Ase Johannessen

Åse is a water expert and systems ecologist with 20 years’ professional experience with a diverse portfolio of empirical research, project and program management, knowledge brokering and policy work at Swedish, European, African and international level. Her main areas of expertise are social learning and collaboration for adaptive governance, risk reduction and resilience building in various development contexts. This includes risk reduction and adaptation in integrated water resources management, urban water services and integrated planning and management in various ecosystems and urban areas.

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Beijing roundtable

International roundtable: Beijing Water Eco-Restoration Strategy

Beijing is the first city in China to initiate land and space ecological restoration developing five major rivers and canals as green corridors to restore their connectivity and ecology. This knowledge exchange convened city officials and international experts via round tables to support these efforts.

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Bridging gaps by good ideas - working together

Social Learning to Ensure Adaptive Water Allocation

Water allocation is an increasingly critical issue with climate change. The Community of Practice on learning, innovation and behavior change addressed how to improve adaptive water allocation in catchments, and address goal conflicts and find synergies between different water uses. 

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Different floating solutions - high end and low cost - housing and agriculture

Meeting on floating and resilient development

Sea levels and floods are increasing at an alarming rate putting people at risk. Floating and resilient solutions offer resilience to water-related hazards by enabling living with water and continuation of critical functions. This knowledge exchange aimed to connect those who work on water adaptation.

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Mekong Delta

Adaptation in deltas

Speakers at the webinar presented cases of adaptation in the deltas that showed how to accelerate adaptation to address resilient and sustainable development. They highlighted good practices and how to upscale and accelerate adaptation.

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Vietnamese woman rowing boat in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam

The Delta Coalition

This page will present the key documents and activities of the Coalition, with the aim to harness its achievements and build on its momentum to support the resilience of the World's Deltas.  

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South Limburg urban landscape

Knowledge Exchange on Water Adaptation

GCA facilitated a knowledge exchange between the Slovakian and Norwegian experts and the Water Authority in South Limburg in the Netherlands. This was initiated in order to support the Authority in its efforts to learn and innovate to address flood risks.

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