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» June 17, 2009  Asia-Pacific Water Forum to Set Up Climate Change Group

The impacts of climate change are already felt in countries across the Asia-Pacific region, and they are expected to increase in the years and decades to come. Changes in water resources, from melting glaciers to increased floods, droughts, and sea level rise, amongst others, will impact significantly on socio-economic development and the environment in unprecedented ways. The Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF) has already started to support water and climate change adaptation through its KnowledgeHubs initiative launched in 2008. APWF will also promote investments and good practices in climate change adaptation through its Ministers for Water Security initiative announced at the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul in 2009.

To advocate good practices and synergize the knowledge sharing and capacity development in the region, APWF is now forming a Steering Group comprising experts, leaders, and funding agencies. The APWF Steering Group on Water and Climate Change is expected to advise leaders on policies and investments, and to guide the work of the knowledge hubs with their partners and clients on improving climate change projections, impact assessments, and adaptation strategies. See the draft Terms of Reference(PDF, 94KB) of the Group. Comments and suggestions to support the work of the Group are welcome and can be sent to the APWF Secretariat.

Contact: Ms. Noriko Yamaguchi, APWF Secretariat, at office1@apwf.org


» May 18, 2009  Asia Pacific Regional Document

» March 21, 2009  APWF Summary of Chair Concluding Statement

» March 16, 2009  Press Release "Water Security Initiative Announced for Asia-Pacific Region"

» March 07, 2009

Mr. Ravi Narayanan, vice chair of the APWF Governing Council and international mentor of the JWF, has been awarded an Honorary CBE of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to providing water and sanitation facilities for poor communities. For more details, please check the following website; http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/what-we-do/honours/honorary-awards-2009

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