Wednesday 20th, 2023| 9:00AM-12:00PM EST| Zoom| Alumni House - Jack and Shirley Silver Pavilion 142, University of Vermont

UNCCRD will be the game changing collaborative solution that will blend long expected indigenous knowledge with science. Also, coordinate governmental interventions across vertical and horizontal levels, as well as establish a global network of community scientists and deltas interest groups will include civil society organisations. The UN-CCRD platform is aimed at resolving some of the existing and future concerns of the peaceful coexistence and conflicts in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA), South Asian and South-East Asian countries with shared trans-boundary water resources in the future. Further, it will help to mitigate the growing agitations of indigenous peoples and local communities including young people, women and elderly – mostly vulnerable to the cascading climate change impacts in our deltas globally. The present event is to gather more inputs and suggestions from international and governance experts on the policy and governance solutions relevant to draft the UN-CCRD.

Monday, 04 Dec 2023| 16:45—18:15| SE Room 7

The growing number of science reports on disappearing coastal & inland deltas in transboundary river basins, e.g., Africa, Indus, Mekong & Rhine, is not only worrisome but disturbing. The UN-CCRD will bring about integrative Highlands to Oceans (H2O) climate action for building resilient communities.

Speakers: Prof. Michael Glantz, Prof. Arukwe Augustine, Governor Douye Diri, Jonannes Cullman (UN Policy adviser), Prof. Asim Zia, Aboje Andrews(AFDB),ILC, Sen.Nasir Memon, Amb. Godknows Igali, Kezieh Theresa, Vivian Madueke, Green Environment Fund(GEF), Leslie Durschinger, FCPF-Worldbank, Community rep

Friday September 22nd, 2023| Hybrid Event| Summary | Video

A consortium of about a dozen organizations representing both global South and North has recently coalesced and recognized by the United Nations towards setting up a new UN Convention on Conserving River Deltas (UNCCRD). As part of this global initiative, we will be organizing several hybrid events geared towards engaging diverse stakeholders, especially representatives of vulnerable communities from key river deltas and scientists involved in understanding the risks faced by global delta communities. The present event is a multi-stakeholder dialogue focusing on the community voices needed for UNCCRD operationalization, to build an integrative "highlands to oceans" approach for conserving river deltas. We also seek to well-capture and reflect on the document, and use participatory transboundary and global cooperation to resolve some of the associated and lingering climate induced conflicts, and social and environmental challenges caused by sea level rise, saltwater intrusion and other delta-related challenges.

March 23, 2023-12:30PM-13:45Pm EST| United Nations Headquarter| Summary

The growing impact of climate change on water resources will continue to top global discussion as the main driver and cause of most water-related challenges across the globe leading to human migration especially among young people, to poverty, hunger and communal conflicts as well as to new disease outbreaks. The foregoing has serious implications for the future peaceful coexistence of sub-Sahara Africa (SSA), South Asian and South-East Asian countries with shared trans-boundary water resources, Sadly, indigenous peoples and local communities especially women, young people and the elderly – remain the most vulnerable and mostly affected by these impacts. In this backdrop the side event will focus on two specific water-related concerns:

(1) Ocean-facing River deltas confronted by sea level rise and saltwater intrusion and

(2) Melting glaciers in highlands leading to streamflow variability in lowlands and deltas of river basins.

ISLAMABAD, Sep 19 (APP): The speakers at the Indus Delta Community Dialogue on Tuesday warned that the Indus River’s per capita water availability decline below 1000 cubic meters was alarming for the country’s future and water security.

A side event at the UN Water Conference was held in UN headquarters New York, on the “Integrated Highland to Ocean (H2O) Action for Disappearing Deltas: Towards a UN Convention on Conserving River Deltas” which was largely successful in uniting the water organizations and professionals around the world. Amongst the partners of this event were: Africa Centre for Climate Actions and Rural Development, Transboundary Water in-Cooperation Network Vermont, Centre for Capacity Building Colorado, Water Environment Forum (WE Forum) Pakistan.

New York: While UN conventions for climate change, desertification, wetlands and oceans are operational, a new UN convention on ocean facing river deltas is a concrete policy action outcome of this collaborative effort.

ISLAMABAD, Apr 05 (APP): The shrinking delta of the Mighty River Indus of Pakistan has emerged on the United Nations’ radar after it accepted to create a global convention on all deltas of the world to ensure its protection against rising climate change impacts casting serious impact on its nature and habitat.

The shrinking delta of the Mighty River Indus of Pakistan has emerged on the United Nations’ radar after it accepted to create a global convention on all deltas of the world to ensure its protection against rising climate change impacts casting serious impact on its nature and habitat.

ISLAMABAD: The shrinking delta of Pakistan's mighty River Indus has emerged on the United Nations' radar after it accepted to create a global convention on all deltas of the world to ensure its protection against rising climate change impacts casting serious impact on its nature and habitat.

The development occurred after a strong international civil society nexus of experts, academicians, policy makers and stakeholders unanimously raised their voice for an international UN Convention for the Conservation River Delta (UN-CCRD) on the sequel of its UN Human Rights Declaration, UN Geneva Pact and many others to ensure that all the major deltas of the world are dying due to adverse impacts of climate change.

ISLAMABAD: The shrinking delta of Mighty River Indus of Pakistan has emerged on the United Nations radar after it accepted to create a global convention on all deltas of the world to ensure its protection against rising climate change impacts casting serious impact on its nature and habitat.

The shrinking delta of Mighty River Indus of Pakistan has emerged on the United Nations radar after it accepted to create a global convention on all deltas of the world to ensure its protection against rising climate change impacts casting serious impact on its nature and habitat.

The speakers and experts discussed deltas starting from the Nigerian Niger Delta, Indus Delta of Pakistan, Mekong River, Colorado, Nile, and St Lawrence transboundary river basins.

It also aims to build a regional to global stakeholder dialogue not only to identify but to also proffer integrative Highlands to Oceans (H2O) solutions to growing water-related challenges particularly those potentiated by climate change. Moreover, to enhance the local capacity of countries through training and capacity building including on community data gathering and community-based context sensitive solutions to these complex problems.