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Problem
IWMI tackles the critical challenges of floods, droughts, water quality degradation, and ecosystem disruption caused by climate change.
- Floods and Droughts: Rising flood frequency and intensity damage infrastructure, crops, and ecosystems, while prolonged droughts lead to water shortages, reduced agricultural productivity, and stressed ecosystems. IWMI focuses on developing strategies to mitigate these impacts and build resilience.
- Water Quality Degradation: Climate change exacerbates water pollution through increased runoff carrying fertilizers, pesticides, and sediments into water bodies. IWMI prioritizes addressing non-point source pollution (NPS) from agricultural runoff to protect drinking water, human health, and aquatic ecosystems.
- Ecosystem Conservation: Disruptions to aquatic habitats caused by unstable water levels threaten biodiversity and ecosystem services. IWMI works to conserve and restore these vital habitats, ensuring they remain functional and ecologically balanced.
- Climate Resilience and Water Resource Management:IWMI develops innovative tools and technologies to manage water resources effectively, reduce the impacts of extreme weather, safeguard water quality, and sustain ecosystems.
By integrating these strategies, IWMI not only addresses immediate climate challenges but also fosters long-term sustainability and resilience in water management and ecosystem health.
- Floods and Droughts: Rising flood frequency and intensity damage infrastructure, crops, and ecosystems, while prolonged droughts lead to water shortages, reduced agricultural productivity, and stressed ecosystems. IWMI focuses on developing strategies to mitigate these impacts and build resilience.
- Water Quality Degradation: Climate change exacerbates water pollution through increased runoff carrying fertilizers, pesticides, and sediments into water bodies. IWMI prioritizes addressing non-point source pollution (NPS) from agricultural runoff to protect drinking water, human health, and aquatic ecosystems.
- Ecosystem Conservation: Disruptions to aquatic habitats caused by unstable water levels threaten biodiversity and ecosystem services. IWMI works to conserve and restore these vital habitats, ensuring they remain functional and ecologically balanced.
- Climate Resilience and Water Resource Management:IWMI develops innovative tools and technologies to manage water resources effectively, reduce the impacts of extreme weather, safeguard water quality, and sustain ecosystems.
By integrating these strategies, IWMI not only addresses immediate climate challenges but also fosters long-term sustainability and resilience in water management and ecosystem health.
Solution
Flood Management
IWMI combats flood risks through advanced forecasting and real-time monitoring platforms:
- Seamless Climate Platform (SCP): Incorporates the Subseasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Forecasting Package, offering extended forecasts for early flood warnings, preparedness, and water resource management.
- Integrated Watershed Monitoring Platform (IWMP): Tracks water levels, flow rates, and weather variables in real-time, enabling early detection of potential flood events. This allows for timely flood mitigation measures, such as controlled reservoir releases, to minimize flood impacts.
Drought Management
IWMI addresses drought challenges with cutting-edge forecasting and resource management tools:
- North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME): Provides seasonal forecasts several months in advance, with temporal and spatial downscaling for improved accuracy.
- Drought Monitoring Platform: Combines groundwater level gauges and soil moisture sensors to optimize water extraction and irrigation, conserving water and enhancing crop resilience.
- Auto-Irrigation Systems: Automates water delivery, ensuring optimal irrigation during droughts, conserving resources, and reducing manual labor.
Water Quality Protection
IWMI integrates advanced modeling and long-term climate data analysis to safeguard water quality:
- Statistical Techniques (SQM & SQMGrid): Downscale climate scenarios (e.g., Shared Socioeconomic Pathways) to predict rainfall, temperature, and pollutant transport.
- Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT): Simulates the impact of land management practices on water quality, addressing agricultural runoff and non-point source pollution to mitigate contaminants like pesticides, sediments, and nutrients.
Ecosystem Conservation
IWMI supports biodiversity and ecosystem sustainability through tailored climate tools:
- SQMGrid Package: Refines coarse global climate model data for high-resolution studies, using indices like BioClim and Growing Degree Days (GDD) to predict habitat suitability and plant growth under climate change.
- LANDISCC Package: Facilitates analysis of vegetation changes using SSP climate scenarios and the LANDIS-II model, helping plan forest conservation and climate adaptation.
IWMI combats flood risks through advanced forecasting and real-time monitoring platforms:
- Seamless Climate Platform (SCP): Incorporates the Subseasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Forecasting Package, offering extended forecasts for early flood warnings, preparedness, and water resource management.
- Integrated Watershed Monitoring Platform (IWMP): Tracks water levels, flow rates, and weather variables in real-time, enabling early detection of potential flood events. This allows for timely flood mitigation measures, such as controlled reservoir releases, to minimize flood impacts.
Drought Management
IWMI addresses drought challenges with cutting-edge forecasting and resource management tools:
- North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME): Provides seasonal forecasts several months in advance, with temporal and spatial downscaling for improved accuracy.
- Drought Monitoring Platform: Combines groundwater level gauges and soil moisture sensors to optimize water extraction and irrigation, conserving water and enhancing crop resilience.
- Auto-Irrigation Systems: Automates water delivery, ensuring optimal irrigation during droughts, conserving resources, and reducing manual labor.
Water Quality Protection
IWMI integrates advanced modeling and long-term climate data analysis to safeguard water quality:
- Statistical Techniques (SQM & SQMGrid): Downscale climate scenarios (e.g., Shared Socioeconomic Pathways) to predict rainfall, temperature, and pollutant transport.
- Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT): Simulates the impact of land management practices on water quality, addressing agricultural runoff and non-point source pollution to mitigate contaminants like pesticides, sediments, and nutrients.
Ecosystem Conservation
IWMI supports biodiversity and ecosystem sustainability through tailored climate tools:
- SQMGrid Package: Refines coarse global climate model data for high-resolution studies, using indices like BioClim and Growing Degree Days (GDD) to predict habitat suitability and plant growth under climate change.
- LANDISCC Package: Facilitates analysis of vegetation changes using SSP climate scenarios and the LANDIS-II model, helping plan forest conservation and climate adaptation.
Performance and impacts
IWMI’s climate data package has been successfully applied to various climate change adaptation projects in Korea and Asian countries, supporting multiple national initiatives. Key projects and their results include:
1. ADPC CIC Project in Bangladesh
- Solution: Development of the Seamless Pest Management Platform (SPMP) for integrated pest management using seamless climate data.
- Results: Digitization of historical pest and disease occurrence, standardized pest data collection, and the creation of a climate-based early warning system for pest and disease forecasting. This system supports better pest management decisions based on climate service frameworks.
2. ADB Project in Vietnam
- Solution: Development of a crop monitoring platform for drought-affected provinces, utilizing seasonal forecast data for water stress and drought management.
- Results: Enhanced drought monitoring capabilities, improved reservoir operation, and increased capacity for relevant agencies to manage water resources more efficiently. The use of North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME) for grid-based climate forecasts provided critical data for water stress monitoring.
3. R&D Project in Korea
- Solution: Integrated linkage operation of agricultural hydraulic structures for flood control under climate change.
- Results: Advanced flood and inundation prediction models, improved flood response systems, and the development of planning and design criteria for extreme rainfall events. This project aims to enhance the resilience of agricultural water structures and provide ICT-based technologies for efficient operation during floods.
These projects demonstrate IWMI’s success in applying climate data for practical solutions, improving pest management, water resource efficiency, and flood resilience, while building the capacity of local agencies to respond to climate impacts.
1. ADPC CIC Project in Bangladesh
- Solution: Development of the Seamless Pest Management Platform (SPMP) for integrated pest management using seamless climate data.
- Results: Digitization of historical pest and disease occurrence, standardized pest data collection, and the creation of a climate-based early warning system for pest and disease forecasting. This system supports better pest management decisions based on climate service frameworks.
2. ADB Project in Vietnam
- Solution: Development of a crop monitoring platform for drought-affected provinces, utilizing seasonal forecast data for water stress and drought management.
- Results: Enhanced drought monitoring capabilities, improved reservoir operation, and increased capacity for relevant agencies to manage water resources more efficiently. The use of North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME) for grid-based climate forecasts provided critical data for water stress monitoring.
3. R&D Project in Korea
- Solution: Integrated linkage operation of agricultural hydraulic structures for flood control under climate change.
- Results: Advanced flood and inundation prediction models, improved flood response systems, and the development of planning and design criteria for extreme rainfall events. This project aims to enhance the resilience of agricultural water structures and provide ICT-based technologies for efficient operation during floods.
These projects demonstrate IWMI’s success in applying climate data for practical solutions, improving pest management, water resource efficiency, and flood resilience, while building the capacity of local agencies to respond to climate impacts.
Other data of interest
IWMI's priorities are well-aligned with its plans to collaborate with the CTCN, with a focus on enhancing climate adaptation efforts through practical development and international partnerships:
1. Engaging with Climate Experts
- Alignment: IWMI plans to work with CTCN's climate experts to integrate cutting-edge advancements into its monitoring platform. This collaboration will improve watershed modeling, data collection methods, and weather forecasting, aligning with IWMI’s commitment to advancing climate technology.
2. Training and Capacity Building
- Alignment: IWMI aims to partner with CTCN to develop training programs that equip local and regional stakeholders with the necessary skills to effectively use downscaling training tools. This aligns with IWMI’s priority of contributing to capacity building within CTCN member countries.
3. Fostering Global Collaborations
- Alignment: By utilizing CTCN’s global network, IWMI seeks to foster partnerships with other countries and organizations facing similar climate adaptation challenges. This will facilitate the sharing of best practices, joint research, and coordinated responses, supporting IWMI’s goal of promoting regional and global partnerships.
4. Commitment to Regional Climate Projects
- Alignment: IWMI’s commitment to the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) aligns with its 2025 vision to address climate change through structured adaptation frameworks. This includes active participation in climate-related projects in Cambodia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Indonesia, furthering IWMI’s goal of advancing regional climate adaptation through collaborative efforts with CTCN.
By leveraging CTCN’s resources and expertise, IWMI aims to enhance its capacity in climate adaptation, fostering collaboration, training, and sharing knowledge to tackle climate challenges in Asia and beyond.
1. Engaging with Climate Experts
- Alignment: IWMI plans to work with CTCN's climate experts to integrate cutting-edge advancements into its monitoring platform. This collaboration will improve watershed modeling, data collection methods, and weather forecasting, aligning with IWMI’s commitment to advancing climate technology.
2. Training and Capacity Building
- Alignment: IWMI aims to partner with CTCN to develop training programs that equip local and regional stakeholders with the necessary skills to effectively use downscaling training tools. This aligns with IWMI’s priority of contributing to capacity building within CTCN member countries.
3. Fostering Global Collaborations
- Alignment: By utilizing CTCN’s global network, IWMI seeks to foster partnerships with other countries and organizations facing similar climate adaptation challenges. This will facilitate the sharing of best practices, joint research, and coordinated responses, supporting IWMI’s goal of promoting regional and global partnerships.
4. Commitment to Regional Climate Projects
- Alignment: IWMI’s commitment to the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) aligns with its 2025 vision to address climate change through structured adaptation frameworks. This includes active participation in climate-related projects in Cambodia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Indonesia, furthering IWMI’s goal of advancing regional climate adaptation through collaborative efforts with CTCN.
By leveraging CTCN’s resources and expertise, IWMI aims to enhance its capacity in climate adaptation, fostering collaboration, training, and sharing knowledge to tackle climate challenges in Asia and beyond.