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Resilience and Adaptive Capacity

Climate change and water security in the Indo-Pacific region: Risks, responses, and a framework for action

Submitted by cvilla.consult… on Fri, 06/09/2023 - 23:03

Water insecurity has become a global challenge. Scattered evidence of climate change impacts on water security is emerging, and actions taken to manage climate risks are under-reported. This report suggests that management focus should be based on socioecological zones rather than political boundaries because climate risks vary according to these zones. The report presents a framework for action based on a risk management approach at the socioecological zone level.

Community Voices: An Australian Perspective on Community and Stakeholder Engagement

Submitted by cvilla.consult… on Fri, 06/09/2023 - 22:56

The Australian Water Partnership commissioned Community Voices to provide an Australian perspective on the complexity and challenges of water reform from a community perspective. It represents an important contribution to the Australian water reform journey in addition to the technical and policy reform experiences. The stories of Community Voices in Australia bring to the fore a people and community dimension that is rarely shared but is an incredibly important component of water reform.

Urban WaterGuide: A guide for building sustainable and resilient cities

Submitted by cvilla.consult… on Fri, 06/09/2023 - 22:48

The Australian Government, Australian Water Partnership and the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities partnered to develop a framework to improve water outcomes in international cities and towns, based on Australia’s urban water experience. The result is the Urban WaterGuide, which covers water supply, sanitation, drainage, flooding, waterways and urban liveability, with a cross-cutting focus on gender equality and inclusion.

Valuing Water: The Australian Perspective. Economic values of water under scarcity in the Murray-Darling Basin.

Submitted by cvilla.consult… on Fri, 06/09/2023 - 22:40

This is one in a series of four reports that examine how the diverse values placed on water have shaped the development and management of water resources in the Murray Darling River Basin. The report explores how changing values have affected the management of scarce water resources in the Murray-Darling River Basin.

Four main phases in water management are described, together with an exploration of how changing perceptions of value have shaped policy, objectives and outcomes over time.

The SafePani model: Delivering safe drinking water in schools and healthcare centres in Bangladesh

Submitted by cvilla.consult… on Fri, 06/09/2023 - 13:23

This Story of Change presents the SafePani model in Bangladesh which aims to reform existing institutional design and move towards a professional water service delivery model, with timely and independently verified performance metrics unlocking results-based funding, with a focus on schools and healthcare centres.

City Water Resilience Approach (CWRA)

Submitted by cvilla.consult… on Fri, 06/09/2023 - 13:10

City Water Resilience Approach (CWRA) enables cities, regions and water companies to take a holistic view of their water systems, inform decision-makers of a strategy to take forward and collaboratively build resilience to local water challenges. It provides a detailed step-wise methodology coupled with tools and resources that guide cities to bring a wide range of stakeholders together to share their perspectives; diagnosing what helps and hinders the water system to function when faced with shocks and stresses, and collaboratively develop and implement a water resilience action plan.

Online Training for Water Utilities | WUCA

Online Training for Water Utilities | WUCA


As part of its mission to collaboratively advance climate change adaptation, the Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA) developed free, in-person technical training and guidance for water utility engineers and decision makers to plan, communicate, and implement climate-resilient strategies within their organizations.

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