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CAMBODIA LAO PDR THAILAND VIETNAM

ADDRESSING MEKONG TRANSBOUNDARY & CLIMATE CHALLENGES: THE NEW BDS AND MASAP

Dr Anoulak kittikhoun, Chief Strategy and Partnership Officer Dr Cong Nguyen Dinh, Climate Change Adaptation Specialist Mekong River Commission Secretariat

Mekong transboundary ry challenges & opportunities

• Rapid development, economic growth and poverty reduction.
• The hydrology of the Mekong is changing -- increasing storage by
• dams. Rapid river level fluctuations, including due to climatic variability, are

becoming the norm.

• Pressure on the environment is increasing – fish decline, loss of

environmental assets, reduction of floodplains.

• Significant inequalities between different groups in society.
• The basin’s climate is changing -- Average basin-wide temperatures and

precipitation are increasing and sea-level around the delta is rising. much higher temperatures and the potential for more extreme floods and droughts.

• Development opportunities still exist – but must be carefully managed.

This Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)-based Basin Development Strategy (BDS) sets out how water and related resources

• f the Mekong River Basin should be utilised,

managed and conserved over the period 2021- 2030 from the perspectives of the Lower Mekong River Basin countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam, in-line with their commitment to the Agreement on the Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River Basin (the 1995 Mekong Agreement).

Basin vision towards 2040: An economically prosperous, socially just, environmentally sound, and climate resilient Mekong River Basin

A Strategy for the entire Mekong river basin

BD

Sediment Transport Ecosystem services Guidance for water flow and quality Guidance for water infrastructures Basin-wide sediment management plan Limits of change for river and wetland Basin-wide planning and management framework for watersheds Water flow & quality Capture fisheries regulatory frameworks Community well-being Poverty reduction Risks to capture fisheries minimised Gender and vulnerability addressed Alternative livelihood strategies prepared & mainstreamed Access and supply of safe water Informed & prepared against flood & drought Disaster management & adaptation Core monitoring network Integrated data and information systems Coordinated Water infrastructure operations Decision Support Systems Flood and drought forecasting and early warning Joint State of Basin Report Climate change adaptation, flood & drought management mainstreamed at national levels MRC effective implementation of 1995 agreement Joint efforts & partnerships Implementation of the MRC Procedures Organizational development of the Mekong River Commission Common understanding on Mekong institutions Negotiation of joint projects Mekong water partnerships Joint Basin Expert Groups Basin-wide stakeholder platform Basin Development Plan Irrigated agriculture Sustainable hydropower Navigation Environment Changed fisheries future Inclusive sectoral growth Economic growth & benefits

PRIORITY 3:ENHANCE OPTIMAL AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

BASIN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 2021-2030 AND STRATEGIC PLAN 2021-2025

PRIORITY 4: STRENGTHEN RESILIENCE AGAINST CLIMATE RISKS, EXTREME FLOODS AND DROUGHTS PRIORITY 5: STRENGTHEN COOPERATION AMONG ALL COUNTRIES AND STAKEHOLDERS PRIORITY 2: ENABLE INCLUSIVE ACCESS & UTILISATION OF WATER & RELATED RESOURCES PRIORITY 1: MAINTAIN THE ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF THE MEKONG BDS MRC SP

This MRC Strategic Plan supports the recovery from COVID-19 and builds the resilience of communities for possible similar disease

• utbreaks through measures

supporting economic recovery, strengthening water security, improving food security, and enhancing regional cooperation and trust.

• Economic recovery: supporting investments

in various water sectors

• Water security: river monitoring,

forecasting, communication mechanisms for communities

• Food security: development impact

monitoring, adaptation, improving fish passages, fisheries and irrigation projects

• Regional cooperation: official dialogue

mechanism, cooperation with partners & stakeholders, objective technical advice

Supporting COVID response, recovery and resilience

BD

Mekong Climate Change Adaptation and Action Plan (MASAP)

Added Values:

• Support Member Countries to address

transboundary risks and impacts (e.g. storage)

• Enable more efficient use of resources through

cooperative action and knowledge and data sharing

• Enhancing the capacity of MCs in implementing

their own national strategies and plans

• Regional and international financing to address

joint challenges/solutions (e.g. biodiversity corridor)

MASAP Mainstreaming at National Level

4 national activities in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are selected for the mainstreaming:

• Cambodia: Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into water sector and sub-

sector development plans at national and sub-national level in order to reduce vulnerability to the change hazards

• Lao PDR: Strengthening information gathering, modelling and vulnerability

assessment for climate change in priority river basins in Lao PDR

• Thailand: Integrated Water Resources Management to achieve water security,

and to mitigate flood and drought

• Viet Nam: Development of an interdisciplinary database to serve climate change

adaptation for the Mekong Delta, connecting with the database of the Mekong River Commission.

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