1. REPORT OF GROUP THEME 1 GLOBAL CHANGES & RISK MANAGEMENT

2. Participants Huang Jinchi Ayhan Çiftçi-General Directorate of Disaster Affairs (ciftciayhan@gmail.com)ciftciayhan@gmail.com Şenay Özden-General Directorate of Disaster Affairs (senayozden@yahoo.com)senayozden@yahoo.com İbrahim Gürer-Gazi University (gurer@gazi.edu.tr)gurer@gazi.edu.tr Henk van Schaik- Co-operative Program for Water and Climate(CPWC) h.vanschaik@unesco-ihe.org, hrs@ih.nlh.vanschaik@unesco-ihe.orghrs@ih.nl Youssef Nassef-UNFCCC (YNassef@unfccc.int)YNassef@unfccc.int Mokhtar Bzioui-WWC (bziouimo@yahoo.fr)bziouimo@yahoo.fr Yeşim Erkan-TEMA Ali Ümran Kömüşçü-DMİ (aukomuscu@yahoo.com)aukomuscu@yahoo.com Harro Riedstra-European Water Partnership (h.riedstra@ewp.eu)h.riedstra@ewp.eu Hande Özüt-REC Türkiye (hande.ozut@rec.org.tr)hande.ozut@rec.org.tr Shuichi Hirayama-Japan Water Forum (hirayama@waterforum.ip)hirayama@waterforum.ip

3. . The potential issues to be adressed in Theme 1. Diminishing of water resources (wetlands, groundwater) Global Change due to economic development Rise of sea level at coastal zones and small islands Global change due to rate of population growth Crossboundary water laws / management and global change Environmental (Ecological) Refugees due to global change

4. Basic Approach Causes Results (Implications) Climate Security DemographyMigration Economic Development Poverty Poverty Social policy Some of the items can be classified in both groups.

5. 3. Strategy with global change concept and ending with specific examples STAKEHOLDER Affected SectorInternationalNationalLocal Agriculture (Food)FAO, IWMI, OXFAM, UNCCD Related Ministries and Municipalities Farmers Water unions, Professional Organizations Cooperatives Coastal ZonesSPREP, CCAP, SOPAC, WMO Int. NGOs Related Ministries and Municipalities Coastal Provinces NGOs

6. Water Allocation And Domestic Water Supply (Groundwater Depletion) GWP, IWA, Transboundary River Commissions IWMI, IHS, International Geographical Union Related Ministries and Municipalities Water Cooperatives, Farmer Unions, Water Foundation, Water Supply Companies EnergyIHA, IUCN, ICOLD, IEC, Natur Conservancy Related Ministries and Municipalities Local NGOs, Private Companies Disaster Mitigation Water Related Disasters (floods, landslide, snow related disaster, drought, storm, hurricanes, extreme temperatures) Red Cross, ADPC, UN-ISDR, WMO, MSF, Doctars without Bourders, UNHCR, IRF (Colombia University) Related Ministries and Municipalities, Universities- Research Centers NGOs HealthWHORelated Ministries and Municipalities Local NGOs

7. Cases CAUSESISSUESRESPONSES ChinaWater is affected by economical devolopment Mixed Council River Commision Provincal Goverment Central Goverment Istanbul Climate Population Water ScarcityInterregional (Inter-Basin) Cooperation for Water Supply Coastral Zone Climate Small islands Water Level Rice (Sea)International Natinal Regional Local

8. Action Plan for January 2008 1. Collect new case studies and improve the current cases 2. Identify cases from other groups 3. Contact and invite stakeholders