Global Network on Water and Development Information in Arid lands (G-WADI)
Submitted by JulianneBG on Mon, 2010-06-28 11:14Following a decision at the 15th session of the The International Hydrological Programme (IHP) and a subsequent meeting of international experts in December 2002, UNESCO supported the establishment of a Global Network on Water Resources Management in Arid and Semi-arid Zones by bringing together an international group of experts to develop the concept, objectives, and an outline of the Network.
Contacts:
waterportal@unesco.org
Community-led response to climate change through communication, awareness creation and education
Submitted by andrea on Thu, 2009-12-17 15:10
Synopsis:
Ghanaian slum dwellers have been heavily affected by climate change through growing risks of flooding, erosion, malnutrition, the declining availability of water. This project will educate slum residents on issues around climate change impacts, its mitigation, adaptation and management. It will also promote effective environmental management practices within slum communities.
Overview: Ghanaian slum dwellers have been heavily affected by climate change.
Lukwanga community awareness creation on climate change adaptation using multimedia approaches
Submitted by andrea on Thu, 2009-12-17 15:05
Synopsis:
This project seeks to create an awareness of climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies among the Lukwanga communities. It will also work to strengthen the capacity of the Lukwanga Community Knowledge Centre as a reservoir for climate change adaptation information by using multimedia tools focussing on indigenous knowledge systems.
Overview:
Food insecurity, prolonged droughts, diminishing water supplies, erratic rainfall patterns and hailstorms are the most obvious impacts of climatic change impacting rural communities in Uganda.
Bangkok Assessment Report on Climate Change 2009
Submitted by andrea on Thu, 2009-12-10 16:13
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This report attempts to explain why and how climate change is affecting Bangkok. It raises awareness of actions that can be taken to lessen the impacts of climate change in Bangkok. The report sets out a number of adaptation options for the city, including: improving the local public health infrastructure; establishing early warning systems; and implementing stricter zoning and building codes.
Bangkok contains close to 15 per cent of the entire population of Thailand, or close to 10 million people in real terms.
Taking Steps: Mainstreaming the National Adaptation
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-08-14 22:41
##### Background
Mainstreaming is seen as a more sustainable, effective and efficient use of resources than designing and managing separate climate policies. However, there is scant understanding of what mainstreaming actually involves in practice.
Mainstreaming climate issues into the broader development process is vital because, as we’ve now seen, these issues are closely linked. Those links can be clearly seen in the implications of some Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) findings for the global development targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Uzbekistan - National Communication
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-06-19 15:12
Uzbekistan - Second National Communication - 3 December 2008
Key Vulnerabilities
- Water Resources
- Agriculture/Food Security
- Disaster Risk
- Health
Potential Adaptation Measures
Agriculture and Food Security
- Increase the amount of areas for growing rice, vegetables, watermelons, melons, potatoes and fodder while preserving of cotton volume sufficient for stabilization of annual export and import currency balance of the country.
- Increased efficiency of agriculture is also possible through introduction of the modern science and technology achievements, environmental protection of land and water resources, and further improvement of economic relations.
Water Resources
- Development of regional principles and rational solutions that meet interests of all transboundary rivers’ users
- Implementation of the integrated water resource management system, establishment of the system of early drought prevention
- Strengthening legal basis in water use and water saving
- Improvement of irrigation-drainage system infrastructure
- Improvement of irrigation techniques and shaping careful attitude towards water
Health
- Preventive medical examination for identification and control of vulnerable population
- Increase in public awareness on the negative impact and preventive measures
- Introduction of medical warning system relative to hot weather periods
- Development of the regional criteria for warning initiation
- Action plan development for strongly hot period
- Maintenance or increase of thermal comfort in premises, reduction of urban heat islands (ventilation, shading of the buildings, planting of trees and plants shading the walls and windows in summer
- Improvement of infection diseases control systems
- Ensuring of observation of sanitary hygienic requirements
- Provision of population with good quality tap water
- Increase of liability of business entities for not meeting the requirements of environmental safety
- Public awareness on increase of the risk of malaria incidence due to climate warming
- Implementation of the Programme ’Enhancement of counteraction to malaria in Uzbekistan’
- Improvement of supervision over population of disease carriers and transmitters
- Public awareness on increase of the risk of parasitic diseases and preventive measures
- Expansion of research relative to analysis of cause and effect links
- Improvement of the system of anti-epidemic measures
Costa Rica - National Communications
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-06-19 08:41
Costa Rica - Second National Communication - 7 October 2009
Key Vulnerabilities
- Water Resources
- Forestry
- Agriculture and Livestock
- Energy
Potential Adaptation Measures
Water Resources
- "Summer” programs by the Costa Rican Institute of Waterworks and Sewerages (AyA)
- Formal and informal education campaigns
- Construction of wells and water storage tanks
- Repair and renewal of broken down pipelines
- Sediment removal in water intakes
- Investment in infrastructure (wells and tanks) and technology
- Reducing concessional flow or maintaining environmental flow
- Protection of aquifers and water intakes
- Limiting concession number on basis of sector and source
- Water pollution levy
- Improved control measures and monitoring in resource use (meters)
- Improving infrastructure, surveillance and control of water capture from springs (ASADAS)
- Sanitary risk program from AyA
- Monitoring and control
- Water rationing
Forestry
- Protection, reforestation and prevention of degradation
- River bank restoration
- Agroforestry systems - erosion reduction through provision of organic material to soil water protection (quantity and quality) by encouraging infiltration and reducing runoff that could pollute waterways carbon capture, enhancing potential of silvopasture systems
- Watershed management (Pirris/ Platanar Project at the river spring level)
Agriculture and Livestock
- Integral farm management (Virilla upper river region)
- New production alternatives (hydroponics, greenhouses, controlled climates, others)
- Irrigation projects and capacity building to raise irrigation efficiency
- Drainage ditches in areas affected by excessive rainfall
- Combined aquaculture and irrigation systems, water recycling
Energy
- Greater efficient equipment, as in compact fluorescent lamps
- Charge control
- Generation from cleaner sources
Argentina - National Communication
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-06-19 08:06
Argentina - Second National Communication - 7 March 2008
Adaptation Wizard
Submitted by andrea on Thu, 2009-06-04 14:08Background
The Adaptation Wizard is a web-based tool that is designed to take help users gain a basic understanding of climate change as well as integrate climate risks into their decision-making. It is a high-level, generic tool that is valuable to newcomers to the climate change issue, as well as those who are preparing to adapt.
Perceptions of Stakeholders on Climate Change: and Adaptation Strategies in Ethiopia
Submitted by andrea on Wed, 2009-01-14 02:00
Three stakeholder discussion forums held in 2006 in Addis Ababa, Awassa, and Bahir Dar were attended by representatives of the government, civil society, business sector, and local communities. The forums elicited information to enable policymakers to make more informed decisions related to climate change adaptation. The forums complemented ongoing efforts to develop the National Adaptation Program of Action (NAPA).