Water and Climate Task Force: 1st meeting - Documentation

The first meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate will be held on 22-23 November 2007 in Bonn (Germany). The Task Force was established at the fourth meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention and entrusted with activities in two main areas of work: transboundary flood management and water and climate adaptation. The first meeting will be devoted to the planning and development of activities in these two areas, in particular related to the preparation of a Guidance on Water and Climate Adaptation for the fifth Meeting of the Parties Please find attached the agenda for the meeting.

The supporting documentation for the first meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate under the UNECE Water Convention are available. The Russian versions will be soon posted on the Water Convention web site.

• Experts workplan for the period 2007–2009, adopted by the fourth meeting of the parties to the water convention (bonn, 20-22 november 2006) and from the programme of work for 2007–2009 adopted by the first meeting of the parties to the protocol on water and health  (geneva, 17–19 january 2007)
• Guidance towards climate-proofing of water management draft prepared by the ad hoc core group on water and climate
• Draft questionnaire on the impacts of climate change on water resources, and on adaptation strategies prepared by the ad hoc core group on water and climate