Mexico City, Mexico
18-20 July 2012

The COP at its seventeenth session (Decision 6/CP.17) requested the secretariat to organize a technical workshop on water, climate change impacts and adaptation strategies, in collaboration with Nairobi work programme partner organizations and other relevant organizations. 

The workshop was informed by the information contained in Annex I to the report of the SBSTA on its thirty-fourth session (FCCC/SBSTA/2011/2) and subsequent views of Parties, and included indigenous and traditional knowledge and practices for adaptation and gender-sensitive tools and approaches as cross-cutting issues.

The workshop took into account the technical paper on water and climate change impacts and adaptation strategies (FCCC/TP/2011/5).

The focus of the workshop was to:

1. assist all Parties, in particular developing countries, including the least developed countries and small island developing Sates to improve and developed shared understanding of:
   • climate change impacts and vulnerability of water resources, related sectors and ecosystems;
   • adaptation planning and practices that reduce vulnerability of water resources, related sectors and ecosystems;
   • data, observation and research needs and opportunities, including on communication and stakeholder enagement, and knowledge sharing and management at all levels
2. provide a potential direction for future work on water and climate change in the context of the Nairobi work programme.

Logistical information (146 kB)

Workshop agenda (174 kB)

Report of the workshop