Partner Session

Climate Risk, Water Management and Sustainable Agriculture

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Overview

Date and time (ICT) 02 December 2022, 16.50 – 18.10 ICT / UTC +07:00 hours
Partner Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
Associate partner(s)
Title Climate Risk, Water Management and Sustainable Agriculture
Objective(s)
  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.
Abstract Existing evidence suggests that the impact of climate variability and human-induced climate change on hydrology will accentuate in near future, especially in the global south impacting water availability for different sectors. To better prepare and adapt to such impacts, the risk posed by the climate-induced extremes needs to be assessed, and subsequently, interventions should be planned to ensure water security for domestic, productive, and environmental purposes. 

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.

Speakers Ms. Henriette Faergemann
Mr. Nitin Bassi
Ms. Kangkanika Neog
Mode of delivery Hybrid
Contact person Mr. Nitin Bassi and Mr. Sharad Aryal