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Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis: A Collaborative Workshop for an Uncertain Future
Achieving and maintaining water security is increasingly challenging under current climatic variability and projected climate change, especially in vulnerable areas such as mountainous and semi-arid regions. Therefore, there is a need to identify pathways to integrate the science-based understanding of climate impacts on water security into mitigation and adaptation policies.
In collaboration with the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation, the US Army Corps of Engineers, Deltares and the Dutch Ministry of Water and Infrastructure, UNESCO and the International Centre for Integrated Water Resources Management have recently published a key publication on the ‘Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA): Collaborative Water Resources Planning for an Uncertain Future’. This CRIDA approach provides guidelines to assess water security vulnerabilities due to climate variability and change, and provides guidance on the development of adaptation pathways for robust water resources management.
A capacity building workshop was organised on the Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA), and was held from 27 to 31 May 2019 in Cape Town, Southern Africa The workshop engaged 47 participants (18 women) from eight Southern African Countries (Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe) and was aimed to train key stakeholders on the different aspects of the CRIDA approach and to move towards the identification of potential case studies for demonstrative purposes. Several follow-up activities have emerged, such as the B-RESILIENT project, funded by the Flemish Government for implementation of CRIDA in Biosphere Reserves in Southern Africa, in order to develop long-term adaptation strategies under climate uncertainty.
The training was organized in the framework of the project “Enhancing Climate Services for Improved Water Resources Management in Vulnerable Regions to Climate Change: Case studies from Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean” (CliMWaR), which is supported by the Flemish UNESCO Science Trust Fund (FUST). Further information on the training, as well as the training materials and presentations can be accessed via the website https://en.unesco.org/climwar
In collaboration with the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation, the US Army Corps of Engineers, Deltares and the Dutch Ministry of Water and Infrastructure, UNESCO and the International Centre for Integrated Water Resources Management have recently published a key publication on the ‘Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA): Collaborative Water Resources Planning for an Uncertain Future’. This CRIDA approach provides guidelines to assess water security vulnerabilities due to climate variability and change, and provides guidance on the development of adaptation pathways for robust water resources management.
A capacity building workshop was organised on the Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA), and was held from 27 to 31 May 2019 in Cape Town, Southern Africa The workshop engaged 47 participants (18 women) from eight Southern African Countries (Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe) and was aimed to train key stakeholders on the different aspects of the CRIDA approach and to move towards the identification of potential case studies for demonstrative purposes. Several follow-up activities have emerged, such as the B-RESILIENT project, funded by the Flemish Government for implementation of CRIDA in Biosphere Reserves in Southern Africa, in order to develop long-term adaptation strategies under climate uncertainty.
The training was organized in the framework of the project “Enhancing Climate Services for Improved Water Resources Management in Vulnerable Regions to Climate Change: Case studies from Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean” (CliMWaR), which is supported by the Flemish UNESCO Science Trust Fund (FUST). Further information on the training, as well as the training materials and presentations can be accessed via the website https://en.unesco.org/climwar
20 May 2019
Last update:20 April 2023
