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The Future of Climate-Water Talk: WWW's Conclusions
21/12/09 18:59
World Water Week has come up several times here. Every August, the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) hosts what is probably the most important water event of the year — certainly one that’s more fun and focused than World Water Week, which is ridiculously large. This week, SIWI has just pubbed their year-end review of World Water Week’s “results,” compiled by the rapporteur teams for each subject area. For 2009, I was the one of six rapporteurs for the 
climate change theme, which felt like a great honor to me. Our part of the report has what I think are some interesting implications for the state of the water and climate change policy dialog internationally. Which might be an encouraging contrast to the more disappointing news from Copenhagen. Some highlights:
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Speaking Water to Power: An Address to Ministers in Advance of COP15
31/08/09 20:38
Does the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change help anyone with adaptation practice on the ground now? Can we improve international adaptation policy? Here, I was asked to speak by the Stockholm International Water Institute on behalf of the CSO/NGO community to a group of minister/cabinent-level officials involved with water and development from six different countries. The "high-level panel" occurred in late August 2009 during World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden. By way of backstory, I was pretty angry by the time I got to talk. Most of the ministers had gone way over their allotted 5 minutes, and it was clear they weren't very interested in listening to me anyway. I felt a bit of passion by the time the discussion came around to me. Their statements were deeply theoretical -- lacking in people and places, removed from practical issues. They were cold. I felt hot. 7.5 min. Below is the written text of my presentation. Read More...
Meet the Press
23/08/08 05:12
World Water Week in Stockholm is very policy oriented. This year, much of the focus was on sanitation, but two days were spent in a series of linked symposia on water and climate. Talks ranged from more details on emerging climate impacts with the IPCC’s new technical report on water and climate to regional and local adaptation strategies and tactics. Easily two of the most novel experiences for me as a scientist were interacting with the press as an “adaptation expert” and holding some introductory climate adaptation conversations with two international development banks. I’ll write more about the banks later, but the media interaction was a good if difficult experience. Read More...
