DeltasUNite: UNCCRD

Global Dialogue, Contributions, and Inputs to Sharpen the Governance and Policy Framework

(Road to COP28 and Unveiling of UNCCR)

Co-Hosted By:

African Centre for Climate Actions and Rural Development Initiative (ACCARD, Nigeria)

Transboundary Water In-Cooperation Network (TWIN Secretariat: Center for the Advancement of Public Action at Bennington College, USA; Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security at UVM, USA)

The Consortium for Capacity Building (CCB at UCO, Boulder, USA)

Nigeria’s Bayelsa State Government

Akassa Development Foundation

Environmental Peacebuilding Association (USA)

Co-Sponsored By:

Water Environment Forum (WEF, Pakistan)

 University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi, Vietnam

Arava Institute (Israel)

The Dawson College Peace Center (Canada)

Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL, Ecuador)

Community Motivation & Development Organization (CMDO)

Centre for Environment and Sustainable Livelihood Projects

Coordination of Afghan Relief (CoAR 1989, Afghanistan)

Integrated Green Solutions (iGreens, Jordan)

Go Conscious Earth (DRC, Congo)

Mekong Community Institute (MCI, Thailand)

Monday, November 20, 2023, 9:00 am - 11:00 am EST

Venue: Alumni House - Jack and Shirley Silver Pavilion 142 (UVM, Vermont USA)

#DeltasUNite #UNCCRD

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’s dialogue is focusing on the policy and governance perspective needed for UNCCRD operationalization, to build an integrative "highlands to oceans" approaches for conserving river deltas. Also, to well-capture and reflect on the document the participatory transboundary and global cooperation to resolve some of the associated and lingering climate induced conflicts, social and environmental challenges caused by sea level rise, saltwater intrusion and other deltas challenges.