VII, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland

The eighth meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate took place in the Palais des Nations in Geneva in room VII on 15 September 2016 back to back with the Sixth Workshop on Adaptation to Climate Change in Transboundary Basins (Geneva, 13-14 September 2016).The Task Force on Water and Climate discussed, planed and provideed guidance to the implementation of the activities on water and climate under the programme of work for 2016-2018 of the Water Convention.
 

Documents

Document title ENG FRE RUS
Provisional agenda PDF PDF  PDF
Report PDF    
Overview of the activities of the global network of basins working on climate change
PDF
   
Draft concept note on the development of the Sendai Framework "Words into Action" Implementation Guide for river basin management and transboundary cooperation PDF PDF PDF
List of participants PDF    
Background publication      
Water and Climate Change Adaptation in Transboundary basins: lessons learned and good practices
(ECE/MP.WAT/45)
see publication
Guidance on water and climate change (2009)
(ECE/MP.WAT/30)
see publication
Background documents      
Programme of work for 2016–2018 under the Water Convention
(ECE/MP.WAT/49/Add.1)
PDF PDF PDF
Draft programme of work for 2017−2019 for the Protocol on Water and Health
(ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2016/3− EUPCR/1611921/2.1/2016/WGWH/07)
PDF PDF PDF
Draft strategy for future work on climate change adaptation in transboundary basins under the Water Convention
(ECE/MP.WAT/2015/4)
PDF PDF PDF

Presentations

Title ENG FRE RUS
Item 3      
Global network of basins working on climate change adaptation
Ms. Sonja Koeppel, UNECE
PDF    
Management of the Neman River basin with account of adaptation to climate change
Vladimir Korneev, Belarus
PDF    
Chu Talas: Which activities have you implemented on climate change in the last year? What were the major results and lessons learned of the project on climate change?
Shamil Ilyasov, Kyrgyzstan
    PDF
Item 4      
Pact of Paris on water and adaptation to climate change in the basins of rivers, lakes and aquifers From COP21 to COP22
Eric Tardieu, INBO
PDF    
Words Into Action, Implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, Transforming policy into action and results
Marco Toscano-Rivalto, UNISDR
PDF    
Implementation Guide for River Basin Management and Transboundary Cooperation Jos Timmerman
Alterra Wageningen UR
PDF    
Item 5      
Global Water Adaptation (AGWA)’s Global Policy Team, innovations & opportunities
John Matthews, AGWA
PDF    
CEEAC (ECCAS)
Armand NDEMAZAGOA-BACKOTTA, CEEAC
  PDF  
Item 6      
Development of International Public Private Partnership Standards
Scott Walchak, PPP Programme, UNECE
PDF    
Item 7      
Future work on water and climate under the UNECE Water Convention Sonja Koeppel
Water Convention secretariat, UNECE
PDF