12th World General Assembly of INBO 2024 – Thematic Session “4.B. Data and information for climate change adaptation in basins”

STARS4Water in collaboration with INBO is organizing session 4B on “Data and information for climate change adaptation in basins”

Session Description

According to IPCC, worldwide freshwater resources are under increasing pressures of rapidly intensifying climate change effects putting the availability and quality of water resources and socio-economic developments at risk. Adequate management of these resources is important for human well-being, ecosystem health and water-related economic sectors. Conflicting interests and competing demands (sectoral water uses -agriculture, industry, domestic uses, etc. but also water needs of the ecosystems) can lead to tensions and disputes. To face this and identify solutions, better data for quantitative assessments and information on the projected impacts of climate change on the water resources availability and water-related risks for society, ecology and economic sectors are needed.

At the same time new data services and digital tools become rapidly available that can support this endeavor. However, many of the new data sources and digital tools are still in the scientific domain, while they can be useful in the daily operations of RBOs to fulfill their task and mandates.

This session will present the interest and potential of new data services and digital tools to meet the challenges of basin organizations (included those provided by the STARS4Water project and its Metadataportal). It will also be an opportunity to survey basin management stakeholders on the data required, according to them, for water resources assessment and planning