Water and Climate Change was a special focus issue at the COP16 Cancun discussions, as water is one of the sectors which is most impacted by climate change.

 

The OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and senior OECD staff members actively participated in Dialogs for Water and Climate Change (D4WCC) in Cancun, in which relevant partners, led by the National Water Commission of Mexico (Conagua), will be coming together with an aim to shed new light on the importance of water management for climate change adaptation. View online program.

http://www.d4wcc.org.mx

 

Related work and web links:

 

 Agua y cambio climático: soluciones políticas para evitar otra víctima 
    Water and climate change: Political solutions to avoid another victim

Op-Ed article by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría published in El Pais Spanish daily newspaper, 30 November issue.

 

 “On visible climate change and invisible water”
Declaration by the Green Group, Ministers of Foreign Affairs from Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Iceland, Singapore, Slovenia, and United Arab Emirates. 

 

 Other media coverage of OECD at COP16 Cancún:

• El Occidental (in Spanish)
• La Cronica de Hoy (in Spanish)
• El Universal (in Spanish)

 

 The Water Challenge: OECD's Response

 

 Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Co-operation: Policy Guidance

 

 Policy Frameworks for Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Zones: The Case of the Gulf of Mexico

 Domestic Policy Frameworks for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Water sector, Part I: Annex I Countries

 Domestic Policy Frameworks for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Water sector, Part II: Non-Annex I Countries

 

 

Related Documents

 

Climate change: What Cancún can do

Climate change and fisheries

The Water Challenge: OECD's Response

Adaptation to Climate Change

OECD work on climate change -- list of policy issues