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Making Adaptation Work

Making Adaptation Work. Reflections from the Third Workshop on Transboundary Adaptation Geneva, Switzerland • 25-26 April 2012. John Matthews • Conservation International —|— AGWA j.matthews@conservation.org. ASSESSMENTS. DECISIONS.

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Making Adaptation Work

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  1. Making Adaptation Work • Reflections from the Third Workshop on Transboundary Adaptation • Geneva, Switzerland • 25-26 April 2012 John Matthews • Conservation International —|— AGWA j.matthews@conservation.org

  2. ASSESSMENTS DECISIONS • Vulnerability assessments are essentially tools to inform decision making processes • Shifts from an assumption that there is a single type/methodology VA for hydrologically defined systems • Relatively uniform framework for “vulnerability” • Technical/scientific “water” assessments are shifting into institutional/governance/management assessments • Get started assessing vulnerability — you will learn how

  3. WATER= SECTOR WATER = CONNECTOR • Transboundary means crossing many borders: • disciplines • sectors • ecosystems • communities • economies • governance systems • “Transboundary” means we all own the water (and the problems)

  4. POLITICAL CONSENSUS Data consensus • Technical agreement about flows, quality, monitoring is a prerequisite for political dialogue • buttechnical agreement does not mean that political agreement will follow

  5. FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORKS LONG-TERM FRAMEWORKS Mechanisms for regularly “updating” transboundary allocations are necessary for agreements to endure

  6. Unresolved & Evolving • “Climate” versus “climate change” • Are we confident in the projections of global circulation models (GCMs)? • DRR, WASH, and ecosystems: moving to the center? • Environmental flows and flow-regime centered agreements • Integrating cost-benefit analyses and financial mechanisms • Translational “gaps” in ecosystem-based adaptation between ecology and engineering, politics, and finance • How do we communicate adaptation effectively?

  7. Where should transboundary voices be heard? • Regional water dialogues are critical • Sectoral/thematic areas: energy, agriculture, DRR, protected areas, healthcare • “Adaptation” dialogues: UNFCCC Nairobi Work Programme, Asia Pacific Adaptation Forum

  8. the AGWA network alliance4water.org Development banks and capacity-building groups. The Asian Development Bank, European Investment Bank, KfW, the Inter-American Development Bank, GiZ, the Cooperative Programme on Water and Climate, and the World Bank. Non-governmental Organizations The Delta Alliance, International Water Association, the Swedish Environmental Institute (IVL), the Global Water Partnership, Deltares, Environmental Law Institute (ELI), Stockholm Environmental Institute (SEI), Organization for European Cooperation and Development (OECD), Stockholm International Water Institute, Wetlands International, IUCN, The Nature Conservancy, ICIMOD, WWF, Conservation International. Governmental CONAGUA, Seattle Public Utilities, US State department, NOAA, US Army Corps of Engineers, UN Water, UN Habitat, UNECE, Water Utilities Climate Alliance, WMO The Private Sector Ceres, UNEP FI, World Business Council for Sustainable Development Key partners Water & Climate Coalition, the Adaptation Partnership, the Global Environment Facility, Nairobi Work Programme

  9. Merci! j.matthews@conservation.org

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