Rome
The first meeting of the Task Force took place on 21-22 April 2008 in Rome, Italy. The Task Force considered implementation of its mandate related to preparation of guidelines on the safe operation of water supply and sanitation facilities in urban and rural areas in case of short term critical situations, and to preparation of 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. The Task Force discussed, among other issues, cooperation with the Protocol’s Task Force on Surveillance and the Task Force on Water and Climate established under the Water Convention.
The meeting was open to experts from Parties and non-Parties to the Protocol representing governmental authorities, the private sector and non-governmental organizations as well as other interested stakeholders. In this respect, focal points are requested to facilitate nomination of relevant experts from their respective countries.
The documents, presentations and other material for this meeting can be found in the table below. They will be posted on this web-site as soon as they become available.
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Agenda |
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Report |
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Concept note for the Guidance on the environment and health aspects of water and adaptation to climate change |
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Guidance for discussion on item 6 |
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Information notice on the Workshop on water and adaptation to climate change |
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Draft Guidance on water and climate adaptation |
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Guidance for reporting |
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Human health, IPCC | |
Using climate to predict infectious disease epidemics,WHO | |
Global climate change: implications for international public health policy, WHO | |
Global Health Impacts of Floods: Epidemiologic Evidence, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | |
Emerging challPDFes-New Findings, GEO YEAR BOOK 2004/5 | |
Newsletter of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, # 14, 2000 | |
Climate change and food security; A framework Document, FAO |
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Protocol on Water and Health to the Convention on the Protection and use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, Ms. Luciana Sinisi, Chairperson of the Task Force on Extreme Weather Events | |
Work of the Task Force on Water and Climate Mr. Jos Timmermanm, Centre for Water Management, Netherlands | |
Guidance document on Water and Climate adaptation Mr. Jos Timmerman, Centre for Water Management, Netherlands | |
Work of the Task Force on Surveillance Ms. Monica Francesca Blasi, Ms. Paola Meli, Mr. Mario Carere, Mr. Enzo Funari, National Institute of Health, Italy | |
Extreme weather, water and health WHO Regional Office for Europe, European Centre for Environment and Health | |
Water, Climate Change and Health Mr. R Aertgeerts, Regional adviser, water and sanitation, Co-secretary, Protocol on Water and Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe, European Centre for Environment and Health | |
Work on water and climate adaptation under the Water Convention and the Protocol on Water and Health Ms. Francesca Bernardini, UNECE | |
Numerical models for the monitoring and forecasting of hydrological disasters triggered by extreme meteorological events Ms. Gabriella Ceci, EuroMediterranean Centre for Climate Changes | |
Drinking-water outbreak due to karst water flooding - environmental health aspect National Institute of Environmental Health, Budapest | |
Contribution to the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health – Italy 2009 Ms. Benedetta Dell'Anno, Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, Italy |
