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GWP CACENA attended the Sixth Meeting of Task Force on Water and Climate

Sixth meeting of Task Force on Water and Climate (Convention of the Protection and Use of  Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes) was held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 27 June 2013.

Mr. Vadim Sokolov, Regional Coordinator of GWP CACENA, has attended the 6th Meeting of UNECE Task Force on Water and Climate, that was held on 27 June 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Participants were informed about the background of the global platform for exchanging experience on water and adaptation to climate change, established in light of the global opening of the Water Convention to all the United Nations Member States, following the entry into force of the amendments to articles 25 and 26 of the Convention on 6 February 2013.

 

There were discussed the future cooperation with global partners, such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the European Union, the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Global Water Partnership (GWP), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), UN-Water and others.

 

In this regard Sabina Bokal (GWP CEE) and Vadim Sokolov (GWP CACENA) briefly presented activities on newly started program of GWP on water and adaptation to climate change and presented suggestions for promoting the transfer of lessons learned and a broader exchange under the global platform.

 

Next steps could be recommended:

  1. GWPO Secretariat and GWP Regions should find the proper ways to be actively involved into the UNECE activities on Water and Climate.
  2. There were suggested the following direction of cooperation:

-            sharing knowledge and exchange of lessons between GWP and UNECE, particularly contribution to the collection of good practices

-            facilitating exchange visits/study tours between UNECE and GWP regions doing work on water and climate in CEE, CACENA and other regions - Africa, Asia.

Annukka Lipponen (UNECE), Saghit Ibatullin (EC IFAS) and Shamil Ilyasov (Chu-Talas Commission) are discussing proposals from Central Asia for assessment program of the water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus in transboundary basins under the UNECE Water Convention, Geneva, June 2013 

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