INBO webinar under the framework of the “water” day of the United Nations climate change Conferences of the Parties (COP29)

What’s the income of this webinar?

The problems highlighted

• Facing the social and climatic challenges of different demographic regions
  • The disruption of the water cycle alters the planning strategies already in place at different levels of a country, that are now obsolete.
  • These disruptions, together with population growth and the spread of unsustainable consumption and production pattenrs, are affecting the food, energy and water security of our societies.
  • The distribution and sharing of water resources make it difficult to implemeent climate change adaptation projects.
• Long and complex process to access financing
  • Access to financing requires specific knowledge and skills.
  • The accreditation process is time-consuming and energy-consuming.

The solutions highlighted

• Combining different innovative financing schemes from different sources (private, public, payment for climate and environmental services, non-governmental funds, philanthropic funds, taxation, etc.)
  • Mapping available sources of financing.
  • Increasing number of organizations that obtain their accreditation.
  • Mobilizing their own financial resources of Basin Organizations.
• Gain a better understanding of the region’s vulnerabilities in order to develop actions and adopt the most relevant and effective adaptation technologies
  • Sustainable, long-term strategy based on tehcnical knowledge which financial institutions can draw on to invest in viable projects.
  • Financial institutions are increasingly completing their financial support with technical assistance.
  • Cover socio-economic vulnerabilities.
• Improve the capacity and mobilization of national institutions on climate change issues at local, basin, federal and state levels
• Exchanges and communications between different international, national and regional organizations

The program and panelist’s presentations

• Check out the program here
• Opening & introduction: Dr. Eric Tardieu, Secretary General, International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)
• Panel: Incubation and development of water and climate projects: barriers and tools to overcome them
  • Ms. Silvia Chávez Cereceda, International Cooperation Manager, National Water Commission of Mexico (CONAGUA)
  • Ms. Coletha Ruhamya, Deputy Executive Secretary, Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC)
  • Ms. Edith Paredes, Administrative Director, Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO)
  • Mr. Ababakar Mbaye, Director of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS)
  • Ms. Vera Garcia Chaves, Director, National Water and Sanitation Agency, Cape Verde
• Panel: Preparedness facility and other tools developed by international financial institutions to facilitate access to finance for water and climate projects at basin level
  • Mr. Lionel Goujon, Head of Water and Sanitation, French Development Agency (AFD)
  • Mr. Franz Rojas, Chief, Water and Sanitation Division, Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF)
  • Mr. Anders Jagerskog, Program Manager “Cooperation for International Waters in Africa” (CIWA), World Bank
  • Mr. Andres Guillermo Blanco Blanco, Principal Economics Specialist, Water and Sanitation, Inter-American Development Bank (IaDB)
• Conclusion and link with COP30: Ms. Iara Bueno Giacomini, Director of Water Resources, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Brazil