Meeting of the core group of pilot projects and global network of basins working on adaptation to climate change

20 - 21 February 2013

Geneva, Switzerland

The third meeting of the core group of the pilot projects on adaptation to climate change in transboundary basins under the UNECE Water Convention and the first meeting of the global network of pilot projects took place in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on 20-21 February 2013.

The meeting marked the transformation of the programme into a global network of basins working on climate change adaptation. This endeavour, carried out in cooperation with the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO) enables the comparison of methodologies and approaches, foster exchange of experience and promote a shared vision between the participating basins.

The meeting had the following objectives:

- review the progress and the lessons learned by the pilot projects
- discuss how to promote the exchange of experience within the Global Network of Basins
- discuss the collection of good practices and lessons learned and global platform for exchanging experience on water and adaptation to climate change in transboundary basins.

Documents	ENG	RUS	FRE
Provisional agenda	PDF	PDF	PDF
Report
List of participants	PDF	-	-
Progress report	PDF	PDF	-
Background documents
Guidance on Water and Adaptation to Climate Change	PDF	PDF	PDF
Transboundary Flood Risk Management:Experiences from the UNECE region	PDF	PDF	PDF
How to adapt water management to climate change in transboundary basins?	PDF	PDF	PDF
ICPDR Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change NEW	PDF	-	-
Presentations
Reducing vulnerability to extreme floods and climate change in the Dniester river basin Mr. Roman Corobov (Moldova); Mr. Alexei Ischuk (Ukraine); Ms. Lesya Nikolayeva (Zoi Environment Network)	PDF	-	-
River Drin Basin management project Mr.Dejan Panovski, Member of Drin Core Group	PDF	-	-
Building the Link Between Flood Risk Management Planning and Climate Change Assessment in the Sava River Basin Ms. Snježana Knezić	PDF	-	-
Management of the Neman River Basin with account of adaptation to climate change Mr. Paul Buijs (The Netherlands)	PDF	-	-
Management of the Neman River basin with account of adaptation to climate change (continuation) Mr. Vladimir Korneev (Belarus), Mr. Egidijus Rimkus and Mr. Audrius Šepikas (Lithuania)	PDF	-	-
Climate change in Congo Basin Mr. Blaise-Léandre Tondo, Senior Expert, CICOS (International Commission of Congo-Ubangi-Sangha Basin)	PDF	-	-
North Western Sahara Aquifer System Mr. Djamel Latrech, Sahara and Sahel Observatory	PDF	-	-
Cooperation developement on adaptation to climate change in the Chu-Talas Basin (Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan) Ms. Svetlana Dolgih and Mr. Shamil Ilyasov	-	PDF	-
Senegal River Basin Tamsir Ndiaye, Director of Environment and Sustainable Development of the OMVS – DAKAR	-	-	PDF
Reinforce knowledge and capacity of the integrated resource management of the Niger Basin for communities and ecosystems resilience benefit Trend Reversal in Land and Water Degradation (Niger Basin Authority) Mr. Henri-Claude Enoumba, PhD, Head of Planning & Studies Division	-	-	PDF
Dauria Going Dry Ms. Oxana Nikitina, Mr. Vadim Kiriliuk, Mr. Eugene Simonov, Mr. Oleg Goroshko	PDF	-	-
Upper Paraguay Basin, Tonle Sap Ms. Lina Barrera	PDF	-	-
ICPDR Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change Mr. Raimund Mair, International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR)	PDF	-	-
Mekong Climate Change & Adaptation Initiative Ms. Nguyen Huong Thuy Phan, MRC-CCAI Programme Coordinator	PDF	-	-
Drafting an climate adaptation strategy for the Rhine River Basin Mr. Adrian Schmid-Breton, Scientific assistant ICPR (Coblence, Germany)	PDF	-	-
AMICE (Adaptation of the Meuse to the Impacts of Climate Evolutions) Mr. Martine Lejeune, communication officer	PDF	-	-
Towards new policy arrangements for water scarcity in the Netherlands Steffie Paardekooper, Directorate General for Spatial Planning and Water	PDF	-	-
Adaptation to climate change in Switzerland, Objectives, challenges and fields of action Swiss Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change Mr. Roland Hohmann, FOEN	PDF	-	-
Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) Ms. Lina Barrea	PDF	-	-
Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) Resilient Infrastructure, Institutions, and Information Integrating Climate Adaptation into Water Management Decisions through the AGWA Decision Support System (DSS)	PDF	-	-
Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) White Paper 1: Caveat Adaptor FAQs: The Best Use of Climate Model Simulations for Climate Adaptation & Freshwater Management	PDF	-	-