The Water and Climate Programme aims to support countries in integrating water security and climate resilience into development planning. It pursues partnerships across sectors like climate, development, and water. Its key approaches include building institutional capacity, developing tools and evidence, and strengthening coordination. Major initiatives include the Water, Climate and Development Programme in Africa, the Integrated Drought Management Programme, and building resilience in delta regions. Reflections note challenges like low absorption capacity and the need for continued capacity building and linking adaptation to investment planning.

1. Water and Climate Programme
Presentation at the Side Event ”The
connecting link: water security & the
Adaptation Commitee’s Work Programme”
Alex Simalabwi,
Global Coordinator
Water & Climate Programme
Bonn, 10 June 2013

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Overall objective
To support countries to integrate water
security and climate resilience in
development planning and decision making
processes

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Our approach: Partnerships-linking
development agendas
Climate community
(UNFCC COP people)
Development community Water community
...Working across sectoral silos, bridging divides....

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Key ingredients
• Build institutional capacity & knowledge
• Develop tools & generate evidence base
• Strengthen partnerships & coordination
INVESTMENTS for climate resilient
development

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Water and Climate Programme
Thematic
Strategy
1. WACDEP in Africa &
Caribbean
2. Water and Climate
Programmes – Asia, Latin
America
3. Global WMO/GWP
IDMP and APFM
4. Deltas Climate
Resilience Programme
OUR VEHICLES-

6. Water, Climate and Development
Programme (WACDEP) in Africa
• Joint programme with
African Union (AU) and
Water Ministers
(AMCOW)
• 23 Countries to benefit
• 5 Transboundary Basins

7. Links national planning on resilience
to transboundary and local level
Lake Chad Basin
Kagera Basin
Limpopo Basin

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Improving water security and
climate resilience on the ground
Local projects Rwanda/Burundi – Bugasera with local district councils and
communities

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1. Integrating water security and climate resilience in
development planning and decision-making processes

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2. Support development of “No regrets” investment and financing
strategies for water security, climate resilience, including project
preparation processes

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3. Support to development of capacities of institutions
and stakeholders to integrate water security and
climate resilience in development processes and plans

12. WATER CLIMATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME -AFRICA
Water security and climate resilience
integrated in Africa's growth and
development
Investments in
regional and National
Development
Regionaland
Transboundary
Cooperaton
National
Developmentand
SectorPlans
No/lowRegrets
Investments
ProjectPreparation
andFinancing
Innovative Green
Solutions
Demonstration
Projects
Knowledge and
Capacity
Development
Capacity
Developement
Knowledgeand
Awareness
Partnerships and
Sustainability
Governanceand
Fundrising
OUTCOMEOUTPUTSACTIVITIES
Enabling activitiesIntegration, investments in Climate
resilient growth and development

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9 Water Ministers attended the WACDEP Launch
during 2011 Stockholm World Water Week

14. Developed Knowledge Products
Developed
knowledge products
aimed at increasing
the knowledge on
water security and
climate resilience
have been
developed

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At least 33 ministers and their representatives
witnessed the launch

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Capacity Development Launched in
Africa
Capacity development programme developed
• 40 Training workshops planned across Africa-Climate
resilient development and economics of adaptation
• Targeted at planners in priority government
development sectors e.g water, agriculture, energy, health
and others
• 2 years intiative-contribute to climate readness and
NAPs process

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Integrated Drought Management
Programme (IDMP)
joint WMO/GWP global IDMP programme
promoting better climate information through
the Global Framework for climate services
Supporting proactive drought management
policies
• Central and Eastern Europe
• Sahel-West Africa
• Horn of Africa

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Latin America & the Caribbean, Asia
• Caribbean: 9 ministers signed declaration for WACDEP
implementation- work with Caricom and CCCCC under way
• Intergrating risk management approaches in national development
plans
• Central America- Improved understanding of regional
dimensions of water and climate, regional workshop attended by
government reps on water and CC
• Transectoral agreement in Peru to be signed by 13 cabinet ministers
• High level consensus across Asia on water and climate resilience.
Building on work of the High-level Asia Pacific Water Summit

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Building resilience in Delta regions
• Deltas Initiative:
• Consultations carried out in Benin and Bangladesh
with possible programmes proposed
• Joint “Deltas Alliance/GWP” vulnerability assessment
of Irrawaddy Delta in Myanmar to commence in July
• Consultation workshop on Nile Delta in June
• Delta Programme launch at World Water Week

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Reflections
• Low absorption capacity affects progress-inefficiencies
in national planning systems, delays in disbursements
and low absorption capacity affect progress
• Inadequate institutional capacity in many developing
countries: more time required to build capacity.
• Link adaptation efforts to investment planning
towards climate resilient developement