5th Internatonal Conference
WATER IN THE ALPS - AND BEYOND
Adaptng alpine and mountain river basins to climate change
Session IV
The experience of the
Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystem Nexus:
A new perspectve for water management
in natonal and transboundary catchments
INTRODUCTION TO THE SESSION
Aleš Bizjak
IzVRS
Trento
Sept. 25th – 26th, 2014
5th Internatonal Conference
WATER IN THE ALPS - AND BEYOND
Adaptng alpine and mountain river basins to climate change
Session IV: Setng the Scene
 Growing populaton.
 Consumers behaviour paterns.
 Growing economic and tourism sector.
 Growing water demand.
 Growing food demand.
 Growing energy demand.
 Climate change impacts.
 Challenged compromise to sustainability.
Aleš Bizjak
IzVRS
Trento
Sept. 25th – 26th, 2014
5th Internatonal Conference
WATER IN THE ALPS - AND BEYOND
Adaptng alpine and mountain river basins to climate change
Session IV: Aims
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to beter understand the interactons between water, food, energy and
ecosystems in river basins,
to strenghten synergies and policy coherence between the water, agriculture,
energy and land management sectors,
to assess interdependencies and to identfy intersectoral synergies and
mutually benefcial soulutons in transboundary basins in order to reduce
potental conficts across sectors and across borders,
to support decision making processes to enhance sustainability.
Aleš Bizjak
IzVRS
Trento
Sept. 25th – 26th, 2014
5th Internatonal Conference
WATER IN THE ALPS - AND BEYOND
Adaptng alpine and mountain river basins to climate change
Session IV: Programme and tming
Introducton to the Session IV (10‘)
A. Bizjak (Insttute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia), chair
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The ‚nexus‘ approach to assessment of transboundary river basins and implicatons to water management (20‘
+ 5‘)
A. Lipponen (UNECE Water Conventon) and M. Howells (KTH Stockholm)
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The ,nexus‘ assessment on the Sava river basin (20‘ + 5‘)
S. Grošelj (ISRBC Secretariat)
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First elements from the ‚nexus‘ assessment on the Soča / Isonzo river basin (a case study from the cooperaton between Alpine Conventon and UNECE Water Conventon) - round table (45‘)
M. Howells (KTH Stockholm, Sweden), chair
D. Iervolino (Region Friuli Venezia Giulia, Venezia, Italy)
A. Bizjak (Insttute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
F. Baruf (Adige River basin Authority and Alto Adriatco River Basin Authority, Italy)
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Discussion and conclusions (15‘)
A. Bizjak (Insttute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
all partcipants
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Aleš Bizjak
IzVRS
Trento
Sept. 25th – 26th, 2014
5th Internatonal Conference
Session IV:
round table key questons
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Adaptng alpine and mountain river basins to climate change
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the management of Soča/Isonzo river basin?
What are the main issues to deal with?
What are the good example of cooperaton already running?
How to improve the transboundary cooperaton?
What are the main feld of cooperaton that could be improved in a “nexus perspectve”?
Aleš Bizjak
IzVRS
WATER IN THE ALPS - AND BEYOND
Trento
Sept. 25th – 26th, 2014
5th Internatonal Conference
WATER IN THE ALPS - AND BEYOND
Adaptng alpine and mountain river basins to climate change
We wish you to enjoy the Session IV.
Aleš Bizjak
IzVRS
Trento
Sept. 25th – 26th, 2014