This is a short presentation of the CCW program at IDRC that I use in conferences, workshops and other meetings. It provides a first look at the program that is scheduled to run from 2010-2015 and has been approved by the Board of Governors.

2. Climate Change and Water
CCAA-CCW Joint Session
May 4th, 2010

3. Preamble
• Climate change impacting availability of
water worldwide
• Changes in rainfall causing more flooding
and more intense droughts
• Rising temperatures
reducing quality of water
supplies
• Poor people hit hardest

4. Climate induced water stress results from
complex event driven extremes:
• Drought, flooding
• Hurricanes/typhoons
• Ecosystem change (over the longer term)

5. Asia by 2050s:
– Freshwater availability is projected to decrease
– Coastal areas, especially heavily-populated mega delta
regions will be greatest risk from sea flooding
• Africa by 2020:
– Between 75 & 250 million people projected to
be exposed
increased water stress
– In some countries, yields from rain-fed
agriculture would be
reduced by 50%
Small Island States:
– Sea Level rise is expected to exacerbate inundation, storm
surge, erosion and other coastal hazards threatening vital
infrastructure
– By mid-century reduced water resources in many small island
states
Source: IPCC, 2007

7. Where are the most vulnerable areas ?
• Each region will have a short regional
strategy aligned with this to suggest entry
points for CCW
Low-lying coastal settlements (SLR and
Flooding) Nigeria, Egypt and Mekong Delta
• Decline in ground water (saline intrusion)
Bangladesh
• Populous coastal areas (India)…

10. Goal of the Climate Change and Water program
Support applied research and build local
capacity to improve water security and
adaptation in the face of climate change

11. CCW Priority Research Areas
1. Quality and availability of water
2. Reducing risks and surprises
3. Related policy options

12. Mature Middle Emergent
Longstanding work where IDRC On-going work that will feed CCW New projects or explorations that are
has made a difference starting
Work on wastewater use to cope Work on glacial melt and the An exploration for possible IDRC
with climate-related water scarcity downstream impact on communities, investments in climate change,
(Nepal, Andes). energy and water
Strategic Position
(Our Niche)
A portfolio of work on water Urban water and sanitation (Cape Emergent work on climate change,
demand management has been Town, Tunis) water and ICTs exists in the ICT4D
done in MENA and LAC with IDRC program area
support.
Work on climate change and flood Policymaking for adaptation.
management in cities
Existing networks and partnerships Grants “plus” programming along the Explorations for topics that are new
Strategic Perspective (Overall Strategy)
on climate change outreach and lines of the IDRC articulated strategy to CCW (ICT + Energy). (5%)
dissemination of results (5%). will continue on the topics outlined
above (50%)
Capacity building (awards, courses) Innovative, “high risk” programming
with particular attention to in partnership with other IDRC units
economics/gender. (20%) for emergent research. (5%)
Partnerships with several
international. (15%)

13. Sample Projects for Year 1
• Urbanisation, Water Access and Use in South
Asia (South Asia)
• Clean Energy and Water: An Assessment of
Services for Adapting to Climate Change
(Africa/Global)
• Small Grants for Research on Climate Change
and Food Security (Cambodia)

14. Capacity Building
• Graduate Research Awards (Global)
• Training course for researchers on policy
engagement
• Training on the application of environmental
economics in CC research

15. Good policy requires an understanding of
the costs and benefits of action vs. the
costs of inaction, and so better and more
robust analyses of the economics of
Two important adaptation are required.
principles that we
have learned CCW will emphasize research that takes
its cue from policy makers themselves as
experience shows that research results
are more likely to be taken up if this is
the case.

16. Project Monitoring
Tool 1 Project teams are
responsible for completing
Guidelines for project under guidance of Program
technical reports Officer
Tool 2
Program Officers complete
Guidelines for PO project post-monitoring
monitoring reports
Program Leader organizes
CCW Monitoring Tool 3
and Team
Framework Annual Project Highlights
(Communications invited)
POs responsible - used for
Tool 4 meetings, conferences,
events where monitoring is
Trip Reports not the central purpose of
the trip
Tool 5
PL, RO and POs responsible
rPCRs

17. Program-level Indicators
• Verifiable increases in the capacity of recipients to
produce policy relevant and/or practical contributions;
• Production of high quality and credible research results
(i.e., peer reviewed);
• Evidence of methodological improvements in climate
change research; and
• Evidence of improved communication and dialogue
between researchers and research users.

18. Risks
• Scope and scale of current work on
climate change
• Integrating traditional water related
research with climate change themes

19. To Conclude…
CCW aims to provide support to solution based research
that puts global climate models in a local context – and
provides ways that people can respond

20. Thank you!