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IRWM presentation made at the Regionnal chairs, co-ordinators, communication officers and GWPO Meeting, Stockholm 2010.
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IWRM under the Global Climate Change
Zheng Rugang
Coordinator, GWP China
Sept. 2010
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I. Water Security in China under the Global Climate Change
II. Climate Change Adaptation in relation to Water Resources Management
III. Role and Experiences of GWP China for IWRM Practices
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I. Water Security in China under
the Global Climate Change.
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The global climate change has a far-reaching impact on human being’s
survival and development.
change faced by all the countries. It is a critical
LENOVO USER
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China, as a responsible developing country, attaches a great importance to the global
climate change.
In 2009, the Chinese government had set up the
emission reduction targets by the year of 2020 ：
♦ reduce carbon-dioxide emission per unit of GDP by 40% to 45% ;
♦ the non-fossil energy per unit of energy consumption being 15%;
♦ 40 million hectares of the forest area increased;
♦ 1.3 billion m3 of stalking volume increased.
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Water is the most direct and important area affected by the global climate change.
In recent years, the uneven distribution of water resources in timing and space becomes more obvious, the extreme climate events occur more frequently.
Flood of Huai River Basin, 2007 Drought of Southwest China, 2009
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Affected by the heavy rainfalls and the earthquake in Sichuan Province in 2008, a number of rock-mud flows occurred in Gansu and Sichuan provinces and other places which caused serious injuries and deaths.
Rock-mud Flows of Zhouqu, 2010
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The global climate change will definitely influence or even threaten the water security.
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II. Climate Change Adaptation in relation to Water Resources Management in China
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Facing with the challenging situation of global
climate change,
the Chinese Government attaches great
importance to the adaptation of climate change
to ensure the water security.
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1 、 To strengthen integrated water resources management.
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The strict water resources management system will be carried out and taken as an important means to promote the transformation of economic development mode.
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2 、 To optimize water resources allocation and regulation.
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The construction of the South-to-North Water Division Project will be speeded up to form the network for better and strategically distributing water resources from south to north and east to west.
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3 、 To firmly promote the building of water-saving society.
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The systems focused on water demand management and based on water right and water marketing will be established so as to easily set up the mechanisms for saving water and form a self-disciplinary development mode.
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Ⅲ. Role and Experiences of GWP China for IWRM Practices
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GWP China TAC, established in November 2000GWP China, founded in September 2006
Secretariat attached to IWHR,over 100 Partners countrywide
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GWP China Fujian, established in October 2002GWP China Hebei, established in January 2003GWP China Shaanxi, established in June 2004GWP China Yellow River, the first river basin water partnership established in October 2005GWP China Hunan, established in April 2008
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1. To set a platform for exchanges and cooperation
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Organizing High-level Roundtable （ HLRT ） meeting mechanism.
To date having organized 7 HLRTs covering major water
issues：♦ 2003 water governance♦ 2004 sustainable development of soil and water conservation♦ 2005 comprehensive planning of water resources and IWRM♦ 2006 drinking water safety♦ 2007 protection of water resources and water environment♦ 2008 water and sanitation♦ 2010 global climate change and water security in China
inviting key water-related ministries and international
organizations for dialogues and discussions.
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High-Level Roundtable on global climate change and water security in China
• April 2010, Beijing
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High-Level Roundtable on global climate change and water security in China
including the following sub-themes: 1. Energy conservation and emission reduction; 2. The impact of climate change on water resources in
China; 3. The relationship between the climate change and flood
control safety, drinking water safety, food safety and ecological safety;
4. Climate change adaptation and integrated water resources management.
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High-Level Roundtable on Water and Sanitation of China
• April 2008, Beijing
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• Nov. 2007, Beijing
High-Level Roundtable on Protection of Water Resources and Water Environment of China
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High-Level Roundtable Meetings
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2 、 To facilitate legislation and regulations building
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Influencing and implementing Water Law.• GWP China actively involved in the revision of
China’s Water LawMr. Yang Zhenhuai, the Honorary Chair of GWP
China, is the member of standing committee of China People’s Congress who is the main responsible person of revising water law
Mr. Gao Erkun, TAC member of GWP China, is the leader of water law expert group which undertook the drafting of revised water law
When drafting , a cooperation project on water resources legislation carried out with DFID
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Publicizing and implementing the 《 Water Law 》
Sept. 2006, Workshop on Implementing Measures of Water Law Enforcement in Shaanxi Province
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Dec. 2006, Dialogue on Implementation of the Water Law and Related Regulations on the Yellow River Basin Management in Henan Province
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Local legislation and regulations building
• Local Water Legislation Development Forum – Workshop on Enforcement of Water Law in Western China, 2005 6.7-8, Yangling, Shaanxi
• Workshop on Water legislation,2001,Fuzhou
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3 、 To promote IWRM at grass-roots levels
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Putting forward recommendation, based upon on-site visits, dialogues and workshops and others, to decision/policy-makers; Over 50 such recommendations submitted in last 10 years.
June 2007, Dingbian, Shaanxi
Oct. 2008, Xingtai, Hebei
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Supporting new countryside development by actively involving in implementing China’s current policies on Water-saving Society and New Countryside Development.
Sept. 2007, Xi’an, Shaanxi
On-site Meeting on Public Participation in Building a Water-Saving Society
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On-Site Meeting on Water Users Association
Oct. 2008, Yong’an, Fujian
The experience of rural water users associations.
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Revisit to Water Users Associations (WUAs) in Fujian Province
Apr. 2010, Taining, Fujian
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4 、 To disseminate IWRM concept
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IWRM trainning in University
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IWRM Toolbox Trainning, July 2008, Xi’an, Shaanxi
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Publications on IWRM
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Role of Media
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谢谢！Thanks.
