Publication: Water Resources Management (WRM): Strengthening Climate-Informed Project Design
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2022-02
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2022-02
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As climate shocks increasingly impact the water dependent sectors, it is vital that countries embrace integrated, cross-sectoral policies and programs. Water projects improve chances to attain positive climate-related and overall results by adopting an integrated and climate-informed approach to water resources management (WRM), carefully managing climate-related environmental and social safeguards and establishing effective coordination mechanisms based on incentives with all relevant stakeholders.
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“World Bank Water Global Practice; Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership. 2022. Water Resources Management (WRM): Strengthening Climate-Informed Project Design. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37123 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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