About the Water Adaptation Community

What does the community do in practice?​

  • Knowledge sharing web platform - connect with peers share and view articles and case studies sorted under specific Communities of Practices, and submit articles to have them featured in the newsletter.
  • Community dialogues - informal dialogues with timely peer-to-peer knowledge discussions, discussion topics are driven by challenges submitted by community members
  • Webinars and Knowledge Exchanges- online knowledge sharing via presentations​​ and panels
  • High-level influence opportunity for the community - bringing expertise and experiences to the International Panel on Deltas and Coastal Areas​
  • Water Adaptation Community LinkedIn Group -  as an informal communications channel

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Contact:  WAC@gac.org for specific inquiries

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Latest Discussions & Articles

View of an area with a number of jessours in Tunisia. (M. Ben Zaied)

Rainwater harvesting - an overview of knowledge

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Rainwater harvesting, the process of capturing rain to store, or allow it to seep into the ground, is an age-old practice. Communities in arid and semi-arid lands have developed multiple processes of harvesting to suit local geographic conditions and purposes. This document provides examples from around the world and related resources.

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International Panel on Deltas and Coastal Areas

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The IPDC launched at the UN 2023 Water Conference. 

The International Panel on Deltas and Coastal Areas (IPDC)  an initiative of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, supported in its founding phase by Deltares and the Global Center on Adaptation, is a demand-driven and results-orientated coalition of the willing. Through evidence-based knowledge, the IPDC supports the development of national and regional adaptation strategies to mobilize finance for implementation.

IPDC will bring water to the heart of sustainable development and climate action. Driven by dedicated leadership, knowledge partners and international coalitions, the IPDC aims to be an effective international platform to foster partnerships and act on improving lives, livelihoods and ecosystems in the deltas, coastal areas and islands by supporting the implementation of climate adaptation strategies and accelerating climate actions.

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Resilient Delta Cities – Adaptation Analysis, Planning, and Implementation

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The Resilient Delta Cities webinar shares cases of good adaptation practices in urban deltaic regions. 

 

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Mobilizing Finance for Climate Adaptation in Deltas

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The webinar Mobilizing Finance for Climate Adaptation in Deltas, illustrates how deltaic countries leading in climate adaptation have used high-ambition decision-making and large-scale investment to prepare for future challenges.  

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Sustainable Floating City, Past and Present

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Open access article (AsiaGlobal Online): https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/floating-future-sustainable-city-project-south-korea-model-affordable-climate-adaptation   A landmark sustainable floating city pilot project in the South Korean port of Busan is likely to be a herald for effective climate adaptation, offering a commercially viable model for other cities and regions at risk of flooding from rising sea levels and other potential coastline disasters, writes historian Stefan Huebner of the Asian Research Institute at National University of Singapore. 
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The Geography of Future Water Challenges - Bending the Trend

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"Since the publication of The Geography of Future Water Challenges in 2018, events of extreme flooding, drought, wildfires and tropical storms have increasingly disrupted societies and ecosystems around the world. Without the urgently needed, collective and effective responses, water- and climate-related disasters are projected to get worse. This follow-up study, requested by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, shows that we can bend the trend of increasing water- and climate-related stresses, as presented in the 2018 report."

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