The Task Force on Extreme Weather Events was established by the first Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health ( Geneva, 17–19 January 2007) with the following mandate:
(a) Share experience on, and identify, relevant local/national good practices regarding the safe operation of water supply and sanitation facilities in urban and rural areas which are subject to the impact of short-term critical situations; and prepare guidelines to respond to short-term critical situations; and
(b) Draft a strategy paper on how to cope with the potential impact of climate change, and on adaptation and mitigation programmes for water supply and sanitation.
Further to this decision, the joint meeting of the bureaux of the Water Convention and the Protocol on Water and Health held on 13 September 2007 called for close cooperation and integration of the results of the activities carried out by this Task Force and the Task Force on Water and Climate established under the auspices of the Water Convention
