Climate change, international cooperation and adaptation in transboundary water management

Drieschova, Alena; Giordano, Mark; Fischhendler, Itay

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511596667.025

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“…For our purposes, regions consist of: Europe, Asia, Middle East (including states with dominant Arab or Islamic populations directly adjoining the Middle East, such as Saharan Africa, Afghanistan, and Turkey), North America (including United States, Canada, and Mexico), Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America (including Central America). the water agreements studied here (Drieschova et al 2009). In terms of water agreements, we classify agreements as regulatory, procedural, programmatic, and generative.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 76%

Water resources data and information exchange in transboundary water treaties

Gerlak

Lautze

Giordano

2010

Int Environ Agreements

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Despite international calls for data and information sharing in transboundary waters and basin-specific evidence of its importance to cooperative management, no systematic research has been undertaken to answer questions of where, how frequently, and which water resources data and information are exchanged. This paper examines all available transboundary water agreements signed between 1900 and 2007 to determine the degree to which water resources data and information is exchanged in the world's regions, how the level of exchange has developed over time, and the different ways in which data and information sharing has been codified in practice. In doing so, we reveal important trends regarding the mechanisms, types, and frequencies of water resources data and information sharing?as well as differences across temporal and spatial scales, by treaty type and function, and regime type. The results indicate that data and information exchange as already practiced is more nuanced and, in some senses, widespread than may commonly be recognized. Further, the results reveal key linkages between democracy and data and information exchange and provide a basis to test analogous linkages related to data sharing and other variables in transboundary water settings

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 76%

Water resources data and information exchange in transboundary water treaties

Gerlak

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Giordano

2010

Int Environ Agreements

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“…Transnational cooperation in adaptation could, for instance, increase positive sum outcomes through the pooling of resources and knowledge; building confidence between different types of actors, engendering a sense of shared responsibility and solidarity (cf. Drieschova et al 2009); stimulating collective learning (Peissker 2013); and leveraging additional (financial) resources (Pauw et al 2016b;UNEP 2016b). The orchestration of adaptation action, however, would still rely on voluntarism of dispersed stakeholders , making a sufficient address of all governance deficits unlikely.…”

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Does orchestration in the Global Climate Action Agenda effectively prioritize and mobilize transnational climate adaptation action?

Chan

Amling²

2019

Int Environ Agreements

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Climate change adaptation is increasingly seen as a question that involves globally connected vulnerabilities and impacts which necessitate transboundary action by non-state and subnational (transnational) actors. Traditional actors such as governments and international organizations leave deficits in norm development, enforcement, capacity building, and financing. Orchestration has been suggested under the functionalist assumption that transnational actors can make up for these deficits, through optimizing complementarity between the realms of international and transnational governance and through eliciting more action toward the achievement of globally agreed climate goals. In the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), orchestration has taken the form of an evolving Global Climate Action Agenda (GCAA). Few studies have examined the role of orchestration in bolstering transnational adaptation. This article therefore asks: Has the GCAA effectively mobilized and prioritized transnational adaptation action? Further, has it effectively addressed functional, participatory, and geographic deficits? Analyzing a unique dataset of a hundred cooperative climate actions, this study finds that current patterns are incongruent with some functionalist expectations. GCAA orchestration has featured a political prioritization of both adaptation and mitigation and a focus on building a positive narrative of climate action. This combination of priorities has led to neglect of underperforming actions-many of them adaptation actions in developing countries. Subsequent iterations of the GCAA failed to recognize these actions and did not identify support needed for them. This has strengthened the bias toward mitigation aspects of climate change and exacerbated imbalances in the geography of transnational action under the GCAA.

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“…Approximately half of global freshwater is to be found in 276 international river basins across the world. While regional and local politics complicate the policies towards efficient management of shared water resources, the threat of global climate change is increasingly undermining the existing sharing arrangements (Gleick 2009, Drieshova et al 2009, Swain 2013, Earle et al 2015.…”

Section: Water Scarcity Conflict and Cooperationmentioning

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Water and post-conflict peacebuilding

Swain

2016

Hydrological Sciences Journal

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Water-management issues cut across all sectors of governance and have a critical bearing on many post-conflict challenges. The imperative of adequate water supply and the weakness of the state in a post-conflict period provide a nexus which demands comprehensive and well thoughtout policy planning, for the short term as well as for the long term. However, very little research has been conducted on the nexus between water management and sustainable development in war-torn societies that are undergoing processes of peacebuilding. This article, after critically reviewing the contribution of water scarcity to security challenges and peacemaking, makes an attempt to contribute to the policy debate on how carefully planned interventions in the water sector can significantly contribute to the post-conflict peacebuilding process, from immediate recovery and rebuilding to long-term sustainable development goals and lasting peace.

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Climate change, international cooperation and adaptation in transboundary water management

Cited by 6 publications

References 23 publications

Water resources data and information exchange in transboundary water treaties

Water resources data and information exchange in transboundary water treaties

Does orchestration in the Global Climate Action Agenda effectively prioritize and mobilize transnational climate adaptation action?

Water and post-conflict peacebuilding

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