Guidance on Water and Adaptation to Climate Change

Guidance on Water and Adaptation to Climate Change ("the Guidance") is a resource designed to help countries deal with the effects of climate change on water resources in the transboundary context.

The Guidance was developed under the UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) at their fifth meeting (Geneva, Switzerland, 10–12 November 2009). The Guidance was adopted by 36 parties.

From UNECE: "Based on the concept of integrated water resources management, the Guidance provides advice to decision makers and water managers on how to assess impacts of climate change on water quantity and quality, how to perform risk assessment, including health risks, how to gauge vulnerability, and how to design and implement appropriate adaptation strategies. More than 80 different authors from many countries and disciplines contributed to the Guidance. It features nearly 40 case studies – illustrating, for example, how river basins like the Rhine or the Danube are preparing for climate change."