IUCN at Africa Water Week 06 November 2009 | News story
Mainstreaming climate change in integrated water resources
management will be a key topic at the 2nd Africa Water Week in
Johannesburg, 9-13 November. Fears over climate change focus on
projected increases in the severity and frequency of droughts,
floods and storms, accelerated melting of glaciers and rising
sea-levels. Climate change adaptation starts with managing
water-related risks across sectors in the frame of integrated
water resource management. Effective climate change adaptation
takes place at the local level, in villages, towns and cities
supported by coordinated decision making about how river basins
and coastal zones are developed and managed. Dr. Emmanuel
Mwendera, regional water and wetlands coordinator, will present
a case study of the Pangani River Basin in Tanzania,
"Mainstreaming climate change in integrated water resources
management". The IUCN Water Programme and its partners are
mainstreaming climate change adaptation into the deve