Climate-Resilient Water Management Approaches: Application Towards Climate Action and 2030 Agenda
The goal of this two-day conference, organized prior to COP26, is expected to raise awareness and build capacity around new approaches to assessing and addressing Climate-Resilient Water Management Approaches, including their vast potential within global climate policy and sustainable development agendas.
The first day of the conference will begin with an overview of the role of water in sustainable development policies. The event will then move to a high-level policy discussion on how these approaches fit into NDCs, SDGs, and other national climate or development programs. The first day will be finalized with the launch of a policy brief. On the second day, will highlight a complementary set of bottom-up approaches to climate adaptation will be followed by three panels with selected speakers from the webinar series “Adaptation in an age of uncertainty: tools for climate-resilient water management approaches” co-organized by UNESCO, AGWA and ICIWARM. Finally, on a third day, high-level speakers will bring their insights on the priorities and ambitions for COP26, followed by a session on practical approaches to institutionalize solutions, secure stakeholder engagement and enhance capacity building. The event will conclude with a synthesis of the conference to be presented at COP26. The outcome of the conference will provide input to the implementation of the IHP IX (2022-2029) “Science for a water secure World in a Changing Environment”.
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26 October 2021
Paris - France