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CIWA Climate Resilience & mitigation Assessment

Pathways for Improved In the Nile River Basin, Horn of Africa, Zambezi River Basin,
and Lake Chad Basin, CIWA supported the design of
Climate Resilience hydrometeorological monitoring systems and/or
generation of hydromet data through remote sensing to
enhance water resource management through better
Sustainable water management is central to building data on basin water availability and use. In the Nile and
the resilience of societies and ecosystems and to Zambezi River Basins, CIWA supported the establishment
reducing carbon emissions. In the water sector, and/or maintenance of decision-support systems (DSSs)
activities to improve water resources management or that have been used by RBOs to provide information
development are often synonymous with climate services to its member countries and, in some cases, inform
resilience by improving resilience to the impacts of the identification of investments. In Southern Africa and the
climate change such as flood and drought risk Nile River Basin, CIWA supported the development of
management, enhancing efficiency in water uses such information systems on floods and droughts (in the Nile River
as irrigation, reusing wastewater, harnessing Basin) and groundwater (in Southern Africa) shared with
groundwater, improving carbon storage, and protecting member countries through integrated knowledge portals. In
natural buffers. When water storage, supply, use, and addition, in Southern Africa, SADRI supported the
quality are sustainable, reliable, and sufficient, then development of drought resilience profiles for SADC
people and ecosystems are more resilient to the member states and a regional profile that captures
effects of climate change. For example, improved WRM commonalities and key opportunities across the 16 countries
and development also contributes to mitigating climate while also providing information that supports the
change itself by protecting ecosystems and reducing identification of regional drought risk management
carbon emissions from water and sanitation investment opportunities, including in ecosystem services
transportation and treatment. and biodiversity.

Needs Assessment Workshop for the development of Decision-Support Tools for Optimization of Zambezi Dam Operations (under the
CIWA-funded Southern Africa Drought Resilience Initiative (SADRI). ©SADRI / World Bank

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