From vision to action: how water utilities are building climate resilience (Europe and Africa)

International Water Association Climate resilient utilities

Target Audience

Water utility operators, water utility managers, water safety planning team members, water utility staff responsible for source management

Description

Resilience is more than implementing the right technology or practice to assess and address risks of extreme events. It is an approach that should be part of a coherent and holistic strategy to ensure sustainable water resources and safe and secure water supply.

This webinar will demonstrate through practical cases from Europe and Africa, the way in which water utilities are responding to climate change impacts to ensure safe and secure water supply. This can be through a variety of approaches including risk management mechanisms (such as Water Safety Plans – see previous webinar), which can direct utilities to strategies such as source protection, diversification of water supplies and use of early warning systems.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:
• Learn about best practices utilities are applying to build resilience to climate change hazards and risks.
• Apply a process to identify resilience strategies,
• Draw from the experiences presented to assist the development of plans to respond to their climate hazards and risks.

Host

Philip de Souza (Director, Emanti Management)

Panelists

  • Henrik Bay (Head of Department, Frederiksberg Forsyning, Denmark)
  • Gisela Kaiser (Executive Director Informal Settlements, Water and Waste (Cape Town), South Africa)