UNESCO Publishes Summary Guide on Climate Adaptation for Bottom-Up Water Resources Management

The importance of integrating climate change considerations into water resources planning is recognized on a global scale. Various frameworks, such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and the Paris Agreement, emphasize the need for proper planning, policy-making, and adaptation strategies. The Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA) methodology was launched in 2018 as a response to these international agendas, bridging the gap between climate change uncertainty and water resource planning.

Climate Risk-Informed Decision Analysis, or CRIDA, provides a framework to identify potential water security risks in a region or watershed, caused by climate change and other drivers, by providing a step-wise planning process to identify and address the challenges for sustainable water resources management.

new, 16-page publication is now available for non-experts who are interested in exploring how CRIDA can assist them in their own water resources planning and management issues. 

CRIDA was developed by ICIWaRM, UNESCO and its G-WADI flagship initiative, the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), Deltares, the University of Massachusetts and the University of Cincinnati