Book Description

This "Dialogue on Climate Change Adaptation for Land and Water Management" aims to facilitate the exchange of information, experiences and lessons learned among experts in land and water management in Africa and Asia in order to: • increase understanding of the implications of climate change for sustainable development; • promote understanding of integrated land and water management response strat [...] Increases in temperature and changing rainfall patterns will likely affect the regional hydrology of the Ganga and its major tributaries, introducing greater variability and extreme flow regimes downstream in Nepal, India and Bangladesh, and affecting the livelihoods of tens of millions of people. [...] Adaptive capacity differs among individuals, social groups and countries and is influenced by a range of factors including economic and livelihood systems, access to infrastructure and services, social and gender Land and Water Resource Management in Asia: Challenges for climate adaptation. [...] To gain some insight into the likely impacts, and the types of adaptive responses needed to avert or overcome them, we will consider the range of current land and water management issues in the region and how local people, governments and regional organizations are already innovating in response. [...] For example, the Challenge Program project on Companion Modelling for Resilient Water Management in the Mekong and in Bhutan facilitates discussion among stakeholders of different perceptions of existing water and socio- economic issues, generation and discussion of scenarios, and collaborative planning and co- ordination among users (IWMI, 2008).