INBONewsletter n° 25 - August 2017
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TheXVIWorldWater Congress focused
on ”Bridging Science and Policy” and
was held inCancun,Mexico.
It was organized jointly by the
International Water Resources
Association (IWRA), the National
Water Commission of Mexico
(CONAGUA) and theNational Asso-
ciation of Water and Sanitation
Services (ANEAS).
The purpose of the Congress was to
facilitate cooperation and coordination
among professionals in order to
achieve the Sustainable Development
Goals, particularly those related to
water, as well as the climate agree-
ments established under the auspices
of the UN Framework Convention on
ClimateChange (UNFCCC).
The
International Network of Basin
Organizations (INBO)
actively parti-
cipated in this Congress by facilitating
a Special Session on ”The Legacy of
COP22: Implementing the Global
Action Agenda for Climate and Water
(GCAA-Water)”.
Ameetingof
theGlobal Alliances for
Water andClimate,
that were created
at the COP22 in Marrakech and of
which INBO is theSecretariat, also took
place on this occasion.
For the first time, a special sessionwas
also devoted to vocational training for
water professionals, including leaders
and partners of BasinOrganizations.
INBO
was also invited to a special ses-
sion hosted by the Australian Govern-
ment and dedicated to data and indi-
cators useful for following-up the
UN-SDG6 onWater.
InternationalWater Resources
Association (IWRA)
29May - 2 June2017 - Cancun - Mexico
IWRA XVI WorldWater Congress
Mr. Jean-FrançoisDonzier, INBOSecretaryGeneral, participated
in theHigh Level Panel onWater andClimate© INBO - C.Runel
IWRA
INBO is getting mobilized
for the COP23
The next United Nations Climate
Change Conference of the Parties
(COP23) will be held from 6 to
17 November 2017 in Bonn (Ger-
many), under thechairmanshipof
Fiji Islands.
This Fijian Presidency will be an
opportunity to draw attention to the
problems of the Small Island States
and coastal lowlands due to the
global warming and its impacts, such
as rising sea levels and the intensifi-
cation of extreme meteorological
events.
The United Nations University Insti-
tute for Environment and Human
Security (UNU-EHS) has published a
series of reports detailing the impact
of climate change on the Pacific
islands community.
INBO will participate in COP23 by
presenting the progress made in two
years by the
”Paris Pact onWater
andAdaptation toClimateChange
in theBasins of Rivers, Lakes and
Aquifers”,
today signed by 359
organizations worldwide and on the
many related projects.
The four Global Alliances for
Climate and Water,
created at the
COP22 in Marrakech, will also
present the progressesmade over the
past year thanks to themobilizationof
basin institutions, metropolises and
business, including the ”incubation”
of many pilot projects.
Launchingof the8
th
WorldWater Forum
On 27 and 28 June 2016 in Brasi-
lia, Brazil, the launching of the
8
th
World Water Forum gathered
800participants,withan important
number of representatives from
theLatinAmericanStates andBra-
zilian civil society.
The structure and organization of
WWF8 were at the core of the discus-
sions. The Forum will focus on five
processes: Policy, Regional, Thematic,
Citizen andSustainableDevelopment.
The thematic process seems to be the
most structured at this stage. It broadly
reflects the structure and priorities of
the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs).
In this thematic process,
INBO
was
selected as a member of the ”Gover-
nance” Coordination Group, especially
with regard to transboundary coopera-
tion and to
the Global Alliances for
Water and Climate,
of course, on
water adaptation to climate.
The ninth edition of the Forum will be
organized in 2021 inSenegal inDakar.
18 - 23March 2018 - Brasilia - Brazil
