| Partner
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International Water Management Institute (IWMI) |
| Link
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http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ |
| Description
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Bharat Sharma |
| Senior Researcher & Head |
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Chu Thai Hoanh |
| Principal Research on Water Resources |
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Guillaume Lacombe |
| Post-doctoral fellow in Hydrology |
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Matthew McCartney |
| Senior Researcher - Hydrology and Water Resources |
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Robyn Johnston |
| Senior Research Scientist |
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Vladimir Smakhtin |
| Theme Leader and Principal Scientist |
| Further information
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Climate change: Past and current research at IWMI |
| Regional focus
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Africa and the Arab States
Asia and the Pacific
Least Developed Countries
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| Sector
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Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Water resources
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| Adaptation delivery activity
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Capacity building
Climate-resilient development planning
Communications and awareness-raising
Disaster risk reduction
Risk/vulnerability mapping
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| NWP work area
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Adaptation planning and practices
Climate related risks and extreme events
Data and observations
Methods and tools
Research
Socio-economic information
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| Climate hazards
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Drought
Flood
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| Operational scale
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Global
Regional
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