Adaptation

The session is designed as a space for exchange between participants on the impacts of climate change on sanitation systems and the contribution of the sub-sector to GHG emissions. It will also be an opportunity to share with stakeholders the Senegalese standard NS-017-074 on non-collective sanitation facilities.
The first step will be to present the subject and the issues it covers, then to discuss climate change and its effects on sanitation systems and its consideration in sanitation projects, while encouraging discussions among participants and contributions from the floor.

The Sahel is characterized by drastic climatic conditions, recurrent droughts, land degradation, poverty, malnutrition, forced migrations. The Great Green Wall Initiative was created in response to this contact with the vision of restoring the viability of the natural capital and productive systems of the Sahelian lands and transforming them into areas of economic prosperity that are perfectly integrated into the economic fabric of the countries. The Initiative integrates the three paradigms of Restoration / Development / Security.

Objectives
The Special Session will discuss the significance of material, conceptual and spiritual aspects of water-related cultural heritage. The discussion will focus on the critical relevance of world water heritage for present and future water security, and to promote peace and development. The Special Session flows from the recommendations of the 2020 Tokyo symposium on Water and Culture/Heritage which was organized by the National Institute on Policy Studies of Japan in cooperation with the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Water and Heritage (ISCWater).

Climate change has profund direct implications for water quality and quantity, including droughts and floods, and indirect implications, for instance via forest fires and hurricanes impact on surface and groundwater resources, This session will focus on water-sector adaptation to climate change, with an emphasis on sustainable approaches in Africa, Latin America and Asia.