All articles for the topic: adaptive water management

Protecting the 'water tower' of Asia: The future of the Hindu Kush Himalaya in white with photo of mountains

Protecting the ‘Water Tower’ of Asia: The Future of the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Watch this short video to learn about the challenges of climate change in the Himalayan mountains as well as examples of adaptation actions. The focus is on integrating all sectors into a comprehensive climate adaptation plan, and to optimize the water-energy nexus to “green the vertical deserts”. 

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Factsheet for young people: Water Resources Management, Floods and Disaster Risk Management

In this brief created by the Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA), learn why disaster risk reduction (DRR) and integrated water resource management (IWRM) are essential steps on the path to climate adaptation. This factsheet is part of a series presenting data from the GCA's flagship studies State and Trends in Adaptation in Africa 2021 and 2022

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Leaders of the communities benefiting from APH Quinllunga in learning sessions on water management in the páramo

Community governance to conserve moor water as an adaptation measure in Ecuador

Discover how climate change and gender criteria are being integrated into Water Protection Areas (APH in Spanish) in Ecuador with the help of the Resilient Andes project guide. The guide aims to strengthen community governance and increase the climate resilience of family farming.

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Podcast: Computer models as a tool for sustainable water planning

Listen to this short podcast episode on the importance of technology and planning in current and future water management, and learn more about SEI's WEAP tool and how it can be used in this context.

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Bottom-Up Adaptive Decision-Support for Resilient Urban Water Security: Lusaka Case Study

This research applies the Decision-Scaling (DS) method as an adaptation framework for decision support, by evaluating system vulnerabilities at both the city- and region- scale for resilient urban water security in Lusaka. 

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Ecosystem-based adaptation and integrated water resources management

This study explores how ecosystem-based adaptation and integrated water resources management can be merged to achieve greater climate resilience in watersheds.

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Transformative adaptation of rivers in an urban context (ecological infrastructure toolkit)

Ecological infrastructure plays an important role in the overall health of rivers. This toolkit supports users to design, plan, implement and finance ecological infrastructure. 

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Adapt2Climate

Adapt2climate aims to make available existing information on climate change impacts, vulnerability assessments and adaptation in Belgium.

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Transformative adaptation in cities

A review of academic and grey literature addressing transformative adaptation, with a focus on cities, including two case studies, Durban in South Africa and Harare in Zimbabwe.

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City to city learning in southern Africa

This paper provides a comparitive analysis of four southern African cities using city exchanges under the Future Resilience for African Cities and Lands (FRACTAL) program.  

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Watershed Organisation Trust Centre for Resilience Studies

Specifically, W-CReS’s Overall Goal is to conduct rigorous trans-disciplinary, applied research with a view to contributing grounded insights and learnings to policy formu

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Ministry of Forestry, Range and Soil Conservation

The Ministry of Forestry, Range and Soil Conservation works toward sustainable land management.

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Colectivo de Acciones Sustentables

CAS was born in Coyhaique with the aim of inspiring societal change in regard to climate change.

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Uganda Red Cross Society

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Norwegian Institute for Water Research

The Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) is Norway’s leading institute for fundamental and applied research on marine and freshwaters.

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Tonkin and Taylor International

Tonkin &Taylor International Ltd (T+TI) is a leading Environmental and Engineering Consultancy with offices in New Zealand and Australia, associated companies in Malaysia, Philippines, and part

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EcoAdapt - Gobernanza Territorial: Decisiones Sobre Agua, Bosques y Personas

Algunas lecciones aprendidas del proyecto EcoAdapt en la puesta en escena de los sistemas de manejo de recursos naturales que apoyan la toma de decisiones y abordan los conflictos socio-ambientales

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Integrated Water Management in Nicaragua

This article summarizes the conclusions of a meeting on integrated watershed management in Nicaragua, with a particular focus on climate change, insurance schemes and best practice.

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Communities in Jamaica adopt rainwater harvesting to cope with water scarcity

Jamaica's Pleasant Valley and White Chapel towns are nationally-recognized hotspots.  Irregular rainfall and rising temperatures lead to water scarcity and crop failure.

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Elbe threats and stresses

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Newater project: Rapid vulnerability appraisal for the Elbe basin

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