This document summarizes a project called the Water Tracker, which aims to strengthen the inclusion of water in national climate plans. The Water Tracker will identify how water is included or omitted from climate plans, provide guidance to strengthen water-sensitive adaptation commitments, and connect multi-sector water resilience projects to climate finance. It will establish a baseline of how countries address water in their climate plans currently, make recommendations for improving plans' emphasis on water resilience, and focus on cross-sector initiatives to improve adaptation outcomes. The Water Tracker framework and guidance will be developed through collaborations with various partners and pilot testing in Costa Rica, Malawi, and Egypt.

1. Turning IPCC Science into Action: Joint Session on Water and Infrastructure
16 MARCH 2022
WATER FOR RESILIENCE

2. Climate change
drives water change And water is at the
center of climate
adaptation and
mitigation actions
“Adaptation to water-related risks and impacts makes up
the majority of all documented adaptation”
“many mitigation measures have a high water footprint
which can compromise SDGs and adaptation outcomes ”

3. “Pathways for advancing climate resilient development
are development trajectories that successfully integrate
mitigation and adaptation actions”
Photo: Tanushree Rao / Unsplash

4. Assembling
insights for
Water
Resilience

6. If climate action is to be effective, the role of water in must be
recognized through strategic, dynamic trade-offs
Agriculture
Energy
Clean Water
and Sanitation
Urban Development

7. WATER TRACKER OBJECTIVES
Identify how water is included / omitted in climate plans & evaluate trade-offs
Provide guidance to strengthen water-sensitive adaptation commitments
Connect multi-sector water resilience projects to climate finance institutions
Facilitate peer-to-peer learning under the AAC
Lead a new generation of credible, ambitious, and effective climate planning
instruments

8. WATER TRACKER FRAMEWORK

9. WATER TRACKER DEVELOPMENT
Crowd-sourcing Core Partners
NGOs
Bilateral-aid
MDBs
Cities
Business
Pilot Countries
Government Focal
Points
Consultant Team:
• Mario Lopez Perez
• Simon Thuo
• Jonty Rawlins
• Carla Hernandez

10. NDCs
NAPs
National
Development
Plans

11. PILOT COUNTRIES
Costa Rica
Malawi
Egypt
Maps: mapchart.net

12. KEY FINDINGS
• Water is most frequently identified as a risk
• Mitigation and adaptation actions do not
usually identify water requirements
• Capacity building is recognized as a key
component of enhancing climate resilience
• Links between water and other sectors are
often not fully developed
• Some water allocation/prioritization schemes
are included, but these rarely consider future
responses to climate change
Photo: Marcelo Villalobos on Unsplash

13. • Baseline of how water is explicitly and
implicitly included in national climate
plans
• Recommendations for improving plans
with an emphasis on water resilience
• Focus on multi- and cross- sector
initiatives
• Improve adaptation outcomes and avoid
maladaptation
OUTCOMES

14. CONTACT: kharpham@Alliance4Water.org
WEBSITE: www.watertracker.cc
@Alliance4Water