waterclimatecoalition

1. www.waterclimatecoalition.org

2. History • Global Public Policy Network on Water Management (GPPN) • COP15 advocacy • Consultation, advocacy • Informal Network • Need to establish more formal coalition of actors

3. Vision Water is placed at the heart of global policy responses to climate change

4. Mission • Bring together stakeholders from across the global water community to promote progressive and integrated water and climate change policy on an international level. • Targeted advocacy on a global level, working with members to develop policy recommendations, statements and interventions as well as co-ordinating events, seminars and workshops.

5. Members • Chartered Institute for Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) • International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) • Freshwater Action Network (FAN) • Global Water Partnership • Progressio • University of North Carolina (UNC) Water Institute • World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Partners: • Cooperative Programme on Water and Climate • UN Water

6. Messages – Adaptation Climate Change is Water Change Water primary medium through which climate impacts will be felt Build Resilience through Integrated Water Resources Management Builds social, economic and ecological resilience through managing competing demands. Enables flexible response to climate change. Shortest way to build climate resilience. Integrate NAPAs and IWRM Develop NAPAs in consultation with water managers. Catalyse implementation of IWRM plans, or create one.

7. Messages - Adaptation Enhance Regional and Transboundary Cooperation Climate impacts through water cycle do not respect national boundaries. Adaptation strategies must catalyse regional responses. Implement Eco-system Based Adaptation Healthy ecosystems are critical natural infrastructure for water storage, flood regulation and coastal defence. Reciprocal relationship – ecosystems both provide and rely on freshwater resources. Integrate Disaster Risk Reduction and Water Resources Management National disaster risk reduction strategies must integrate water resources management to build preparedness

8. Messages - Mitigation Recognise the reciprocal relationship between climate change mitigation and water GHG emission reduction efforts rely on water usage – hydropower, biofuels. Water Management high energy user. Address the Carbon Footprint of the Water Sector Water services 4% of global GHG emissions – same order of magnitude as aviation. Sectoral approach may be helpful in this regard. Integrate climate mitigation with IWRM Mitigation measures relying on availability of water approved in context of IWRM plan that identifies feasibility of development. Essential for avoiding maladaptation

9. Messages - Mitigation Avoid assumptions about future water availability Suitability of water-intensive mitigation measures should not be based on current data. Must take into account impacts of climate change on water availability. Mitigation Impacts of Adaptation in Water Sector Some adaptation responses in the water sector have negative impacts on mitigation efforts e.g. smarter infrastructure development for water efficiency, desalination.

10. Messages - Finance Generate new and additional finance for adaptation to climate impacts on water World Bank Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change - $13.7 billion drier scenario, $19.2 billion wetter scenario for ‘Water Supply and Flood Management’. Should be priority sector in funding emerging from UNFCCC. MDG WatSan Target At least $10 billion/year through to 2015. Additional costs in water sector to adapt to climate change exceed these costs. Current ODA is $5.9 billion