AC/MC annual meetings 25-26 June 2024, Geneva, Switzerland

Agenda IDMP AC and MC meeting 2024

IDMP Annual Report 2023-2024

Presentations: 

Overview of current activities:

• Updates from IDMP Technical Support Unit
• Hydrological Status and Outlook System (HydroSOS), Sulagna Mishra, Scientific Officer, WMO
• Impact Forecasting, Silvana Alcoz, Scientific Officer, WMO
• EW4All, Erica Allis, Scientific officer, WMO
• Post-impact assessment, Victoria Alexeeva, Senior Economic and Societal Impacts Officer

Presentations of the regional activities: 

• IDMP Central and Eastern Europe
• IDMP Horn of Africa
• IDMP West Africa
• IDMP CACENA

Policy session organized by UNCCD:

• COP16, Daniel Tsegai, Programme Officer, UNCCD
• Economics of Drought, Mark Schauer, GIZ
• Global Drought Atlas(EC-JRC and Cima Research Foundation)

Flood and Drought Session jointly with APFM, Ramesh Tripathi, Project Officer, WMO

Community of Practices

• IDMP Community of Practice – updates and plans, Valentin Aich, GWP/WMO
• UNCCD Communities of Learning and Practice on Drought Management, Daniel Tsegai, UNCCD

Scientific session organized by Drought in the Anthropocene

• The 2022 European Drought Needs to be a Turning Point for Drought Risk Management An Overview from Drivers to Impact and Management, Riccardo Biella; Shyrokaya Anastasiya; Ionita Monica, Drought in the Anthropocene (DitA)
• Drought as a continuum, Anne van Loon, Drought in the Anthropocene (DitA)

Drought Resilience +10 – updates and discussions

Marketplace of IDMP partners

• Agriculture Stress Index System (ASIS), Maher Salman, FAO
• SEQWATER flood drought management, prof. Roger Stone
• UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology initiatives, Jamie Hannaford, UKCEH