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Guidance document on Water and Climate adaptation

This guidance document provides a roadmap for climate-proofing water management, assessing impacts, identifying adaptation measures, and developing strategies. Targeted at decision-makers in water management and related sectors, it covers international commitments, policy, financial matters, monitoring needs, vulnerability assessment, coping measures development, and evaluation of adaptation strategies.

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Guidance document on Water and Climate adaptation

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  1. Guidance document on Water and Climate adaptation Jos G. Timmerman Rijkswaterstaat Centre for Water Management

  2. Aim of the Guidance Provide a framework or general roadmap for climate proofing of water management: • Assessing climate change impacts on water resources • Identifying adaptation measures to climate change • Develop adaptation strategies Overall transboundary context

  3. Target group of the Guidance • Decision makers responsible for water management and relevant health-related issues • Officials and managers of other water-related sectors

  4. Contents • Introduction • International commitments • Policy, legislationand Institutional frameworks • Financial matters • Information and Monitoring needs for adaptation strategies design and implementation • Scenarios and models for impact assessment and water resources management • Vulnerability assessment • Coping measures development • Evaluation of adaptation strategies • Issues relevant to other water-related sectors

  5. Contents • Introduction • Aim • Target Group • Scope • Definitions

  6. Contents • International commitments • United nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) • UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) • Protocol on Water and Health • EU Legislation

  7. Contents • Policy, legislationand Institutional frameworks • Enable adaptation measures on all relevant water management levels • Governance model (trialogue model) • Financial matters • Assess costs of implementing measures • Assess incentives / return on investment

  8. Contents • Information and Monitoring needs for adaptation strategies design and implementation • Information needs assessment (currently focus on hydrological information) • Sources of information • Analysis of information • Exchange of information • Dissemination of information • Design of adaptive monitoring systems • Link to Strategies for Monitoring and Assessment of Transboundary Rivers, Lakes and Groundwaters

  9. Contents • Scenarios and models for impact assessment and water resources management • Climate Change Scenarios • Global and Regional Climate Models • Expected Climate Changes • Direct and indirect impacts of CC on Water

  10. Contents • Vulnerability assessment • Social, ecological and physical vulnerability • Methodologies for vulnerability assessment • Identification of hot spots

  11. High water availability • Low availability of water • Impaired water quality • Health affects Contents • Coping measures development • Safety chain: • Prevention measures • Improving resilience • Preparation measures • Response measures • Recovery measures • Education and communication • Evaluation

  12. Contents • Evaluation of adaptation strategies • Develop tools for evaluation • Identify barriers and constraints to adaptation strategies • Issues relevant to other water-related sectors • To be decided

  13. Thank you

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