Automatismes et Gestion Technique Centralise

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UNESCO - GRAPHIC project
Groundwater Resources Assessment under the
Pressures of Humanity and Climate Change
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GRAPHICs vision and goals

• Umbrella for scientific and technical discussion
  on GW CC
• New directions for research on GW CC
• Exchange of information, best practices and
  lessons-learnt through
• case studies
• Bring GW at the forefront of international
  debates on water and CC
• Provide technical recommendations to managers
  and policy-makers

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Establishment of regional groups for GRAPHIC

• GRAPHIC - Latin America Caribbean (Coordinator
  Henrique Chaves)
• GRAPHIC - Asia Pacific (Coordinator Makoto
  Taniguchi)
• GRAPHIC Africa (Coordinator Abou Amani)
• GRAPHIC Europe (Coordinator TBD)
• GRAPHIC North America (Coordinator TBD)

Establishment of international working groups on
GRAPHICs
Subjects Methods
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Future activities of GRAPHIC IHP-VII (2008-2013)
Scientific discussions

• Regional GRAPHIC meetings on case studies
• Expert groups workshops
• International Conferences and Symposiums
• E-fora

Dissemination and communication

• Publications and brochures
• Journals
• Web-site (RIHN)

Information resources

• Information System on Groundwater and Climate
  (IGRAC)

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UNESCO-GRAPHIC potential case studies
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Framework of International Programmes and
Initiatives
IPCC Interngovernmental Panel on Climate
Change UNFCCC United Nations Framework Covention
on Climate Change World Climate Research
Programme (WMO, UNESCO-IOC, ICSU) UNECE Water
Convention's Task Force on Water and Climate
GEWEX Global Energy and Water Cycle
Experiment IGWCO Integrated Global Water Cycle
Observations CPWC Cooperative Programme on Water
and Climate Change IAH Working group on
groundwater and climate change IAHS International
Comission on the Coupled Land-Atmosphere System
International Comission on
Groundwater WWAP-WWDR3 World Water Assessment
Programme ICHARM International Center for Water
Hazard and Risk Management IGRAC International
Groundwater Resources Assessment Center