Working paper brief
Climate resilient rural WASH encompasses both disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, providing benefits under current and future climate scenarios and uncertainties.
Challenges include:
– Understanding the climate-related risks to rural WASH
– Identifying which communities and systems are more at risk
– Adapting WASH technologies for improved climate resilience
– Monitoring and documenting the lessons learned
– Generating evidence for governmental decision-making
– Building capacity on climate resilient rural WASH at all levels
How RWSN has been contributing
– SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT
– RAINWATER HARVESTING
– SOLAR PUMPING
– MULTIPLE-USE WATER SERVICES (MUS)