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Cooperation on Nature-based Solutions for Adaptation in the basins of lakes, rivers and aquifers

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Greater frequency and intensity of floods, droughts, unpredictable rainfall patterns… Water is the first victim of climate change, and our societies are collateral victims. Join us and learn how cooperation on Nature-based Solutions increases our resilience on that front!
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Climate change primarily affects water with unpredictable rainfall patterns, aquatic ecosystems degradation, altered river flows, sea level rise-induced salinization of coastal groundwater, more frequent and intense floods and droughts. Water-related disasters represent about 90% of all natural disasters. Ecosystem-based Adaptation addresses this issue with Nature-based Solutions (NbS). It uses biodiversity and ecosystem services to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. As water flows and doesn’t stop at borders, this approach should be implemented through cooperation at the transboundary scale of the basins. Through case studies from around the world, the audience will be invited to question conventional climate change solutions and the associated risks of maladaptation, to explore the range of “no-regret” Nature-based Solutions mobilized and the interest to carry out this approach across borders at the scale of the basins of lakes, rivers and aquifers.

Session agenda

Moderator

Andrea FERRET

Programme Officer Biodiversity and Nature-based Solutions / Chargée de Mission Biodiversité et Solutions fondées sur la Nature,
French Water Partnership / Partenariat Français pour l'Eau
France

Online moderation
14:00 - 15:30

Mr Edouard BOINET

Project manager,
International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)
France

Moderation
14:00 - 15:30

Speaker

Ali HAYAJNEH

Programme Manager - Water and Climate Change Programme,
IUCN-ROWA
Jordan

Preliminary remarks
14:00 - 14:05

Mr Robert Y. DESSOUASSI

Directeur Exécutif,
Autorité du Bassin de la Volta
Burkina Faso

Implementing Nature-based Solutions for adaptation to climate change in the transboundary basin of the Volta River
14:05 - 14:15

Panelist

Mrs Marie-christine HUAU

chief officer in charge of water & climate strategy - veolia water development,
veolia
France

Implementing Nature-based Solutions in an industrial site for adaptation to climate change in the basin of the Hai river in China
14:37 - 14:47

Dr Marwan AL-RAGGAD

Executive Director,
Inter-Islamic Network on Water Resources Development and Manageme
Jordan

Implementing Nature-based Solutions for adaptation to climate change in the MENA region
14:45 - 14:55

Dr Maha AL-ZU'BI

Researcher - Agriculture Water Solutions ,
International Water Management Institute
Jordan

Implementation of Nature-based Solutions for adaptation to climate change
14:55 - 15:05

  • Office français de la biodiversité [France]
  • Comité national de l'UICN, France
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