Webinars and Events

Sylhet, Bangladesh
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Webinar: Water and Climate Adaptation Strategies – The Case of Bangladesh

20/10/2023 - 11:00 to 12:30

Water and Climate Adaptation Strategies – the Case of Bangladesh, features cases of linking water and climate adaptation in Bangladesh from planning and governance to locally led adaptation.

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Addressing Uncertainty in Coastal Resilience Building
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Webinar: Addressing Uncertainty in Coastal Resilience Building

17/10/2023 - 12:00 to 13:30

Futureproofing: Water and Climate Adaptation is a webinar series focused on adaptation strategy, practices, and financing for coastal areas, including islands and deltas.   

The series is designed to support the ambition of the International Panel on Deltas and Coastal Areas - to build capacity for effective adaptation planning, governance, and finance – through online knowledge sharing. The webinars consist of expert presentations and panel discussions. 

The first webinar, ‘Addressing Uncertainty in Coastal Resilience Building, showcases coastal adaptation projects to frame how future-oriented planning and risk reduction can support communities and economic resilience.

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island
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Webinar: The climate emergency on Small Islands – challenges and opportunities

05/07/2023 - 14:00 to 15:30

 The climate emergency on Small Islands – Challenges and Opportunities webinar highlights the unique climate adaptation challenges that small islands face and will share some hands-on opportunities that have proven successful to deal with these challenges.  

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coast
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Webinar: Integrated Coastal Zone Management for Climate Resilience

29/06/2023 - 13:00 to 14:45

The webinar, “Integrated Coastal Zone Management for Climate Resilience” shares the need for and complexity of integrated coastal zone management plans. 

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rotterdam
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Webinar: Resilient Delta Cities – Adaptation Analysis, Planning, and Implementation

16/06/2023 - 13:00 to 14:30

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

 

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NETHERLANDS
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Webinar: Mobilizing Finance for Climate Adaptation in Deltas

26/05/2023 - 13:00 to 14:30

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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governance
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Community Dialogue- Integrative governance of water sensitive urban design

31/03/2023 - 14:00 to 15:00

A community discussion and knowledge sharing opportunity supported with a short framing presentation

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adapt now for water
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WEBINAR: POSITIONING WATER-CLIMATE ADAPTATION FOR UN WATER ACTION AGENDA COMMITMENTS

15/03/2023 - 14:00 to 15:30

The purpose of the webinar was to create space for experts and implementing champions to share tactics for adaptive leadership, coalition building & coordination, change management, and human resource capacity for their peers and for bottom-up international water policy messaging supported by pathways to action.

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city
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Global knowledge exchange - Urban Climate Risk Assessment

13/02/2023 - 15:00 to 17:00

On February 13, 2023 at 15:00-17:00 CET an interactive global knowledge exchange on urban climate risk assessment will  was hosted for city officials and risk assessment practitioners to discuss and exchange knowledge on assessing and addressing informal settlements, and exchange knowledge of successes and challenges with implementation, after risk assessments.

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water leadership
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Group Discussion: Complexity leadership and roundtable dialogues in Beira, Mozambique

31/01/2023 - 13:30 to 14:30

 

Water Adaptation Community dialogues presents:  Complexity leadership with a practical application of roundtable dialogues in Beira, Mozambique  

 

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island of fiji
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Large Ocean States (Small Islands) Webinar - On the frontlines of the climate emergency

29/11/2022 - 06:00

LOS/Small Islands on the frontlines of the climate emergency - webinar" was held on Tuesday 29 Nov 2022 CET 6.00-7.45  / FJT 17:00-18:45 

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freshwater
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Community Dialogue - mainstreaming water adaptation

08/11/2022 - 16:00

Water governance is often not fit to respond to the adaptation challenges, being fragmented and insufficiently integrated with climate change planning. National, provincial and municipal governments and water boards hold different responsibilities for putting in place good water governance but sometimes lack capacity and coordination. Therefore, the current water crisis is very much a governance crisis exacerbated by climate change

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Different floating solutions - high end and low cost - housing and agriculture
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Global knowledge exchange meeting on floating and resilient development

29/09/2022 - 10:00

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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Webinar on coastal adaptation
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Webinar: Scaling up Nature based Solutions for adaptation in coastal areas

23/06/2022 - 12:30 to 14:00

In this webinar, on the 23rd of June, speakers presented coastal adaptation strategies where Nature based Solutions have been used. They explored the challenges and opportunities for upscaling these solutions and discussed the policy framework and financial support to upscale NbS.

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Water at the center of Adaptation
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Webinar: Putting water at the center of adaptation: urgency for transformative change

31/05/2022 - 09:30 to 11:00

Speakers at the webinar discussed how to put water at the center of adaptation, links with the SDGs, and the WHO's recommendations on how climate change and COVID are linked. They covered community engagement, equity and justice, and principles of water as leverage.

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Floating gardens in Myanmar
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Webinar: Climate Adaptation in Agriculture: Water for Food Security

06/04/2022 - 09:30

The quest to secure water for agriculture is central to addressing global food security. Agriculture uses about 70% of global water resources, even as demands from other sectors are increasing sharply. Speakers at this webinar covered the water- food security links, and ensuring water security by better management.

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Beijing roundtable
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Webinar: Supporting Beijing's water eco-restoration strategy

23/03/2022 - 12:00 to 14:00

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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Mekong Delta
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Webinar: Adaptation in deltas - good practices and reaching impact at scale

24/02/2022 - 09:30 to 11:00

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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State and Trends in Adaptation 2021 : Africa
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Webinar: Water in the State and Trends in Adaptation Report 2021: Africa

15/12/2021 - 10:30 to 12:00

This webinar brought out water perspectives on adaptation for Africa, drawing on the State and Trends in Adaptation Report 2021: Africa report in the light of climate change, and how water adaptation gave opportunities to leverage water for economic and human development.

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Resilience Hub event
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Webinar: Leveraging Water for National Climate Planning

04/11/2021 - 13:15 to 14:45

This webinar aimed at identifying elements which should be part of a strategy for resilient water policies, tools and methods to mainstream water resilience. It aimed at identifying how the international community can support national level water resilience.

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Water and Spirituality for Climate Adaptation
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Water and Spirituality for Climate Adaptation

19/10/2021 - 13:00 to 14:30

In this webinar, speakers discussed water-related spirituality as a source of inspiration and wisdom to cope with climate change impacts on the water cycle. This was a precursor to the dialogue among spiritual leaders to be held at the UN Water Decade Mid Term Review to be held in 2023.

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Webinar: Accelerating adaptation through nature-based solutions at scale
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Webinar: Accelerating Adaptation through Large Scale NbS

07/10/2021 - 10:30 to 12:30

This webinar addressed the need for greater effort to identify a pipeline of large-scale NbS projects that  accelerate adaptation, and at the same time build the resilience of communities. Speakers presented cases  followed by a panel discussion.

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From CAS to COP NY Climate week
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Webinar: Accelerating Adaptation Action: From CAS 2021 to COP 26 and Beyond

24/09/2021 - 21:45

A side event at the UN General Assembly 2021, reviewed progress made towards climate adaptation since the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021. Global leaders highlighted solutions and identified outcomes to ensure adaptation contributed to a successful COP26.

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Floating Development
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Webinar: How Floating Development can Help in Climate Adaptation

02/09/2021 - 16:00 to 17:00

Introducing the concept of floating development, speakers provided examples from Europe and Asia on how this is a viable and ecologically better alternative to land reclamation. These included floating power generation systems, recreational and commercial spaces, etc.

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