The 9th AWCI ICG Meeting Agenda
Objectives
- To synthesize the provided country inputs into a complex implementation plan that will be in line with the GEOSS Water Cycle Integrator (WCI) goals.
- To kick-off two AWCI projects funded under the Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) programmes: (i) Impact of Climate Change
on Glacier Melting and Water Cycle Variability in Asian River Basins (led by Dr. G. Rasul, Pakistan Meteorological Department, PMD) and (ii) GEOSS/Asian Water Cycle Initiative/Water Cycle
Integrator (led by Dr. O. Ochiai, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA).
- To contribute to the Asia Pacific Water Forum (APWF) Workshop on “Meta-Guidelines” for Climate Change Adaptation held subsequently after the AWCI ICG meeting on 1 - 2 October.
See the brief agenda of the Workshop.
Agenda
This is a draft version of the agenda that may still undergo some revisions. However, the main structure of the program has been confirmed.
Saturday 29 September: Room No. 15, Engineering Building No. 1
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 - 10:10 | 1. Opening Session, Welcome Remarks, Group Photo |
| 09:30 - 09:50 | Welcome Speech: APN (Linda Anne Stevenson), ADB, JICA, JAXA |
| 09:40 - 09:50 | Meeting Objective: Toshio Koike (University of Tokyo) |
| 10:00 - 10:10 | Group Photo |
| 10:10 - 14:00 | 2. AWCI Working Group Activity Review Session |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | General review of the GEOSS/AWCI status including Rio+20 | Toshio Koike |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | BREAK | |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | APN Project Report (Drought/CAPaBLE): | Ichirow Kaihotsu |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | APN Project Report (Climate Change/ARCP): | Deg-Hyo Bae |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | APN Project Report (Data Integration/ARCP): | Toshio Koike |
| 11:50 - 13:00 | LUNCH | |
| 13:00 – 13:20 | Flood WG report: | Kazuhiko Fukami |
| 13:20 – 13:40 | Water Quality WG report: | Bilqis Hoque, Hiroaki Furumai |
| 13:40 – 14:00 | Capacity Building report: | Srikantha Herath |
| 14:00 - 15:20 | 3. APN Activities on Climate Change Adaptation and Kick-off New Projects |
| 14:00 – 14:20 | APN Climate Change Adaptation Framework: | Linda Anne Stevenson |
| 14:20 – 14:50 | APN Project Inception (CAPaBLE): | Ghulam Rasul |
| 14:50 – 15:20 | APN Project Inception (ARCP): | Osamu Ochiai |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | BREAK |
| 15:40 - 17:50 | 4.
Country Reports on “Climate Change Adaptation and Water Nexus” |
| Each Member Country of the GEOSS/AWCI is requested to make a short report on plans for and on-going activities of climate change
adaptations and water nexus in each country: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Lao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan,
Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
(7 minutes each). |
| 17:50 | ADJOURN |
| 18:00 | Cocktail Party |
Sunday, 30 September 2012: Room No. 15, Engineering Building No. 1
| 09:00 - 10:30 | 5. Inputs form International Cooperative Activities (TBC) |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Space Application for Environment (SAFE) | |
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Network of Asian River Basin Organizations (NARBO) | |
| 09:30 – 09:45 | Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) | |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Asian Development Bank (ADB) | |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | ICHARM | |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | UNU-CECAR | |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | BREAK |
| 10:50 – 13:30 | 6. Breakout discussion for Implementation Planning |
| 10:50 - 11:00 | Reports of breakout session 1. |
| 11:00 – 12:10 | Breakout Session 1
Country representatives will have been asked to consider which type of project their country would pursue during the AWCI Phase 2, the phase which targets Water Nexus principles
and shifting from the research approach of the first phase to more operational one. The possible project types are: survey, prototyping, and operational.
Three groups will be formed according a selected project type and will discuss several points including
(i) objectives and scope, (ii) executors and supporters, (iii) data and models. |
| 12:10 - 13:10 | LUNCH |
| 13:10 - 13:50 | Reports of breakout session 1. |
| 13:50 - 15:00 | Breakout Session 2
Individual groups will discuss several points including (i) activities and schedule, (ii) capacity building, (iii) funding, (iv) estimated benefits. |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | BREAK |
| 15:20 - 16:00 | Reports of breakout session 2. |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | 7. Research Updates |
| 16:00 – 16:10 | Hydrological Modeling |
| 16:10 – 16:20 | Statistical Bias Correction |
| 16:20 – 16:30 | Dynamic Downscaling |
| 16:30 – 16:40 | Satellite Observation |
| 16:40 – 16:50 | Data Assimilation |
| 16:50 – 17:00 | Operation Optimization |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | 8. Summary and Closing session |
| 17:30 | ADJOURN |
Agenda of the Workshop on “Meta-Guidelines” for Climate Change Adaptation
Objectives
To advise and support leaders and policy-makers in the Asia Pacific region on policies and good practices for mitigation and adaptation of the impacts of climate change on water
resources management and water services, the Asia-Pacific Water Forum’s (APWF) Steering Group (SG) on Water and Climate Change has produced the Framework Document on Water and
Climate Change Adaptation. As the follow-up action, SG launched discussions on guidelines for practitioners in using climate change projection methodologies, tools for vulnerability
and impact assessment and project screening; and for adaptation strategies and activities. Based on preliminary reviews, the SG has concluded that the proposed Guidelines should take
to form of a synthesis (“meta-guidelines”) and critical interpretation of this body of work. This workshop is planned for synthesizing key issues and summarizing key directions through
discussing the following four key questions:
- “How to bridge the gap of usable knowledge?”
- “How to synergize the adaptation and IWRM?”
- “How to develop capacity and resilience?”
- “How to plan and decide on investments?”
- “How to make best use of climate finance?”
Agenda
This is a draft version of the agenda that may still undergo some revisions. However, the main structure of the program has been confirmed.
Monday 1 October; Koshiba Hall
| | - Opening remarks (ADB, JWA, UT) |
| | - Workshop Objectives: |
| | - Introduction to APWF/SG and Framework Document: Wouter Lincklaen Arriens |
| | - Q & A |
| | - Group Photo |
| 10:15 - 14:30 | 2. Session on“How to bridge the gap of usable knowledge?”
- What is usable knowledge for whom, eg researchers and experts; decision makers; planners & designers of infrastructure and water systems;
locals who need to build and develop resilience?
- What are the questions to be answered? What are the answers to be questioned?
- How to get usable knowledge used?
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| 10:15 - 10:45 | Keynote Presentation | Toshio Koike, UT |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | BREAK | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Presentations by Panelists | |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | LUNCH | |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Panel Discussion | facilitated by Wouter Lincklaen Arriens, ADB |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | BREAK | |
| 14:45 - 17:45 | 3. Session on “How to synergize adaptation and IWRM?”
- How do the IWRM principles and process help adaptation?
- How do adaptation processes and resources help IWRM?
- How to work across boundaries for the water-food-energy nexus?
- How to leverage financing for better results?
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| 14:45 - 15:15 | Keynote Presentation | Torkil Jønch-Clausen, DHI Water and Environment |
| 15:15 - 16:15 | Presentations by Panelists | |
| 16:15 - 17:45 | Panel Discussion | facilitated by Salmah Zakaria |
| 17:45 | ADJOURN | |
| 18:00 | RECEPTION | |
Tuesday, 2 October 2012: Koshiba Hall
| 09:00 - 12:15 | 4. Session on “How to develop capacity and resilience?”
- How to foster end-to-end collaboration? – including DRM and DRR
- How to build ownership and leadership?
- How to sustain measurement and analysis?
- How to leverage resources for capacity development? – including pooling/sharing international resources, less duplication can cover wider subjects?
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| 09:00 - 09:30 | Keynote Presentation | Salmah Zakaria |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Presentations by Panelists | |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | BREAK | |
| 10:45 - 12:15 | Panel Discussion | facilitated by Torkil Jønch-Clausen |
| 12:15 - 13:15 | LUNCH | |
| 13:15 - 16:30 | 5. Session on “How to plan and decide on investments?”
“How to make best use of climate finance?”
- What are sound procedures for conducting long-term investment planning and under climate uncertainty?
- How to screen public investment projects for climate and related risks?
- How to utilize projections and scenarios in river basin investment planning?
- How to identify and prioritize no-regret and low-regret options?
- How to balance structural with non-structural investments?
- How can new multilateral/bilateral adaptation funding streams be mobilized to support investments in the water sector?
- How to identify sources of adaptation funding?
- How to address additionality requirements?
- How to conduct economic analysis of investment options under uncertainty?
- Can discounting be justified; and if so, what are appropriate rates?
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| 13:15 - 13:45 | Keynote Presentation | TBD |
| 13:45 - 14:45 | Presentations by Panelists | |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | BREAK | |
| 15:00 - 16:30 | Panel Discussion | facilitated by Charles Rodgers |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | BREAK | |
| 17:00 - 17:45 | 6. Workshop Summary | |
| 17:45 - 18:00 | 7. Closing | |
| 18:00 | ADJOURN | |
