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Friday 6th November 2009 10.30 to 17.00 Venue Institution of Civil Engineers Climate Change, Water and Food Security Meeting Climate change has been widely seen as a global technical challenge and humanitarian/ environmental issue, but now it is increasingly a political issue. The feed-in from science to political pressure is intensifying so that world leaders, who have the mandate to act, act correctly. Such guidance needs to be founded on sound technical analysis and on widespread consultation. Next month (December 2009) world leaders, and their advisers, will meet in Copenhagen to try to develop a consensus and agree a way forward that will enable governments to take responsible, effective and coordinated action. ICID is strongly interested in both mitigation and adaptation aspects of the climate change situation. Its interest is focused on the issues of food security, land resource use and water resource management. We take the opportunity to provide a series of expert viewpoints on the situation, and to provide a forum for discussion. The objective of the meeting is to update and exchange views on how climate change impacts are expected to impact the water resource sector, and what can be done both in UK/Europe and around the world (especially in developing countries). What messages for representatives attending the Copenhagen Talks?
Cost per delegate (includes lunch and refreshments):
Please contact: Tim Fuller, British Section of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID.UK), at the Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA ring: 020 7665 2234.
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Presentations from previous meeting available for downloading
Programme
Session 1. Paradigms and political ecology 9.30 Welcomes & Introduction: Ragab Ragab and/or Peter Lee (ICID), Bruce Lankford (UEA) ‘Towards a political ecology of irrigation efficiency and productivity’ 9.45 Keynote: David Molden (IWMI): ‘Water productivity - is it a watertight concept?’ 10.15 Chris Perry: ‘Efficient irrigation; inefficient communications; flawed recommendations?’ 10.45 Peter Mollinga (University of Bonn): ‘From 'clear definitions' to paradigm change. Efficiency and productivity as boundary concepts in irrigation’
Session 2. Scales, contexts and trade-offs 11.45 Jerry Knox (Cranfield University), (with M.G. Kay and E.K. Weatherhead): ‘Recognising reality - what efficiency means to a farmer’ 12.15 John Gowing (University of Newcastle upon Tyne): ‘The Emperor’s Clothes? Inflated claims for deficit irrigation ignore the efficiency-equity trade-off’ 12.45 Bruce Lankford (UEA) ‘Localising irrigation efficiency’
2.00 Linden Vincent, Gerardo van Halsema (Wageningen University): ‘Managing water for productivity: A matter of contextual relativism as opposed to general absolutism’ 2.30 François Molle (IRD, Montpellier): ‘Irrigation efficiency and water productivity in closing basins: tricks and traps’ Session 3. Performance and measurement 3.00 Luis Pereira (University of Lisbon): ‘Looking for performance indicators to support a new paradigm in irrigation and water productivity’
4.00 Bert Clemmens (ARS, US Dept of Agiculture): ‘Impact of Agricultural Water Conservation on Water Availability’ 4.30 Julien Harou (University College London): ‘Potential economic gains of irrigation inefficiency: Conjunctive use and groundwater banking in California’ 5.00 Group discussion: ‘Towards a political ecology of irrigation efficiency and productivity’ Finish at 6.00 pm 6.30 pm Buffet meal for seminar participants** (Optional, requires separate notification)
Presentations now available for downloading in pdf format. Just click on the presenter's name As an emerging field of theory and practice, water governance is a term that holds different meanings to different individuals. To some it addresses corruption, while for others it covers connections between knowledge, political economy, laws and institutions that frame water management responses and outcomes. While many agree that governance is more than management, few might definitively distinguish the two. In this workshop we will use a number of presentations by leading researchers and policy advisers to initiate round-table discussions on governance. The seminar is guided by the ‘theory and practice’ of water governance; it is purposively inclusive and looks at a range of concepts regarding the concept. Presenters were: Tom Franks & Frances Cleaver, University of Bradford, : ‘A framework for water governance: from analysis to diagnosis Patrick Moriarty, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre: ‘EMPOWERS: stakeholder dialogue and participatory planning for improved local water governance in the middle-east Laurence Smith, Imperial College: ‘Governance for Catchment Management and Protection of Water Resources: Drawing on International Experience Mark Zeitoun, London School of Economics and Political Science: ‘Hydro-Hegemony: obstacle or catalyst for international transboundary water governance’ Stephen Hodgson, Independent Environmental Lawyer: ‘Water rights: a pre-requisite for effective water governance? Felicity Chancellor Independent consultant |
Wednesday 28 March 2007 All day meeting
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