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Transboundary Water Cooperation & Climate change. Some important points. Setting the stage. Nile Basin Governments have to deal with many issues and CC has to find its place in the priority order ( MDGs , Poverty …)
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Transboundary Water Cooperation & Climate change Someimportant points
Setting the stage • Nile Basin • Governments have to deal withmanyissues and CC has to find itsplace in the priorityorder (MDGs, Poverty…) • Institutionalissuesareconstrainingtransboundarycooperation (CooperativeFramework Agreement, NBI transforms to a River Basin Authority ? ) • Zambezi Basin • Institutionalissues – ZAMCOM is about to beestablished and willbe a vehicle to implement IWRM (incl. CC considerations) • Water resourcesissues in Zambezi are more qualityorientedthanquantityoriented
Setting the stage • Regional ClimateChangeProgramme (SADC) • Sub-regionalprioritymappingbasedon population pressure, economies, institutions, infrastructure and CC parameters • CC is an importantfator in regional security • Mekong Basin • Integration of national and regional CC adaptation strategiesneeded • Important to share information and knowledge – MRC is a vehicle for sharing
Setting the stage • Egypt’s perspective • Egypt depends totally on the Nile, which has a high sensitivity to CC • Uncertainties in application of Global Climate Models is large – predictions for the Nile flows ranges froma 30% increase to a 78% decrease
Key note addresses • DIIS Research on 5 small basins • Local level conflict studies indicate that the number of conflictive and cooperative events are almost the same – at the moment…but CC may change this • A trusted mediator is important in a conflict situation
Key note addresses • Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) • The need for more emphasis on DRR is intensified by CC • Opportunity costs following a non-DRR approach need to be brought out clearly • Droughts are the most important natural disasters in economic, social and environmental terms
Key note addresses • UNECE experience – laiddown in Guideline • Information management incl. joint information generation and uncertainties • Financing systems areessentialincl public and private adaptation funds, insurance, sharing of costs and benefitsbasinwide • Floods - migration as a CC adaptation • Strategiesnecessitated by ”higher global population, environmentaldegradationincreaseincl CC, increase in national disasters” • Important to understand the factors leading to migration looking for othermeans of living
Group discussions • Threethemeswerediscussed in terms of Lessonslearned (looking back) and Recommendations (charting the wayahead) • Institutionalroles in relation to CC • Policy development at transboundarylevel to address CC • Actions and tools for CC and DRR • Discussionswerereported in plenaryfollowed by plenarydiscussions and a panel discussion