Water and climate coordination will play an integral role in effective implementation of national frameworks such as NDCs and NAPs. A new webinar series will convene global experts on these topics to highlight climate-water linkages and their implications for decision making, governance, and finance. The first session of the series will take place on Thursday, 18 February and focus on “Interactions Between Water and Different Sectors.” Speakers will discuss:

• the importance of ensuring that water interactions are considered in countries’ NDCs

• the intersectoral linkages through water

• the differences between first and enhanced NDCs

• introduction to a practical tool for identifying climate and water linkages.

Speakers: Dizzane Billy, Climate Tracker; Marc Manyifika, Ministry for the Environment, Rwanda; Oscar Galvis, Coordinator of the Mines and Energy sector within the Colombian Strategy of Low carbon, Adapted and Resilient Development; Marianne Kjellén, UNDP; Danielle Gaillard-Picher GWP; Ingrid Timboe AGWA; Hakan Tropp, SIWI; Maggie White, SIWI.

Webinars are free to attend and will take place on the Zoom platform. Organizing partners include Cap-Net, UNDP, Global Water Partnership, SIWI, the Water Governance Facility, and AGWA. To learn more about the webinar series, click here.