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Member States face the “no size fits all” challenge when implementing adaptation measures and defining actions to face climate change impacts and water-related disasters. In this context, bottom-up approaches present a good alternative for resilient water management in the face of climatic uncertainty. This publication follows the webinar series “Adaptation in an age of uncertainty: tools for climate-resilient water management approaches”, co-organized by UNESCO-Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP), the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) and the International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM) in 2020 and 2021, which reached more than 2 840 participants from 142 countries and aimed at introducing and promoting the benefits of bottom-up approaches, targeting local-level water management professionals and individuals working in climate and water policy and planning.

This publication aims to bridge the gap between climate and disasters, in the face of the uncertainties that climate change poses to water managers and policymakers. Composed of a compilation of worldwide case studies, it provides examples of innovative water management and climate risk assessment approaches. The publication also highlights the National Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) with the aim of identifying links between these high-level frameworks, DRR and water issues, and describing how the policy-practice linkages can be turned into action.