Expert Group Meeting on Climate Change

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-28 October, 2010

This Meeting was approved the Governing Body of INWRDAM during its 7th Meeting last April and INWRDAM proposed to conduct this meeting to alert its member states governments to the issue of climate change possible impacts on water resources. The planned Meeting is funded by the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah (IDB) and the expected number of experts to participate in that meeting will be 15 from different OIC Regions, i.e. Asia, Middle East and Africa.

INWRDAM is currently in the process of inviting qualified experts to participate in the Meeting by making presentations on one of more of the following subjects in the context of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) counties:

1- Global debate on assessment of climate change impacts on water resources.

2- Consequences of increased competition over water (within countries and among neighboring countries).

3- Case studies from OIC or similar regions on climate change and impacts on hydrological cycles such as sea level rise, floods and droughts, groundwater depletion.

4- Assessment of impacts, adaptation and vulnerability to climate change in OIC regions (OIC regions are: Asian, Middle East and Africa).

5- Adaptive capacity of OIC countries to possible impacts of climate change on water resources

6- Other issues proposed by invited experts.

INWRDAM will publish all the experts presentations and the outcomes and recommendations of the meeting.

- Location:

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

- Date:

25-28 October, 2010