John started and led WWF’s freshwater climate adaptation program in 2007 before co-founding the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) in 2010, where he remains the Executive Director. He has led the development of a variety of climate risk reduction methodologies that have been used in dozens of countries, prepared green bond criteria that have certified more than 15 billion USD in water resilience investments across six continents, and advised well over 100 countries on their national climate commitments. Simply put, water resilience means the ability of water-related policies, plans and investments to cope with climate-related impacts. Article, 28 September 2022 // Ministerio de Ambiente de Panamá Panamá cuenta con una nueva herramienta centrada en la protección del recurso hídrico

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Upcoming Webinar Series: Economic Resilience Through Water Resilience — Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA)In AGWA, we have learned that water resilience provides an essential, informative compass for most adaptation and resilience strategies, policies, and actions, with some critical climate mitigation co-benefits. Water is widely recognized as both a major component of many climate-related disasters — the “teeth” of climate change. Building water resilience is an approach to water management, planning, and policy that can integrate many sectors, reduce sectoral, political, and institutional conflict, and clarify sequencing, priorities, and contingencies.

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AGWA's Policy Director Seconded to COP28 Presidency Team — Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) Water needs a clear, shining voice in the global #climatepolicy space. As of today, that voice is Ingrid Timboe, seconded from Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) as the Water Advisor for the #COP28 Presidency for #cop28UAE. John has been working at the intersection of water with climate adaptation and resilience since 2007. His work explores how we define, develop, and accelerate the uptake of our emerging set of best practices for climate resilience. Article, 11 January 2023 // Devex Opinion: Water insights for climate resilience from the global south

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It is also useful for line ministries, civil society, investment banks, aid agencies and other groups with a stake in evaluating the credibility and efficacy of national climate plans. Who is involved? I am so proud to work with Ingrid. She is a colleague who became a friend, who became a colleague as well again. I will always carry her water. For this Research Topic, we seek papers that describe deep resilience as an operational and/or policy framework, how deep resilience projects can be evaluated for financing and success, examples of managing with rather than against change and uncertainty, and how technical decision makers can transition from narrow problem definition to more integrative and coherent solutions. AGWA is an international NGO working across technical and policy programs to mainstream resilient water resources management, focusing on the connections between water resources and climate adaptation and mitigation. AGWA works with and through its member network to develop and crowdsource solutions across disciplines, institutions, and sectors.

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Countries around the world are developing climate plans — such as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) — to meet commitments of the Paris Agreement. But, these plans typically neglect the strategic role of water in climate solutions. But less often considered, is the critical role of water in helping countries mitigate and adapt to climate change.Please register -- and then come to hear the #corporate voices showing how to increase our ambition, scope, and efficacy for net zero! AGWA’s vision is for effective climate change adaptation and mitigation practices to be mainstreamed and enabled within water resources management decision-making processes, policies, and implementation. The mission of AGWA is to provision tools, partnerships, guidance, and technical assistance to improve effective decision making, action, governance, and analytical processes in water resources management, focusing on climate adaptation and mitigation. We will be sharing Ingrid for the next six months with #UAE, while her policy work in AGWA will be shadowed by the capable and entrepreneurial Josh Weinberg. More about him soon!