Workshop on adaptation to climate change in the water sector
The workshop is targeted at government officials from environment, health and water authorities; water supply and wastewater managers; scientists working on climate adaptation; representatives from private sector, non-governmental and international organizations.
The event will address: (a) current knowledge about adaptation and climate change; (b) policy, legislative, institutional and financial frameworks; (c) forecasting, modelling and vulnerability, including vulnerability of water-related sectors such as energy, agriculture, tourism; and (d) adaptation and coping measures. Health-related aspects and cross-cutting themes, such as education and communication will be addressed at each session. The workshop will give a feedback on the draft Guidance on Water and Adaptation to Climate Change, developed under the Convention. Experts interested in giving a presentation on the above-mentioned topics are kindly invited to contact the secretariat (water.convention@unece.org) by 15 May 2008.
Contact information |
Water Convention
(email: water.convention@unece.org) |
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Event type | Seminar |
File link |
http://www.unece.org/env/water/meetings/water_climate_workshop.htm |
Source | UNECE |
Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES |
Relation | http://www.emwis.org/topics/climatechange |
Geographical coverage | Netherlands |
Address | Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
Organizer | organised under the auspices of the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) and of the Protocol on Water and Health to the Water Convention. |
Target audience | International |
Period | [01/07/2008 - 02/07/2008] |
Status | Confirmed |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |