Planning water resilience from the bottom-up to meet climate and development goals

Planning Water Resilience from the Bottom-Up to Meet Climate and Development Goals presents the rationale and potential for incorporating climate-resilient water management approaches into policy programs to achieve the ambitious goals laid out in global frameworks such as the Paris Climate Agreement and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The policy brief from UNESCO and AGWA introduces the approaches and highlights successful applications to date. A series of case study examples spanning from Zambia to Thailand illustrate the broad range of issues (and scales) tackled through bottom-up approaches — from catchment-level water supply challenges to energy production to urban flooding.