Nairobi work programme: Partners and Pledges Database

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Partner	International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Link	http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/
Description	IWMI is a non-profit organization with offices in over 10 countries across Asia and Africa and Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is one of 15 international research centers supported by the network of 60 governments, private foundations and international and regional organizations collectively known as the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). IWMI's Mission is to improve the management of land and water resources for food, livelihoods and nature. IWMI carries out research into land and water management to improve food security worldwide.
Action pledges
	Efforts to improve land and water management for food, livelihoods and the environment with a particular focus on the role of water and agriculture in climate change adaptation and mitigation policies and practice
Experts
	Bharat Sharma
	Senior Researcher & Head
	Chu Thai Hoanh
	Principal Research on Water Resources
	Guillaume Lacombe
	Post-doctoral fellow in Hydrology
	Matthew McCartney
	Senior Researcher - Hydrology and Water Resources
	Robyn Johnston
	Senior Research Scientist
	Vladimir Smakhtin
	Theme Leader and Principal Scientist
Further information	Climate change: Past and current research at IWMI
Regional focus	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific Least Developed Countries
Sector	Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning Water resources
Adaptation delivery activity	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Risk/vulnerability mapping
NWP work area	Adaptation planning and practices Climate related risks and extreme events Data and observations Methods and tools Research Socio-economic information
Climate hazards	Drought Flood
Operational scale	Global Regional

Organizations, institutions and private sector companies at all levels and in a wide range of sectors can become engaged with the NWP by becoming a partner and making Action Pledges. Information about how organizations can become engaged with work on adaptation under the NWP can be found here.

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