Water Resources Management (WRM) : Strengthening Climate-Informed Project Design

As climate shocks increasingly impact the water dependent sectors, it is vital that countries embrace integrated, cross-sectoral policies and programs. Water projects improve chances to attain positive climate-related and overall results by adoptin...

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Main Authors: World Bank Water Global Practice, Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership
Format: Knowledge Note
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2022
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/685581632393277860/Water-Resources-Management-WRM-Strengthening-Climate-Informed-Project-Design
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37123
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Summary:As climate shocks increasingly impact the water dependent sectors, it is vital that countries embrace integrated, cross-sectoral policies and programs. Water projects improve chances to attain positive climate-related and overall results by adopting an integrated and climate-informed approach to water resources management (WRM), carefully managing climate-related environmental and social safeguards and establishing effective coordination mechanisms based on incentives with all relevant stakeholders.