Water related global intergovernmental processes, linking up with SDGs

• 3rd WCDRR14 – 18 March, Sendai,

• UNFCCC COP 21 30 November - 11 December, Paris

• 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development13 - 16 July, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Post 2015 DRR Framework and interlinkages with other global processes

“The post-2015 intergovernmental processes on sustainable development, financing for development, climate change and disaster risk reduction provide the international community with a unique opportunity to enhance coherence across policies, institutions, goals, and indicators for implementation … Ensuring credible links between these processes will contribute to building resilience and achieving the global ambition to eradicate poverty”

“It is important to work through the United Nations and other relevant institutions and processes to promote coherence across sustainable development, climate change, biodiversity, and disaster risk reduction policies, plans and programs across systems, sectors and organizations, taking into account mandates and level of international commitments and obligations adopted by countries”

Post 2015 DRR FrameworkCurrent state of the art, Water and Climate

• Current draft only mentions water three times

• One elaborated paragraph in brackets:[Support the development and implementation of global mechanisms on water-related issues in the context of disaster risk reduction in order to raise awareness and improve understanding of water-related risks and their impact on society]

• Some concrete suggestions, for example“Promote integration and joint planning with climate change adaptation actions”

Lima Call for Climate Action

• “The ADP shall complete the work as early as possible in order for COP 21 to adopt a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force under the Convention applicable to all Parties”;

• The principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, in light of different national circumstances;

• Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) Deadline for Parties to submit their INDCs, End of March 2015

Water and the UNFCCC negotiations

• Dr. Rajendra Pachauri:“Water is critical to how we experience impacts,

develop adaptation solutions to climate change and ensure climate mitigation is effective”

• Anna Lindstedt, Swedish Ambassador for Climate Change:“It is of fundamental importance that mitigation and adaptation efforts are dealt with in a synchronized and harmonized manner. The terms of this dialogue converge over water and energy”

Towards Paris – how can water be integrated? Possible ways forward

• Intended Nationally Determined Contributions

• The Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage

• Nairobi Work ProgrammeWater one of four focus areas

• The Green Climate Fund

The 2015 global intergovernmental processes – An important momentum to raise the profile of water and to achieve a coherent approach in the implementation

Challenges – and opportunitiesfor coordination and collaboration

• Opportunity for reinforcing processes but risk for inheriting stumbling blocks

• How can SDG targets and indicators be aligned with the Post 2015 DRR Framework and the UNFCCC COP 21 agreement?

• UNFCCC Adaptation Framework and Loss & Damage vs Post 2015 DRR framework?

• How will financial funds and mechanisms be coordinated?

Water for Development23 – 28 August

2015 World Water Week