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 Water Resources Management Under Changing Climate (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.
17 May 2022
17 May 2022
*Formally approved at the 72nd IEC in November 2021, Marrakesh, Morocco
Renamed Working Group on Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management (WG-CLIMATE) as Working Group on Water Resources Management Under Changing Climate (WG-CLIMATE) at the 75th IEC Meeting, Sydney, 2024.
Sl. No. | Name | Country | Position | |
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1 | Prof. Dr. Ray Shyan Wu | ra************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Chair |
2 | Dr. Fuqiang Tian | ti************* | China | Vice Chair |
3 | Dr. Takanori NAGANO | na************* | Japan | Secretary |
4 | Dr. Abdelilah Taky | ta************* | Morocco | Member |
5 | Mr. Abdullahi Hassan Hussein - Young Professional | ca************* | Somalia | Member |
6 | Dr. Akie MUKAI | mu************* | Japan | Member |
7 | Mr. Ali Hassan Hommadi Altai | al************* | Iraq | Member |
8 | Mr. Amali A. AMALI - Young Professional | AA************* | Nigeria | Member |
9 | Dr. Amani Alfarra | am************* | Canada | Member |
10 | Prof. Anna Dalla Marta | an************* | Italy | Member |
11 | Dr. Anton Urfels - Direct Member | a.************* | Germany | Member |
12 | Mr. Arthon Suttigarn | as************* | Thailand | Member |
13 | Dr. Ashish Pandey - Direct Member | as************* | India | Member |
14 | Mr. Atin Kumar Tyagi | ty************* | India | Member |
15 | Prof. Choi, Jin-Yong | ia************* | South Korea | Member |
16 | Ir. David Florentino | fl************* | Philippines | Member |
17 | Ms. DEMİREL YAZICI Dilek | di************* | Turkey | Member |
18 | Mr. Duan Cheng | me************* | China | Member |
19 | Ms. Fatma Tüz Zehra Gülsever | fa************* | Turkey | Member |
20 | Mr. Franklin E. Dimick | fr************* | USA | Member |
21 | Engr. Gulsah Cakir Heikal | gu************* | Turkey | Member |
22 | Ms. Haofang Yan - Young Professional | Ya************* | China | Member |
23 | Prof. Dr. Hesham Mostafa Mohamed Ali | hm************* | Egypt | Member |
24 | Dr. Hi Lu | hi************* | China | Member |
25 | Eng. (Ms.) Hind Massoud Hamed Elneel | hi************* | Sudan | Member |
26 | Dr. Hiroki Minakawa | hi************* | Japan | Member |
27 | Ir. Hj AHMAD BIN DARUS | ah************* | Malaysia | Member |
28 | Ir. Hj. Mohd Azmi bin Ismail | az************* | Malaysia | Member |
29 | Dr. Hwa-Lung Yu | hl************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
30 | Dr. Jaepil Cho | jp************* | South Korea | Member |
31 | Dr. Jiabin Wu | mk************* | China | Member |
32 | Dr. Jih Shun Liu | js************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
33 | Dr. Jing Liu | Ji************* | China | Member |
34 | Dr. Kamran Emami | kk************* | Iran | Member |
35 | Dr. Khosro Morovati | kh************* | China | Member |
36 | Dr. Kumiko TSUJIMOTO | ts************* | Japan | Member |
37 | Dr. Kuo-Wei Liao | kl************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
38 | Dr. Leila Eamen | Le************* | Canada | Member |
39 | Ms. Linlin Fan – Young Professional | mk************* | China | Member |
40 | Dr. Maheswor Shrestha | ma************* | Nepal | Member |
41 | Dr. Man Singh | ma************* | India | Member |
42 | Mr. Marcel Marchand | Ma************* | Netherlands | Member |
43 | Mr. Maurice Roos | mr************* | USA | Member |
44 | Er. Mehmet Akif Kaygusuz | me************* | Turkey | Member |
45 | Mr. Michael Davidson | mi************* | USA | Member |
46 | Dr. Mika Tähtikarhu | mi************* | Finland | Member |
47 | Dr. Mikiko SUGIURA | su************* | Japan | Member |
48 | Dr. Ming Young Jan | ag************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
49 | Dr. Ming-Che Hu | mc************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
50 | Engr. Muhammad Ejaz Tanveer | en************* | Pakistan | Member |
51 | Er. Muhammet Bahattin Avcuoglu | Ba************* | Turkey | Member |
52 | Eng. (Ms.) Nermeen El-Tahan - Young Professional | en************* | Egypt | Member |
53 | Dr. Nozar Ghahreman | ng************* | Iran | Member |
54 | Mr. Olli Matti Verta | ol************* | Finland | Member |
55 | Engr. Ozden Erturk Gazel | oz************* | Turkey | Member |
56 | Mr. R.K. Agrawal | rk************* | India | Member |
57 | Prof. Dr. Ragab Ragab | ra************* | United Kingdom | Member |
58 | Prof. Dr. Ragab Ragab | ra************* | United Kingdom | Member |
59 | Dr. (Ms.) Rozalija Cvejic | Ro************* | Slovenia | Member |
60 | Ms. Sahar Norouzi | sa************* | Iran | Member |
61 | Dr. Shivaji T. Sangle | sa************* | India | Member |
62 | Prof. Sue Walker | wa************* | South Africa | Member |
63 | Mr. Sunil Kumar | su************* | India | Member |
64 | Engr. Syed Mahmood-ul-Hassan | mu************* | Pakistan | Member |
65 | Eng. (Ms.) Talatha Janaki Meegstenna | ja************* | Sri Lanka | Member |
66 | Mr. Thayalam Sekaran | th************* | Malaysia | Member |
67 | Mr. Tikaram Baral | ba************* | Nepal | Member |
68 | Dr. Tony Chih-Sheng Chen | to************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
69 | Er. Tóth Tamás | to************* | Hungary | Member |
70 | Mr. V.C. Ballard | cl************* | Australia | Member |
71 | Mr. Veysel Yildiz | ve************* | Turkey | Member |
72 | Prof. Waleed Hassan M. Abou Elhassan | Wa************* | Egypt | Member |
73 | Ts Ir Wan Noorul Hafilah Binti Wan Ariffin | no************* | Malaysia | Member |
74 | Ts Ir Wan Noorul Hafilah Binti Wan Ariffin | no************* | Malaysia | Member |
75 | Dr. Watchara Suiadee | wa************* | Thailand | Member |
76 | Dr. Xu Lei | bh************* | China | Member |
77 | Dr. Ya-Wen Chueh | ya************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
78 | Mr. Yu Yingduo - Young Professional | yu************* | China | Member |
79 | Mr. Zafar Iqbal | zi************* | Pakistan | Member |
80 | Dr. Zhong-Kai Feng | zh************* | China | Member |
81 | Ir. Zhu Haidong | zh************* | China | Member |
82 | Prof. Dr. Tsugihiro WATANABE | wa************* | Japan | Observer |
83 | Dr Engr. Ghulam Zakir-Hassan Sial | za************* | Pakistan | Provisional Member |
84 | Dr. Kittiwet Kuntiyawichai | kk************* | Thailand | Provisional Member |
85 | Mr. Saroj Karki | sa************* | Nepal | Provisional Member |
In addition to the below membership, representative of Indonesia is a member; WMO, IWMI, and FAO are Permanent Observers.
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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