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Since agriculture accounts for 70% of water use and up to 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, it contributes to and is threatened by climate change. Adapting water management policies and practices to the existing climate variability by building resilience is the best way to prepare for potential climate change. Improved water harvesting and storages (such as reservoirs, dams, pools, pits, retaining ridges, etc.), supplementing the water requirement for rain-fed crops, highly efficient irrigation systems and best practices are fundamental for addressing increasing variability of rainfalls, and reducing the adverse impacts of extreme events of floods and droughts.
ICID addresses these issues through its Working Group on Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management (WG-CLIMATE).The looming climate change and its likely impacts on water management for agriculture require cooperation cutting across institutional and disciplinary boundaries. It calls for intensification of data collection networks, research into methodologies to downscale the climate impacts on water and agriculture, review of the operation of storage systems, enhancing soil water storage with water harvesting structures, and sharing knowledge and information. WG-CLIMATE has the mandate to review the progression of and predictions for Global Climate Change (GCC) and climate variability and to explore and analyze the medium-term implications of climate change and climate variability for irrigation, drainage, and flood management. It stimulates discussion and raises awareness of water related GCC issues within the ICID network and at national scales among scientists and policy makers. The working group collaborates with global partners like UN System wide Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) under the leadership of WMO.
In addition to the below membership, representative of Indonesia is a member; WMO, IWMI, and FAO are Permanent Observers.
*Formal approval will be made during the 72nd IEC in November 2021 at Marrakesh, Morocco
- To share the information about prediction of the global and regional climate change and climate variability.
- To explore and analyze the implications of climate change and climate variability for agricultural water management including irrigation, drainage, and flood control
- To promote archiving useful information and case studies on climate change for practical use in improved impact assessment and adaptation development
- To enhance discussion on climate change and water management at national and regional scales among the stakeholders including academician, practitioners, decision makers, media as well as farmers and water users in a region
Membership
| Sl. No. | Name | Country | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prof. Dr. Ray Shyan Wu | ra************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Chair |
| 2 | Dr. Fuqiang Tian | ti************* | China | Vice Chair |
| 3 | Dr. Waleed Hassan M. Abou El Hassan | Wa************* | Egypt | Secretary |
| 4 | Prof. Anna Dalla Marta | an************* | Italy | Member |
| 5 | Dr. Anton Urfels - Direct Member | a.************* | Germany | Member |
| 6 | Dr. Ashish Pandey - Direct Member | as************* | India | Member |
| 7 | Mr. Atin Kumar Tyagi | ty************* | India | Member |
| 8 | Prof. Choi, Jin-Yong | ia************* | South Korea | Member |
| 9 | Ms. DEMİREL YAZICI Dilek | di************* | Turkey | Member |
| 10 | Mr. Jafer Kathom Alwan Alamiryi - Young Professional | Ja************* | Iraq | Member |
| 11 | Dr. Jiabin Wu | mk************* | China | Member |
| 12 | Dr. Jih Shun Liu | js************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
| 13 | Dr. Kumiko TSUJIMOTO | ts************* | Japan | Member |
| 14 | Ms. Linlin Fan – Young Professional | mk************* | China | Member |
| 15 | Dr. Man Singh | ma************* | India | Member |
| 16 | Mr. Michael Davidson | mi************* | USA | Member |
| 17 | Dr. Mika Tähtikarhu | mi************* | Finland | Member |
| 18 | Eng. (Ms.) Nermeen El-Tahan - Young Professional | en************* | Egypt | Member |
| 19 | Dr. Nozar Ghahreman | ng************* | Iran | Member |
| 20 | Engr. Reynaldo L. Baloloy | rl************* | Philippines | Member |
| 21 | Mr. Rishi Srivastava | ce************* | India | Member |
| 22 | Prof. Sue Walker | wa************* | South Africa | Member |
| 23 | Dr. Takanori NAGANO | na************* | Japan | Member |
| 24 | Eng. (Ms.) Talatha Janaki Meegstenna | ja************* | Sri Lanka | Member |
| 25 | Mr. Tikaram Baral | ba************* | Nepal | Member |
| 26 | Ts Ir Wan Noorul Hafilah Binti Wan Ariffin | no************* | Malaysia | Member |
| 27 | Dr. Xu Lei | bh************* | China | Member |
| 28 | Prof. Dr. Tsugihiro WATANABE | wa************* | Japan | Observer |
| 29 | Dr. Amani Alfarra | am************* | Canada | Provisional Member |
| 30 | Engr. Ghulam Zakir-Hassan Sial | za************* | Pakistan | Provisional Member |
CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE+
ACTIVITIES-
ANNOUNCEMENT+
AGENDA/MINUTES/REPORTS/PUBLICATIONS+
| AGENDA (Previous) | MINUTES (Previous) |
ePublication: Biosaline Agriculture as a Climate Change Adaptation for Food Security (Editors: Redouane Choukr-Allah, and Ragab Ragab)
Meeting of Working Cluster 1 on Resilience and Climate Change, 22 December 2022
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8. Online meeting on September 10, 2020
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PRESENTATIONS+
Marrakesh, Morocco, 2021
- Live video presentation - Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management by Dr. Ray-Shyan Wu, Chairman, WG-CLIMATE, and President, Chinese Taipei Committee (CTCID)
- Live video presentation - Non-Monotonic Changes in Streamflow over Tibetan Plateau at the Warning Levels of 1.5oC, 2.0oC, and 3.0oC by Prof. Fuqiang Tian, Professor, Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources, Tsinghua University, China; and Vice Chairman, WG-CLIMATE
- Live video presentation - Spatiotemporal Assessment of Evapotranspiration of Desert Steppe in Northern China: A Case of Otog Front Banner by Jiabin Wu, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research.
- The Application of IoT on Irrigation Facilities by Dr. Liu Jih-Shun, Associate Researcher and Deputy Head of Information Division, Agricultural Engineering Research Center (AERC), Taiwan.
Bali, Indonesia, 2019
- Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Selective Farming Systems in South Africa
- Assessment of Climate Change Impacts Using Hydrological Drought Index
- Smallholders’ Resilience in the Eastern Gangetic Plains, A framework to support productive use of groundwater resources within sustainable limits
- Flood Risk Assessment Due to the Impact of Climate Change, Development of Basin Investment Plans Climate Resilience Improvement Project (CRIP)
- Strategic Action Plan to Combat Climate Change Impact in Irrigation Sector in Sri Lanka
- Assessment of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Measures to Malwatu Oya River Basin in North Central Province of Sri Lanka
- Possibilities to optimize irrigation in Lower Saxony, Germany, Irrigation management and capacity building as a key to mitigate the effects of climate change
- Determining irrigation and drainage rates to anticipate extreme weathers
- Value Added Weather Advisories for Small-Scale Farmers in South Africa Delivered via Mobile Apps
- Eng T Janaki Meegastenna, Director of Irrigation (Water Management & Riverine Management) Deputy Project Director (CRIP), Irrigation Department (Sri Lanka): Sri Lanka’s Challengers to the Climate Change in Irrigation and Water Resources
- Dr. P. Soman and Atin Kumar Tyagi (Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd., India): Sustainability Impact of JAIN’s Hi-Tech Innovations in Agri- Food Sector
- Prof Sue Walker (Agricultural Research Council – Institute for Soil, Climate and Water, Pretoria, South Africa): AgriCloud App
- Dr. Tsugihiro WATANABE (Kyoto University, Japan): Integrated assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Basin Agro-eco-systems
- Dr. Tsugihiro WATANABE (Kyoto University, Japan): Significance of the Envisaged Climate Changes in Light of the ICID Vision
Saskatoon, Canada, 2018
- Dr. LIU Jih-Shun (Agricultural Engineering Research Center, Chinese-Taipei): Modeling smart irrigation system for mixed crop field water demand- a case study in central Taiwan
- Dr. Nozar GHAHREMAN (University of Tehran, Iran): Application of RCP scenarios in assessment of climate change impact on extreme events: Experiences from Iran
- Dr. Patrick Cherneski (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada National Agroclimate Information Service Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada): The Impacts and Costs of Drought to the Canadian Agriculture Sector
- Dr. Jin-Yong CHOI (Seoul National University, Korea): Climate Change Responses for Agricultural Water Management and Institutional Activities in South Korea
- Dr. Sue WALKER et al. (Institute for Soil, Climate and Water, Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria South Africa): Mobile Apps for Small-scale Farmers in South Africa
- Jaepil Cho: Seamless Climate Service and Downscaling for Climate Change Adaptation
- Dr. Tsugihiro WATANABE (Kyoto University), et. al.,: Climate Change Impacts on Basin Agro-ecosystems
Mexico City, Mexico, 2017
- Dr. Tsugihiro WATANABE (Kyoto University, Japan): Recent progress of the climate change impacts assessment and adaptation strategy development in the Japanese governmental program
- Dr. Mika TURUNEN (Aalto University, Finland): Analysis of water balance and runoff generation in high latitude agricultural fields as affected by climatic variability
- Dr. Nozar GHAHREMAN (University of Tehran, Iran): Response Farming Action Support System for “Climate Smart Agriculture”: Experiences of Iran
- Dr. René LOBATO-SÁNCHEZ (Mexican Institute of Water Technology, Mexico): Model Implementation of a drought persistence monitor for water and agriculture sectors
Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2016
- Impacts of Extreme Flood and Drought on Irrigation and Drainage and Their Adaptation Strategy in Thailand by Dr. Sucharit Koontanakulvong, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
- Japanese Farmers’ Economic Incentive to Implement Prolonging of Midseason Drainage for Reducing CH4 Emission from Irrigated Rice Paddies by Dr. Kazunori Minamikawa, Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO, Japan
- Possible Effects of Climate Change on Agricultural Sector in Iran under RCP Scenarios by Dr. Nozar Ghahreman, University of Tehran, Iran
- Impacts of Climate Change on the Hydrological Processes in the Mekong River by Dr. Fuqiang Tian, Tsinghua University, China (Secretary of WG-CLIMATE)
Montpellier, France 2015
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus and the Changing Climate by Fuqiang TIAN
- Outcome of Q58: How Irrigation and Drainage Play an Important Role in Climate Change Adaptation? by Tsugihiro Watanabe
- Presentation by the Chair about the activities of the Working Group on Global Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management (WG-CLIMATE)
Gwangju, September 2014
- ClimaAdapt – Prof. Udaya Sekhar Nagothu (Norway)
- Taiwan Climate Change Projection and Information Platform Project (TCCIP)
- An Approach to Assessing Damage on Rice Yield associated with Paddy Inundation by Climate Change - Takao Masumoto (Japan)
- Evolution of Human-Water Relationship and Impact of Climate Change: a Socio-hydrological Perspective in Tarim River Basin of China - Fuqiang Tian (China)
- Water management and food security faced to climate change challenges: Scenarios and solutions in different regional contexts - Jacques Plantey (France)
Mardin, Turkey, 2013
- Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change on Land and Water Use, VPH Dr. Mark Svendsen (USA)
- Crops For the Future Research Centre, Prof. Sue Walker (South Africa)
Tehran, Iran, 2011
Lahore, Pakistan, 2010
- Japan's Countermeasures for Global Warming and Activities of Asian Regional Task Force on C.C. (VP Shinsuke OTA)
- Agricultural Interventions for Climate Variability (Sue Walker)
- Can We Save the California Delta From the effects of sea level rise (Maurice Roos)
CONCLUDED WORKBODIES/ TECHNICAL GROUPS+
GALLERY+
AWARDS+
ARCHIVES+
Scoping Document; Closure Report
WG on Global Climate Change and Irrigation (2005-2007) changed its name WG on Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management (WG-CLIMATE) (2007) and re-constituted WG on Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management (WG-CLIMATE) in 2015 with a new mandate.
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