Adaptation and water, on the road to the World Water Forum

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Objectives of this session, on route to the World Water Forum in 2022:

• Showcasing 2 best practices selected from the Call for contributions
• Defining strong Key messages for COP26 in November 2021 and World Water Forum in March 2022
• Identifying a Coalition Project or Strategy on Adaptation and Water

Agenda and speakers:

9:00 – 9:16 UTC : Opening words

• Abdoulaye Sène, Secretary General of the World Water Forum Dakar March 2022

• Aboubacry Sow, Managing Director of the SAED (Senegalese organisation for the development of the Delta River)

• Melissa Kerim-Dikeni, Policy Analyst at OECD

9:16 – 9:26 UTC : Two selected projects from Climate Chance’s Call for Contributions

Guillaume Babin, the Director of DEDURAM

Médard DAHODO, representing the Nature based Solution – Integrated Resource Management initiative

9:26 – 9:30 UTC : Presentation by the OECD, and transition to group work

9:30 – 10:10 UTC : Discussion groups

The discussion groups are an essential opportunity to foster exchanges between non-state actors around the specific topics of the Adaptation and Water Coalition’s roadmap.

• Group 1 – French – Water Security and Sanitation :

Building resilience and adaptive capacity to climate change and natural disasters:

• • Make water resource management a top priority for climate change adaptation
  • Strengthen knowledge to improve understanding of climate change impacts and better design adaptation measures
  • Accelerate the implementation and financing of no-regrets climate adaptation actions that build capacity and balance green (nature-based solutions) and grey infrastructure

• Group 2 – English – Water Security and Sanitation
•  Group 3 – French – Rural Development: 
  • In a sustainable way, ensure at the same time the sustainability of food systems, water resources management, climate change mitigation and biodiversity protection

10:10 – 10:30 UTC : Restitution and Conclusion by Climate Chance

Co-pilots and technical partners