UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

World Water Development Report

Jos TimmermanThe Netherlands

UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

World Water Day 22 March

• 2020 Theme: Water and Climate change

UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

Inception meeting 19-21 September 2018

UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

Part 1 – Context

Prologue: The state of water resources in the context of climate change (WMO, UNESCO-IHP and WWAP)

1: Climate change, water and sustainable development (WWAP, UNESCO-IHP and WMO)

2: The International policy frameworks (SIWI and WWAP)

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UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

PART 2 – Challenges and opportunities

4: Water related extreme events and risk

management (UNU-INWEH)

5: Water, climate change and human health (WHO)

6: Agriculture and food security (FAO)

7: Energy and industry (UNIDO)

8: Human settlements (UN-Habitat)

9: Integration/NEXUS section (WWAP)

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UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

PART 3 – Regional Perspectives (GWP, ECE, ECLAC, ESCAP, ESCWA and ECA, WWAP and

other regional offices/agencies)

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UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

PART 4 – An enabling environment11: Governance (UNDP)12: Financial and economic instruments

(World Bank)13: Technological innovation, knowledge

(management) and capacity development, R&D (UNESCO and UNU-INWEH)

14: Concluding remarks (WWAP)

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UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

AGWA, Aquafed, CDP-BAFWAC, FAO, GWP, IAH, IAHS, ICHARM, IGRAC, IHE, IIASA, ILO, IWMI,

OHCHR, RAMSAR, SIWI, UNDP, UNECE, UNESCO Field Offices, UNESCO IHP, UNHCR , UNIDO, UNISDR, UNU-FLORES, UNU-INWEH,

Water.org, WaterLex, WHO, WMO, World YouthParliament for Water, WWC

Contributors

UNECE Water Convention, Task Force on Water and Climate, 1 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

Addressing the challenges posed by climate change through improved water management is essential to

ensuring a water secure future for all

• Current water challenges are aggravated by governance problems.

• Improved water management can address both adaptation and mitigation objectives.

• A preventive, flexible, inclusive, integrative, long-term approach is needed.

• There is a strong need for increased capacity and better awareness of water management options.

Main messages (under review)