E-Newsletter of the International Network of Basin Organizations N&deg; 55 - February 2018

■ "Press" section of the event [FR]

■ Workshop for the Integration of Latin American River Basin Organizations

22 - 24 November 2017, Brasilia (Brazil)

■ Paris Pact on water and adaptation to climate change

■ ANY INFORMATION [SP]

■ Water at the COP23

18 November 2017, Bonn (Germany)

■ Official website of the event: cop23.com.fj

■ Previous events - Water at the COP22 , COP21-Paris 2015

■ Declaration on nature-based solutions, water management and climate change

■ Declaration by the Presidency of the International Summit on Water and Climate

■ ANY INFORMATION

■ Taking Action for Water and Climate:
Meeting of the Great Rivers of the World

23 - 25 October 2017, Rome (Italy)

■ Website of the Italian Ministry for the Environment: www.minambiente.it/water-and-climate-summit

■ ANY INFORMATION

■ EUROPE-INBO 2017
For the implementation of the European Water Directives

20 - 23 September 2017, Dublin (Ireland)

■ Declaration of Malahide

■ ANY INFORMATION

■ XVI World Water Congress

29 mai - 02 June 2017, Cancun (Mexico)

■ Official website: www.worldwatercongress.com

■ EECCA NWO International Conference :
Challenges of river basin management in context of climate change

18 - 19 May 2017, Moscow (Russia)

■ Final resolutions

■ The African Great Lakes International Conference

02 - 05 May 2017, Entebbe (Uganda)

■ Program of the event

■ Official website: www.greatlakesofafrica.org

■ ANY INFORMATION

■ Cubagua 2017

21 - 24 March 2017, Havana (Cuba)

■ Consul the press release on GAfWaC during the COP 22

■ Signing of a cooperation agreement on basin management in Cuba [SP]

■ Official website: infoagua.hidro.gob.cu

■ ANY INFORMATION [SP]

The Paris Pact on water and adaptation to climate change

More than 360 professionals have already signed the pact worldwide!

As part of the “Lima-Paris Action Plan”, Peru, supported by France, organized on 2nd December 2015, the official day on "Water and Climate Change Adaptation" of the COP21 in Paris. This is the first time in the COP history that freshwater issues were formally taken into account. "The Paris Pact on water and adaptation to climate change in the basins of rivers, lakes and aquifers" was presented at the opening of this Day.

■ Consult and sign the "Paris Pact on water and adaptation to climate change"

■ See the list of the signatories of the Paris Pact

Global Alliances for Water and Climate - GAfWaC

The four "Alliances" for Basins (INBO - Paris Pact), Megacities, Desalinization and Business, established in 2015 at the COP21 in Paris, have created the “Global Alliances for Water and Climate” at the COP22 in Marrakech and jointly committed themselves to mobilizing their partners, identifying and disseminating good practices and supporting the development of new projects by field stakeholders involved in the adaptation and resilience of the water sector.

■ Access to the website of the “Global Alliances for Water and Climate”

■ Consult the declaration signed at the COP22 in Marrakech

■ Further information - Water at the COP22 , COP21-Paris 2015 , COP23-Bonn 2017

UNECE Water Convention

The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE Water Convention) was adopted on 17 March 1992 in Helsinki: It is an international framework agreement on transboundary freshwater initially made for the European region. The Convention is now open for ratification by all countries of the World.

UNECE and INBO are jointly facilitating the platform of pilot basins for adaptation to climate change.

The events in 2017/2018:

■ Global workshop - Moving forward transboundary water cooperation: Building on its benefits: - 06 - 07 February 2018, Geneva (Switzerland)

■ Sub-regional workshop: Enhancing transboundary water cooperation in the North Africa region - 20 - 21 December 2017, Tunis (Tunisia)

■ 9th Meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate - 13 December 2017, Geneva (Switzerland)

■ International Workshop on Water Scarcity: Taking action in transboundary basins
and reducing health impacts - 11 - 12 December 2017, Geneva (Switzerland))

■ 12th meeting of the Working Group on IWRM and/or Workshop on recent progress on transboundary water cooperation:
From getting cooperation started to its long-term sustainability - 4 - 6 July 2017, Geneva (Switzerland)
Also to see: information on INBO website

■ See also: "Water Convention"