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4.2.3 Procedural Instruments
Procedural instruments could involve on
• Bureaucratic rules, such as the obligation to inform and consult other sectors on
policy developments;
• Instruments that aim to influence the direction of decision-making, e.g. by making
a nexus perspective a prerequisite for funding of sectorial programs;
• Obligations to carry out assessments of the impact of WCF nexus within project
or program planning (similar to Strategic Environmental Assessments);
• Requirements to include a WCF-nexus perspective in the assessment of new
policies and strategies, etc.
The importance of policy learning and awareness for successful cross-sectorial
integration also implies that, besides conductive administrative set-ups for WCF
nexus coordination, increasing knowledge and public awareness can be powerful
instruments in support of policy change towards a more integrated WCF-nexus perspective. Consequently, coordination of sectorial strategies can also be supported
by expert advisory bodies or targeted research programs that provide expertise and
recommendations on how synergies from WCF nexus can best be exploited and
trade-offs be minimized. Moreover, public opinion, non-governmental organizations
or civil society organizations often play an important role in promoting sustainable
development. Raising their awareness of the issue and providing opportunities for
their engagement in strategy development processes can thus strengthen integration
of the WCF-nexus approach to sectorial strategies [16].
In the end, the question will be whether expert recommendations are converted into
political decisions, whether sectorial administrative bodies are encouraged to coordinate across sectors, and whether WCF nexus requirements will be enforced. These
questions boil down to the crucial role of high level political will in mainstreaming
a WCF-nexus approach [15]. www.accwam.org, www.giz.de.
4.3 Institutional and Legal Status for WFC Nexus
International climate policy, grounded in the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC), recognizes this discrepancy. Within the UNFCCC
process, the international community now faces the challenge of negotiating a post2020 agreement. The parties to the Convention have set the goal of limiting global
warming to 2 °C relative to the pre-industrial level by using some instruments of
adaptation and mitigation strategies of climate change These strategies sometime
depend on financial support from industrialized nations in terms of some mechanism
such Green climate fund (GCF).
In this context, there are National and international climate change legislative at
Egypt supporting water Climate food nexus that can be summarized in the following
sections.
595
4.2.3 Procedural Instruments
Procedural instruments could involve on
• Bureaucratic rules, such as the obligation to inform and consult other sectors on
policy developments;
• Instruments that aim to influence the direction of decision-making, e.g. by making
a nexus perspective a prerequisite for funding of sectorial programs;
• Obligations to carry out assessments of the impact of WCF nexus within project
or program planning (similar to Strategic Environmental Assessments);
• Requirements to include a WCF-nexus perspective in the assessment of new
policies and strategies, etc.
The importance of policy learning and awareness for successful cross-sectorial
integration also implies that, besides conductive administrative set-ups for WCF
nexus coordination, increasing knowledge and public awareness can be powerful
instruments in support of policy change towards a more integrated WCF-nexus perspective. Consequently, coordination of sectorial strategies can also be supported
by expert advisory bodies or targeted research programs that provide expertise and
recommendations on how synergies from WCF nexus can best be exploited and
trade-offs be minimized. Moreover, public opinion, non-governmental organizations
or civil society organizations often play an important role in promoting sustainable
development. Raising their awareness of the issue and providing opportunities for
their engagement in strategy development processes can thus strengthen integration
of the WCF-nexus approach to sectorial strategies [16].
In the end, the question will be whether expert recommendations are converted into
political decisions, whether sectorial administrative bodies are encouraged to coordinate across sectors, and whether WCF nexus requirements will be enforced. These
questions boil down to the crucial role of high level political will in mainstreaming
a WCF-nexus approach [15]. www.accwam.org, www.giz.de.
4.3 Institutional and Legal Status for WFC Nexus
International climate policy, grounded in the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC), recognizes this discrepancy. Within the UNFCCC
process, the international community now faces the challenge of negotiating a post2020 agreement. The parties to the Convention have set the goal of limiting global
warming to 2 °C relative to the pre-industrial level by using some instruments of
adaptation and mitigation strategies of climate change These strategies sometime
depend on financial support from industrialized nations in terms of some mechanism
such Green climate fund (GCF).
In this context, there are National and international climate change legislative at
Egypt supporting water Climate food nexus that can be summarized in the following
sections.