The session will be structured around three thematic panels:

Panel 1: Community, water, and climate

Looking at research findings from Costa Rica, Angola and Burkina Faso, this panel will discuss adaptive strategies in water governance- in informal urban settlements and in rural community-led initiatives.

Panel 2: Farm level adaptation: Aquaculture, forestry and agriculture

Researchers will present findings on the current levels and scales of risk management and adaptive response in agriculture and aquaculture in Thailand, the North China Plain and the Amazon estuary.

Panel 3: Water resource management and climate

Research from Thailand and Bolivia will provide a basis for discussion around water infrastructure at an institutional and regional level. The panel will consider how to build stakeholder engagement in the development of strategies to reduce climate vulnerability.

The voices of developing country scientists are often unheard in international debates, when they are, in fact, best placed to conduct research with the most likely impact. Since 2010, the Climate Change and Water (CCW) program of IDRC has supported applied research to achieve policy relevant solutions to help vulnerable populations adapt to the water-related impacts of climate change. 

IDRC is hosting a number of events across the five day Congress to highlight and interrogate the water-related impacts of climate change and to provide a platform where researchers from developing regions can discuss their findings and share learning.