Water and Climate ProgrammePresentation at the Side Event ”The connecting link: water security & the

Adaptation Commitee’s Work Programme”

Alex Simalabwi,Global Coordinator

Water & Climate Programme

Bonn, 10 June 2013

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Overall objective

To support countries to integrate water security and climate resilience in

development planning and decision making processes

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Our approach: Partnerships-linking development agendas

Climate community(UNFCC COP people)

Development community Water community

...Working across sectoral silos, bridging divides....

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Key ingredients

• Build institutional capacity & knowledge

• Develop tools & generate evidence base

• Strengthen partnerships & coordination

INVESTMENTS for climate resilient development

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Water and Climate Programme

ThematicStrategy

1. WACDEP in Africa & Caribbean

2. Water and Climate Programmes – Asia, Latin

America

3. Global WMO/GWP IDMP and APFM

4. Deltas Climate Resilience Programme

OUR VEHICLES-

Water, Climate and Development Programme (WACDEP) in Africa

• Joint programme with African Union (AU) and Water Ministers (AMCOW)

• 23 Countries to benefit

• 5 Transboundary Basins

Links national planning on resilience to transboundary and local level

Lake Chad Basin

Kagera Basin

Limpopo Basin

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Improving water security and climate resilience on the ground

Local projects Rwanda/Burundi – Bugasera with local district councils and communities

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1. Integrating water security and climate resilience in development planning and decision-making processes

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2. Support development of “No regrets” investment and financing strategies for water security, climate resilience, including project preparation processes

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3. Support to development of capacities of institutions and stakeholders to integrate water security and climate resilience in development processes and plans

WATER CLIMATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME -AFRICA

Water security and climate resilience integrated in Africa's growth and

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Enabling activities Integration, investments in Climate resilient growth and development

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9 Water Ministers attended the WACDEP Launch during 2011 Stockholm World Water Week

Developed Knowledge Products

Developed knowledge products aimed at increasing the knowledge on water security and climate resilience have been developed

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At least 33 ministers and their representatives witnessed the launch

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Capacity Development Launched in Africa

Capacity development programme developed•40 Training workshops planned across Africa-Climate resilient development and economics of adaptation

•Targeted at planners in priority government development sectors e.g water, agriculture, energy, health and others

•2 years intiative-contribute to climate readness and NAPs process

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Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP)

joint WMO/GWP global IDMP programmepromoting better climate information through

the Global Framework for climate services Supporting proactive drought management

policies• Central and Eastern Europe• Sahel-West Africa• Horn of Africa

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Latin America & the Caribbean, Asia• Caribbean: 9 ministers signed declaration for WACDEP

implementation- work with Caricom and CCCCC under way• Intergrating risk management approaches in national development

plans

• Central America- Improved understanding of regional dimensions of water and climate, regional workshop attended by government reps on water and CC

• Transectoral agreement in Peru to be signed by 13 cabinet ministers

• High level consensus across Asia on water and climate resilience. Building on work of the High-level Asia Pacific Water Summit

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Building resilience in Delta regions

• Deltas Initiative: • Consultations carried out in Benin and Bangladesh

with possible programmes proposed

• Joint “Deltas Alliance/GWP” vulnerability assessment of Irrawaddy Delta in Myanmar to commence in July

• Consultation workshop on Nile Delta in June

• Delta Programme launch at World Water Week

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Reflections

• Low absorption capacity affects progress-inefficiencies in national planning systems, delays in disbursements and low absorption capacity affect progress

• Inadequate institutional capacity in many developing countries: more time required to build capacity.

• Link adaptation efforts to investment planning towards climate resilient developement