International Hydrological Programme International Hydrological Programme (IHP) activities and recent G-WADI (IHP) activities and recent G-WADI

developmentsdevelopments

Dr. Anil MishraInternational Hydrological Programme

Hydrological Processes and Climate SectionUNESCO, Paris

International Conference: Arid and Semi Arid Development Through Water Augmentation

13 to 16 December 2010, Valparaíso, Chile

Water in the 21st Century: The elements of Global Crisis and

potential solutions

Global Hydrologic Cycle

Source: Oki and Kanae 2006 Science

Human activity has increased dramatically over the last 60 years

5Steffen et al. (2004)

Wagener et al (2010)

Precipitation change by 2080-2099

21 GCM model ensembleRed – precipitation decrease very likelyBlue - precipitation increase very likelyWhite – disagreement about sign of precipitation change(after IPCC 2007)

GRDC: Current stations in historical database indicated by time series end

Lack of information and dataat a time when we need it more than ever to deal with increasing complexity

GLOBAL CHANGE AND WATER RESOURCES

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History of US Dam & Reservoir Construction

From: Vörösmarty et al. 2004, Eos-AGU Trans.

US government investments in water infrastructure during 1930-96 yielded $6 in damages averted for each $1 invested

Messages

The donor community can incorporatewater into the broader frameworks ofdevelopment aid and focus assistance onareas where it is needed most.

Water at UNESCO: Water at UNESCO: "The three plus one pillars""The three plus one pillars"

• International Hydrological ProgrammeInternational Hydrological Programme

• UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education:UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education: postgraduate education for water professionals + postgraduate education for water professionals + Network of 22 IHP Water CentersNetwork of 22 IHP Water Centers

• World Water Assessment Programme:World Water Assessment Programme: periodical compilation of the World Water periodical compilation of the World Water Development Report —Development Report —

• Unesco water Chair:Unesco water Chair:

UNESCO’S Intergovernmental Scientific Cooperative Programme in Hydrolgoy and

Water Resources

The International Hydrological Programme (IHP) is the only Intergovernmental programme of the UN system devoted to water research, water resources management, and education and capacity building. The programme, tailored to Member States’s needs, is implemented in six- year phases- allowing it to adapt to a rapidly changing world.

The International Hydrological Programme (IHP)

Intergovernmental scientific programme on Water Resources of the

UN system

* Created in 1975 after the International Hydrological Decade

* Member States define needs and plans of phases

•Growing emphasis on management and social aspects

•Executed by Member States and other partners; UNESCO provides seed money

Transition of IHP’s phases: Transition of IHP’s phases: continuity with continuity with changechange

1990-1995 IHP IVHydrology and Water Resources Sustainable Development

in a Changing Environment

1996-2001 IHP-VHydrology and Water Resources Development

in a Vulnerable Environment

2002-2007 IHP-VIWater Interactions:

Systems at Risk and Social Challenges

2008-2013 IHP-VII Water Dependencies:

Systems under Stress and Societal Responses

Water dependencies: Water dependencies:

Systems under Stress and Societal Systems under Stress and Societal Response Response

Contribution of IHP-VII to worldwide initiatives

Interlinkage with other MDG ‘s

MDG 1:Eradicate extreme

poverty and hunger

MDG 6:Combat malariaand other water

bornediseases

MDG 8:Develop a global

partnershipfor development

MDG 7Ensure environmental sustainability

Making IHP-VII relevant globally and locallyMaking IHP-VII relevant globally and locally

Global issues

Adaptation to impacts of global changes

Regional & Local issues

Co-operationof regional groupings of NC

Quantification of impacts, hydro hazards

IWRM in the context of increasing climate variability

Water and life support systems

Strengthening governance for sustainability

Sustainability at the landscape level Water, a shared responsibility

THEME V:Water Education

for Sustainable Development

New Initiatives:II, III, IV, V

Key Theme:I

THEME IV:Water and Life Support Systems

THEME III:Ecohydrology for Ecosystem Sustainability

THEME II:Strengthening Water Governance

for Sustainability

THEME 1:Adapting to the Impacts of Global Changes

in River Basins & Aquifer Systems

IHP VII (2008-2013)

Education & Capacity Building

Key Theme:I

HydrologicalResearch

Water ResourcesManagement

Cross-cuttingIHP programmes

- HELP- FRIEND

AssociatedIHP programmes

- IFI- ISI

- PCCP- JIIHP

- ISRAM- G-WADI- UWMP

- WHYMAP

HELP Network of Basins – Promoting Integrated Water Resources Management through Stakeholder Driven Best Practice Examples

FRIEND – A global network of regions to share data, monitoring and modeling techniques for scientific understanding of the water cycle

UNESCO addressing hydrological extremes: knowledge base and capacity for prediction,

adaptation and mitigation

IFI: International Flood Initiative

International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management under the auspices of UNESCO

(UNESCO-ICHARM, Tsukuba, Japan)

IIASA

Intergovernmental Council of IHP June 2002

Objectives:Objectives: Improved understanding of hydrological Improved understanding of hydrological

systems and water management needs in systems and water management needs in arid and semi-arid areasarid and semi-arid areas

Sharing of data and exchange of Sharing of data and exchange of experience at regional and global scale experience at regional and global scale and strengthening of global networksand strengthening of global networks

Capacity building of individuals and Capacity building of individuals and institutions and dissemination of institutions and dissemination of understanding to users and the publicunderstanding to users and the public

The Arid and Semi-arid Regions of the World

State of the science base

The hydrology of arid areas is very different from that of humid areas and much less well understood

Data capture is problematic - events are infrequent and damaging, networks are sparse and record lengths limited

Experimental networks are limited Hydrological and hydro- ecological research

is limited Modelling is particularly challenging

Web site development

www.g-wadi.org

Utilizing Information Technology to provide world-wide access to real-time global precipitation products:

Developing state-of-the-art systems to estimate rainfall from satellite observations at global scale and high spatial and temporal resolutions

G-WADI -CHRS Cooperation

Precipitation Estimation from Satellite Information using Artificial Neural Network And Cloud Classification System (PERSIANN-CCS)

Much of the world does not have adequate rainfall observation networks

Radar, has blockage areas, particularly over mountain regions.

SatellitesGlobal coverageHigh temporal resolution (GOES)New missions (TRMM)

Satellite Precipitation

http://hydis.eng.uci.edu/gwadi/

Zoom/Navigate

Subset data Spatially: country and/watershed/extentTemporally: from to and accumulation

Interactive help and practices

http://hydis8.eng.uci.edu/hydis-unesco/

Temporal coverage: 03/2000 TodaySpatial coverage -50° to 50° Lat -180° to 180° LonAccumulation: 6 hourly/daily/monthly, and period of choiceUpdate frequency: DailyDelay: up to 48 hours

Center for Hydrometeorology & Remote Sensing, University of California, Irvine

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6-Hour 0.04o x 0.04o rainfall over 7-day period

Recent GWADI books

G-WADI Technical Secretariat

International Center for Integrated Water Resources

Management

(ICIWaRM)

Asian G-WADI ActivitiesAsian G-WADI Activities

Asian G-WADI Web siteAsian G-WADI Web site http://asian-gwadi.westgis.ac.cnhttp://asian-gwadi.westgis.ac.cn

Online since 2007 Introduction to Asian GWADI Pilot basins reports Meeting materials General publications from

IHP, G-WADI, MAB, and other projects

Fetch Asian water news from SAHRH WATER News

Watch

Pilot basin introduction

G-WADI Basins

Asian G-WADI has formulated guidelines for proposing one or more basins as G-WADI pilot basins in a country.

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SecretariatProfessor, Dr. Xin Li, Email: lixin@lzb.ac.cn

Associate Professor, Dr. Zhuotong Nan, Email: nztong@lzb.ac.cn

Assistant, Ms. Xiaoduo Pan, Email: panxiaoduo@lzb.ac.cn

Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute,

Chinese Academy of Sciences

members Dr. Forood Sharifi - Head of Watershed Management, Ministry of Energy I. R of Iran, Email: fs1339@yahoo.com

Dr. Shakeel Ahmad - National Geophysical Research Institute, India, Email: shakeelahmed@ngri.res.in, shakeelifcgr@gmail.com

Dr. Anatoly Kholmatov - Head of the Department of Science, Technique and Water Resources, Republic of Tajikistan, Email: ecifas@tajik.net

Dr. Anupma Sharma - National Institute of Hydrology, India, Ex-Officio Member, Email: kdsharma@nih.ernet.in

Asian G-WADI organizationAsian G-WADI organization

The 2nd Summer School on Land Surface Observing, Modeling and Data Assimilationand the 3rd Asian G-WADI Meeting

• Beijing, China, July 13-16, 2010. • More than 420 participants, including 19

invited experts, from 15 countries.• 19 representatives of the Asian G-WADI

members from 12 Asian member countries.

Other products

Proceedings CD-Rom Poster Brochure

3rd Asian G-WADI meeting

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Asian G-WADI : Way Forward

A publication from all the selected pilot basins from Asia “Best practices of water management in arid and semi arid regions of Asia – Experiences from G-WADI”

More seed funds for a pilot projects Seeking additional funding to support a regional joint

effort The Asian Secretariat can provide matching funds or

technical support for activities with in Asia Asian G-WADI is willing to cooperate with other regions

in sharing experiences

G-WADI Al- Arabia

Participants in the G-WADI meeting and Flash Flood Risk Management Expert Group Workshop, Cairo 24-27 September 2010

G-WADI Dakar Workshop Water – Science, Policy and Capacity

DevelopmentApril 20th and 21st 2010,

Senegal, Dakar

Welcome to AGRHYMETWelcome to AGRHYMET

African G-WADI Secretariat

monitoring of rainfall situation in West-Africa

Training activities Training activities

•Hydrology •Agricultural meteorology •instrumentation and Micro computing •Crop Protection

Master’s Degree Program in Concerted Natural resource Management :

2009 – 2010: Master’s Degree in IWRM, 2011 – 2012: Master’s Degree in climate change

Dissemination of the Information

The AGRHYMET monthly bulletin

The Decision makers’ special bulletin

Radio Public conferences E-mail Web site

Establishment of LAC G-WADI Network

The State of The World’sFreshwater Resources

World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

WWDR - 4

2012

Managing water under the Risk and Uncertainty

Geographical distribution of Centers

Centre for EcohydrologyIHP-HELP Centre

ICHARM

ICQHHS

IRTCES

IHE

IRTCUD

RCUWM

RCTWS

HTC

CAZALAC

UNESCO category 1 Centre (1)

UNESCO category 2 Centre (20)

IGRAC

ICWATER

RCWAZ

ITAIPU

RCSA

ICIWaRM

Thank you!