Danish Water Forum

Identifying water and climate research topics:

A DWF thematic meeting, 13 March 2009

Danish Water Forum, Danish Research Platform – Water and ViVa workshop on: "Identifying water and climate related topics for Research"

13 March 2009, Copenhagen.

The purpose of the workshop was to discuss impacts of climate change in relation to water and experiences with this – and with adaptation measures in Denmark and in developing countries. Further the aim was to discuss the establishment of a working group within Danish Water Forum and the Research Platform - Water with focus on climate change and water. The aim of the group is to be decided by participants, but ideas are to improve knowledge sharing and cooperation and identify research projects within water and climate change. This will provide an opportunity to get access to Danish, European and other research funds, and to improve the integration of research into Danish development assistance. Workings groups between researchers, companies, water users and authorities have existed on other topics within the Research Platform Water and has proved a good tool to share knowledge and develop proposals. The outcome of the workshop will be used to initiate a new research group under the Danish Water Research Platform

Programme

Presentations

• Integrated research on water and climate change - Approaches and examples from Denmark and developing countries
  Karen Grothe Villholth, GEUS
• Approaches to adaptation to climate change in developing countries, experiences from developing countries
  Anne Olhoff, UNEP-Risø Centre
• Climate change impacts on groundwater and stream discharge in Denmark
  Lieke van Roosmalen, University of Copenhagen
• Monitoring climate change and its association to change in the Mt Kilimanjaro
  Tungaraza Clavery: Sokoine University of Agriculture & Tanzania Meteorological Institute
• Assessing the impact trends of climate change on physical and environmental conditions and socio economic development in central Vietnam
  Lai Vinh Cam: Institute of Geography, Vietnam
• Climate Change in Southern Africa – mapping the impacts of climate change and related research projects in the region
  Dr. Gift Manase, CSIR, South Africa
• Innovations in water catchments, reuse and security in Singapore
  Michael Saunders, Professor and Director, NERI, NUS
• Results from a DWF/Danida workshop on Impacts of Climate Change in relation to Transboundary water management in December 2008
  Kurt Mørck Jensen, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Introduction to "Dialogue on Adaptation to Climate Change for Land and Water Management" an initiative by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  Torkil Jønch Clausen, Danish Water Forum
• Results from session at Copenhagen Climate Conference and workshop in Cape Town, South Africa co-organised by Danish Research Networks and Global Water Partnership Southern Africa on "Climate Change and its impacts on human health, water and food security in the SADC region
  Dr. Moses Chimbari, HOORC, Botswana