Water and Climate Coalition Blog (12)
Understanding the wider Business Implications of Water
CHRIS HEDEMANN, ACCOUNT MANAGER, CDP WATER DISCLOSURE
This article appeared in Outreach, a multi-stakeholder magazine on environment and sustainable development published at COP17. View it here.
Too many businesses still view water as simply a cheap resource. This is an oversight that could cost them and the communities in which they operate dearly. This past year alone has seen national economies shaken by the force of water, and individual organisations have not escaped the often devastating impacts of these events.
Will Growth in Energy Demand compete for scarce Water Resources?
JAKOB GRANIT, DIRECTOR, SIWI KNOWLEDGE SERVICES, STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL WATER INSTITUTE
This article appeared in Outreach, a multi-stakeholder magazine on environment and sustainable development published at COP17. View it here.
With growing demand for energy and the need to decarbonise the energy supply chain with new power producing technologies, there is an urgent need to better understand the demand for water for energy production and include this into the existing mechanisms under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
In Hot Water: An African Perspective on Fisheries and Climate Change
ALEX BENKENSTEIN, SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
This article appeared in Outreach, a multi-stakeholder magazine on environment and sustainable development published at COP17. View it here.
Climate change will have significant impacts on the marine and freshwater systems that support the world’s fisheries. Indeed, many of these impacts have already been observed in scientific studies, including coral bleaching, ocean acidification and changes to the range of fish stocks in response to warmer ocean temperatures. In addition to these direct ecosystem impacts, fishing fleets and communities will face an increased risk of extreme weather events, rising sea levels, coastal erosion and other climate-related effects.
Water Lessons: An African water management perspective on climate change
MIKE MULLER, GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP’S TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
This article appeared in Outreach, a multi-stakeholder magazine on environment and sustainable development published at COP17. View it here.
Since water is the medium through which many of the impacts of climate change will be felt, we might expect water to be at the forefront of climate discussions, particularly as they focus increasingly on adaptation to inevitable changes. Better water management - finding ways to store water and prepare for droughts; and understanding and planning to reduce flood damage and vulnerability are just two critical examples.
Water, Climate and Development Day
ALEX SIMALABWI, SENIOR NETWORK OFFICER, GWP. KIRSTY SCHNEEBERGER, SENIOR POLICY OFFICER, STAKEHOLDER FORUM. OSELUKA ZIKORA, COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, AMCOW
This blog is adapted from an article that appeared in Outreach, a multi-stakeholder magazine on environment and sustainable development published at COP17. View it here.
On Saturday December 3rd, the Water and the Climate Coalition (WCC), together with collaborative partners, arranged an all-day event on Water, Climate and Development. The day was filled with interesting and thought provoking presentations, followed by rich and dynamic discussions on how best to integrate water into the negotiations at COP, as well as address the nexus between water, climate and development.
Africa is scaling up its Capacity to respond to Climate Change
DR MATS ERIKSSON, STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL WATER INSTITUTE (SIWI)
This article appeared in Outreach, a multi-stakeholder magazine on environment and sustainable development published at COP17. View it here.
The negotiators of the UNFCCC continue to discuss with stoic persistency the management pathways for the future of our planet. Meanwhile, as this slow and cumbersome process continues, incremental steps are taken on the African continent towards increased capacity to respond to the adverse impacts of climate change.
Bridging Water and Climate – What are the next steps?
Written by Hannah StoddartHANNAH STODDART, HEAD OF POLICY AND ADVOCACY, STAKEHOLDER FORUM
The closing plenary of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) on Saturday 4th December represented a major breakthrough for water in relation to the UNFCCC. Six countries, from across three continents, proposed that water be addressed as an agenda item under the next session of the SBSTA in June 2011.
Water & Climate Change: introducing a Southern Civil Society Perspective
DANIELLE MORLEY, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, FRESHWATER ACTION NETWORK
This article appeared in Outreach, a multi-stakeholder magazine on environment and sustainable development published at COP16. View it here.
The UNFCCC should swiftly move to address water and climate linkages. Global warming will transform the hydrological patterns that determine the availability of water. Many of the worlds water stressed areas will get less water; there will be less predictability of water flow and more extreme event.
Water Challenges and Choices
REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
This article appeared in Outreach, a multi-stakeholder magazine on environment and sustainable development published at COP16. View it here.
Slovenia, like many countries is aiming to champion environmental challenges into foreign policy. At the end of August this year the fifth Bled Strategic Forum took place in Bled, Slovenia. This annual event traditionally brings together business people, think-tanks, media, and policy-makers and is as a leading regional forum in addressing and defining responses to emerging challenges.
Climate Change is all about Water
ZAFAR ADEEL
This article appeared in Outreach, a multi-stakeholder magazine on environment and sustainable development published at COP16. View it here.
Many people may consider expanding deserts as the main manifestation of a warming planet, and that’s likely to occur. However, it is just one consequence of predicted shifts in the global water cycle -- changes that will affect the quality, timing and volume of precipitation and water availability everywhere.
On visible climate change and invisible water
PRAIA, SAN JOSÉ, REKJAVÍK, SINGAPORE, LJUBLJANA ABU DHABI, 26 NOVEMBER 2010
In view of the forthcoming Cancún climate conference, the ministers of foreign affairs of the Green Group wish to underline the link between climate change and water, as well as the importance of improved water management in successfully addressing the impacts of climate change.
Water World – preparing for the ultimate climate challenge
Written by Hannah Stoddart
HANNAH STODDART, HEAD OF POLICY AND ADVOCACY AT STAKEHOLDER FORUM
a co-host of the Water and Climate Coalition with the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
A year on from COP15 in Copenhagen, delegates are descending upon Cancun for two weeks to try to thrash out at least some elements of a global climate change deal. The objective remains the same - the reduction of CO2 emissions in the earth's atmosphere. The political challenge remains the same -