Partner Session

1. Highlight the importance of mapping climate extremes and vulnerability for assessing the climate-induced risk
2. Discuss the role of water accounts and scenario-based water balance analysis to identify interventions to reduce climate-induced water stress at the basin scale and adapt to climate-induced risk
3. Provide evidence of the impact of climate-resilient agricultural practices.

In this reference, the session ‘Climate Risk, Water Management and Sustainable Agriculture’ will open with a context-setting presentation that will provide an assessment of the climate extreme hotspots (including an example from the global south) with a focus on the complexities and non-linear trends and patterns, and the risk they pose to the communities in terms of water stress. Further, the potential of water accounts and scenario-based water balance analysis for identifying interventions to reduce water deficit at the river basin scale and adapt to climate-induced risk will be demonstrated through specific case studies.

Finally, the evidence on sustainable agricultural and water management practices that can prepare communities in building resilience to climate-induced risk will be presented. This will include conditions and the contextual factors that influence the adoption of climate-smart water management practices. The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion that will deliberate on the need for such integrated assessments and how mainstreaming climate risks consideration in efforts on providing water and food security can lead to a larger benefit to society, the economy, and the environment.