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Alex Simalabwi,

Global Coordinator

Water and Climate ProgrammeStockholm, 1 September 2013

Delivery at all levels

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Overall objective

Aligned with objectives of the national adaptation plans process under the UNFCCC global

adaptation framework

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• 60 Countries-Africa, Asia, Caribean, Europe

and Latin America

• Euros 22 Million

• 2011-2016

Climate community

(UNFCC COP people)Development community Water community

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

OUR APPROACH:

Partnerships-linking development agendas

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OUR INGREDIENTS:

INVESTMENTS

water security & climate resilient

development

Building institutional capacity, tools & knowledge

Generating evidence base-influencing policy

Strengthening partnerships & coordination

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Water and Climate Programme

Water and Climate

programme

1. WACDEP in Africa

2. Water and Climate Programmes – Caribbean, Asia,

Latin America, Europe

3. Global WMO/GWP IDMP and APFM

4. Deltas Climate Resilience Programme

OUR VEHICLES:

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WATER CLIMATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME -AFRICA

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

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WATER CLIMATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME -AFRICA

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Delivering at all levels

Local

National

Regional

Global

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Local

National

Regional

Global

Summer 1999

Summer 2004

Tackling Glacial retreat in Peru’s upper Santa Eulalia

sub basin

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SANTA EULALIA RIVER

RIMAC RIVER RIMAC BASIN AND

SANTA EULALIA

SUB BASINLIMA CITY10 million people

50% of water

70% of energy

Improving transectoral interaction…IWRM Plan….building resileince

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Fujian province ……extreme climate events. ….more frequent extreme climatic

events …..typhoons, extraordinary rainfalls in urban areas and mountain torrent

disasters… impacting livelihoods…..

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Original

(July 2013)……Tropical Cyclone Cimaron in Fujian Province

The cyclone battered Fujian Province dumping up to 520 mm or rain in just a few hours

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……roads transformed to rivers as extreme

rain events continue to batter China

GWP China to strengthen provincial water and flood

control information-sharing network for better managing

water resources, forecasting and flood control

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Kagera Basin-

Lake Victoria

Bugesera local

catchment shared

by 2 countries

Developing Joint management framework for local

Communities across 2 Countries in Rwanda and Burundi

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Developing Joint management framework for local

Communities across 2 Countries in East Africa-

Rwanda and BurundiConsultations with local level stakeholders in Bugesera (July 2012)

8 local demonstration projects to start in Caucasus

and Central Asia

Improvement of water infrastructure in Armenia,

Disaster mitigation measures in Georgia.

Drought Risk Management in Azerbaijan,Kazakhstan, Tajikistan,

Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

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Local

National

Regional

Global

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From reactive to proactive national drought

management in Central & Eastern Europe

capacity building, knowledge generation, better national drought management

policies in 10 countries

Horn of Africa and Sahel drought programme under development

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….integrating water security & climate resilience in Ghana’s National

development plans

-Coordinates the planning system

-Formulates guidelines for all

planning activities undertaken by

all sectoral authorities

- Formulate National Development

Policy Framework

- Facilitates translation of national

development plans into

implementable programmes and

projects.

National level planning

(including sectoral

plans)

Regional level planning

District level planning

National Development

Planning Commission

Regional Coordinating

Councils

Metropolitan, Municipal

and District Assemblies

Development partners/ International NGOs

Work to involve:

The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC);

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MOFEP); and

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD).

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Ghana

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Tunisia

Burundi

Rwanda

Zimbabwe

Mozambique

8 countries in Africa..integrating water and climate resilience in national development plans

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South Asian region vulnerable to extreme events

and water security challenges

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South Asia Water and Climate Programme

launched at the 2013 Indian Water Week

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri

Lanka

South Asia

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Local

National

Regional

Global

North West Sahara Aquifer

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Basin

Lake Chad Basin

Limpopo Basin

Kagera Basin

Five transboundary / shared rivers

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• Supporting SADC, ECOWAS, ECCAS, CARICOM in

implementation of regional water policies, strategies and

plans to enhance water security and climate resilience

• Supporting African Union heads of state and African water

ministers in implementing heads of state commitments on

water and sanitation

Influencing high level regional policy development and

practice

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9 Caribean Water Ministers, including 2

Deputy Prime ministers sign decleration for WACDEP

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9 Caribean Water Ministers, including 2

Deputy Prime ministers sign decleration for WACDEP

9 Water Ministers attended the WACDEP Launch

during 2011 Stockholm World Water Week

At least 33 African Ministers and their representatives witnessed

launch of Tools for water security and climate resilience

development

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Local

National

Regional

Global

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1. Policy process-Influencing global climate policy agenda:

Promoting coherence on adapation… with UNFCCC’s

Adaptation Committee

2. Scientific process-Collaboration with WMO

Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS), flood

and drought management programmes

3. Influencing practice- Linking global policy to action

Collaboration with UNDP, UNEP and WHO, FAO, IFAD

and UNITAR in the Global Support Programme (GSP)

for NAPs, supported by UNFCCC and GEF

Global level- 3 areas of influence

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Enabling Delta Life Initiative:

A Joint Global Program of Action on Deltas

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Involved deltas

• Bangladesh: Ganges- Brahmaputra Delta

• Benin: Ouémé Delta

• Cambodia and Vietnam: Mekong Delta

• China: Pearl River Delta

• Egypt: Nile Delta

• Indonesia: diverse Delta systems

• Thailand Chao Praya Delta

Added later:

Myanmar: Ayeyarwady Delta Other deltas?

Joint initiative with Delta Alliance Network

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Bilateral

support to

the NAPs

Global Partnership with UN agencies to support

national adaptation plans processes (NAPs)

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NAPs

NAP Process

in Country X

Other Support

through DBs

and Funds

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Local

National

Regional

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