Final Programme Beyond the River - World Water Week
Final Programme Beyond the River - World Water Week
Final Programme Beyond the River - World Water Week
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Wednesday 23 August<br />
<strong>Water</strong> and Resilience<br />
– <strong>Water</strong> Management and Policy<br />
in an Age of Complexity<br />
Convenors: Centre for Transdisciplinary Environmental<br />
Research (CTM, Stockholm University), Stockholm Environment<br />
Institute (SEI) and Swedish <strong>Water</strong> House (SWH)<br />
Agricultural systems, water policy makers and water<br />
dependent livelihoods across <strong>the</strong> world are facing fundamental<br />
challenges. If climatic variability and extreme<br />
events increase as a consequence of climate change, already<br />
vulnerable livelihoods will be increasingly under<br />
threat. In addition, stressed social-ecological freshwater<br />
systems could suddenly shift from seemingly steady states<br />
generating high social welfare, to less productive states<br />
that are difficult or even impossible to reverse. What characterises<br />
vulnerable social-ecological freshwater systems?<br />
Which policy initiatives are likely to reduce resilience in<br />
freshwater systems? And how do we harness complexity<br />
and uncertainty, and build resilience to <strong>the</strong> challenges of<br />
<strong>the</strong> future?<br />
This seminar brings toge<strong>the</strong>r researchers who are working<br />
at <strong>the</strong> interface of vulnerability and resilience science<br />
and policy, to discuss emerging challenges in <strong>the</strong> field of<br />
water management.<br />
<strong>Programme</strong> Wednesday 23 August , 09:00–12:00<br />
Norra Latin, Room 351<br />
Photo: SIWI<br />
Chair: Dr. Johan Rockström, Executive Director, SEI<br />
Presentations by:<br />
• Climate Variability Impacts on <strong>the</strong> Already Stretched Murray-Darling<br />
Basin <strong>Water</strong> System – Assessment and Policy<br />
Implications. Dr. Albert van Dijk, CSIRO Land and <strong>Water</strong>,<br />
Australia<br />
• <strong>Water</strong>, Agriculture and Resilience – Mapping Vulnerabilities<br />
to Regime Shifts at <strong>the</strong> Global Scale. Dr. Line Gordon, CTM,<br />
Stockholm University/SEI<br />
• <strong>Water</strong> Stress and Food Security – Adaptive Strategies in<br />
Freshwater Management. Dr. Gina Ziervogel, SEI Oxford<br />
Office/Climate Systems Analysis Group, UK<br />
• <strong>Water</strong>, Livelihoods and Vulnerability – What Strategies Build<br />
Resilience? Dr. Fiona Miller, SEI<br />
• Policy Comments. Dr. Henrik Österblom, The Swedish<br />
Environmental Advisory Council<br />
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