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Mana in water ada tivel : no re rets
Presentation to the Asian Development Bank
Dr Ania Grobicki
Executive SecretaryGWP
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GWP organised round tables and training seminars to help findcommon ground on Aral Sea Basin transboundary issues.
nv ronmen a pro ems ge a en on A GWP dialogue convened stakeholders to urgently addressproblems of the Wei River, the largest tributary of the YellowRiver.
Water boosts rural development GWP helped Fujian's Department of Water Resources toincrease water productivity to improve rural livelihoods.
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Groundwater use in Dhaka to be reduced
GWP contributed to understanding alternatives togroundwater and options for improving surface waterquality. Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authorityundertook to reduce dependency on groundwater from87% to 50% by 2015.
Vietnam endorses IWRM approach
by GWP adopted a recommendation to strengthenriver basin organisations, paving the way for publicparticipation.
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What do these outcomes have in common?
through high-level policy dialogues• Addressing water quality and water allocation issues,
recognizing environmental deterioration and taking steps
to rectify it saving and diversification of water sources
• Enabling innovative solutions to river basin management
to emerge through involving stakeholders andcommunities
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So - what do these outcomes have
• Reducing levels of risk and uncertainty
• Enabling people to adapt to rapid
environmental chan e
• Enabling communities, cities and countries
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GWP´s core strengths
• –
including domestic water supply, energy, agriculture, industry,environment …. working with both floods and droughts
•
• Doing IWRM in different ways in different contexts – IWRM as a
process whose outcome is an improvement in people´s level of
• Bringing together people from different sectors to develop betterunderstanding of problems and identify common solutions –
media ….
• Bringing together stakeholders on a neutral platform for dialogue
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GWP Action on Disaster Management
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• Also developing substantive links with ISDR (InternationalStrategy on Disaster Reduction) and other partners
10 years in existence : knowledge, tools, guidelines, training
– Launched HelpDesk for Integrated Flood Management in 2009See www.apfm.info
– Lauched at the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction
(Geneva, June 2009) …. Uptake by 28 countries
– Now creating a similar programme on Integrated Drought
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GWP strategy
for
climate
change
adaptation
:Building resilience through water security
Better climate information
Disaster RiskReduction
Disaster RiskReduction
Climate ChangeAda tation
Climate ChangeAda tation
WaterWater
GWP´s role :- Reaching out to the climate community, the disaster managementcommunity- ,regional level and global level- Stressing that better water management is the key to climate adaptation
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Be ond Co enha en
Copenhagen, November 2008
Dialogue on Adaptation to Hanoi, January 2009 Bamako, February 2009
Water Management
Istanbul, March 2009 Nairobi, April 2009
The Nairobi Statement
G8, Italy, July 2009GWP written input :“Climate Adaptationis Water Ada tation”
Geneva, Aug/Sept 2009
World Climate ConferenceOpening plenary speech: Almedalsveckan
2009Barcelona, November 2009
Side Event at Water Day
Copenhagen, December 2009
water & climate services an server wStakeholder Forum
GWP accredited by UNFCCC: IGO Observer StatusSide Event : “Bridging the Water and Climate Agendas”
“Water Management, Water Security and Climate Change Adaptation”One Page Briefing Note + contributions to “Outreach”
Led to : “Beyond COP15 : Building Resilience through Water Security”
Beyond COP15 :Regional Dialogues;
+ GWP input intoReview of
Nairobi WorkProgramme on
Adaptation
GWP input inBonn, June 2010;
COP16 in
Adaptation Fund ancun, ec
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People’s efforts to adapt to climate change
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GWP engaged in global climate processes:
• World Climate Conference-3
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- Round Table on climate change,Beijing, April 2010- Minister Chen Lei and hi h-ranking figures from EnergyMinistry, Environment Ministry,National Development Reform
Council (NDRC)
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Common Regional Framework agreedfor managing floods in South Asia
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specific flood management policies
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GWP Pakistan pursues fundingfor climate change adaptation
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GWP Philippines leading knowledge
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GWP Peru offers course on ClimateChange, Glacier Retreat and IWRM
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GWP Mali takes first steps tointegrating IWRM with National
Adaptation Programme of Action(NAPA)
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Key messages
• Better water management is a risk reduction strategy• Better water mana ement is inherentl ada tive
• Better water management brings no regrets – investment
now improves people´s lives• Better water management leads to water security
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GWP and ADB
• Seeking engagement with Regional Development Banksincluding ADB
• GWP Consulting Partners meeting in Stockholm
(Saturday, 4 September 2010)• Seeking to link the Country Water Partnerships and
Regional Water Partnerships with ADB staff and clients
•implementation of ADB-financed projects