{"id":557,"date":"2021-11-12T22:04:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T22:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/?p=557"},"modified":"2022-03-16T10:28:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:28:52","slug":"twin-cop26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/twin-cop26\/","title":{"rendered":"The Transboundary Water In-Cooperation Network at COP26"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_570\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-570\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-570 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/mekong-river.jpg?resize=525%2C276\" alt=\"People in a boat on the Mekong River\" width=\"525\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/mekong-river.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/mekong-river.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/mekong-river.jpg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Tom Malk on Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the 2021 COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, CDAE Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/cals\/cdae\/profiles\/asim_zia\">Asim Zia<\/a>, Rubenstein School Assistant Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/rsenr\/profiles\/bindu_panikkar\">Bindu Panikkar<\/a>, and Gund Graduate Fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/cals\/cdae\/profiles\/rubaina-anjum\">Rubaina Anjum<\/a> participated in an international panel of scientists and experts from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transboundarywater.org\/\">Transboundary Water In-Cooperation Network (TWIN)<\/a>. The panel&#8217;s theme was Securing Clean Water in Transboundary Indus, Jordan, Mekong and Amazon Basins Through Science and Diplomacy, and they deliberated data sharing, polycentric governance, and the water crisis around these basins.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The panel of scholars underscored the importance of identifying:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 20px\">\n<li>Gaps in transboundary watershed monitoring and water security.<\/li>\n<li>Early warning action systems.<\/li>\n<li>Promoting scientist to scientist and community to community cooperation within and across transboundary river basins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Zia stressed the need to integrate indigenous knowledge and wisdom with scientific knowledge, to secure clean water. This can only be done if a &#8220;network of networks&#8221; is set up to create a TWIN knowledge web and crowdsourcing platforms, to model the anticipatory governance of hydroclimatic regime shifts in the transboundary river basins.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-566 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/COP26-Zia-presentation.png?resize=525%2C318\" alt=\"COP26 Asim Zia presentation slide\" width=\"525\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/COP26-Zia-presentation.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/COP26-Zia-presentation.png?resize=768%2C465&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Panikkar expressed the importance of transformative change and the potential to reduce global inequality. In her view, the marginalized are the most vulnerable and exposed to the vagaries of climate change: &#8220;We need change, if we want to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and slow the climate crisis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The problem is expansive and complex. However, starting with small and simple approaches by involving local actors and community engagement in decision making, encouraging bottom-up approaches to managing resources, rethinking development, and encouraging bilateral cooperation at the national level and data sharing to the scientific community are important steps.<\/p>\n<p>Future endeavors will include all communities around the world into TWIN. Starting with only fifteen members, TWIN has grown to more than 65 active members who are committed to local regions of interest. <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1G09k3bQDxJ72WWsymkEOIxwLwEm7diiG\/view\">Watch the recording<\/a> of the session at COP26, and reach out to Dr. Asim Zia with any inquiries.<\/p>\n<h3>TWIN Membership<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-562\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/twin-climate-orgs.jpg?resize=525%2C347\" alt=\"Organization members of TWIN\" width=\"525\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/twin-climate-orgs.jpg?w=1894&amp;ssl=1 1894w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/twin-climate-orgs.jpg?resize=768%2C508&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/twin-climate-orgs.jpg?resize=1536%2C1015&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/twin-climate-orgs.jpg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the 2021 COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, CDAE Professor Asim Zia, Rubenstein School Assistant Professor Bindu Panikkar, and Gund Graduate Fellow Rubaina Anjum participated in an international panel of scientists and experts from the Transboundary Water In-Cooperation Network (TWIN). The panel&#8217;s theme was Securing Clean Water in Transboundary Indus, Jordan, Mekong and Amazon &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/twin-cop26\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Transboundary Water In-Cooperation Network at COP26&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7974,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1,28,14],"tags":[17,84,46],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cals","category-events","category-faculty","category-research","tag-cdae","tag-climate-change","tag-water-quality"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":529,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/uvm-at-cop26\/","url_meta":{"origin":557,"position":0},"title":"UVM at COP26","author":"CALS Communications","date":"November 9, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The annual 26th annual United Nations' Conference of Parties (COP-26) in Glasgow, UK, has provided an opportunity for scholars, practitioners, activists, and policy-makers to gather together and catalyze new or dormant actions towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and University of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;CALS&quot;","block_context":{"text":"CALS","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/category\/cals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"three panelists seated on stage at COP26 meeting","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-09-at-3.55.59-PM.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-09-at-3.55.59-PM.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-09-at-3.55.59-PM.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-09-at-3.55.59-PM.png?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-09-at-3.55.59-PM.png?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-09-at-3.55.59-PM.png?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2743,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/asim-zia-un-convention-on-conserving-river-deltas\/","url_meta":{"origin":557,"position":1},"title":"Zia a Key Organizer and Keynote Presenter for UN Convention on Conserving River Deltas","author":"CALS Communications","date":"March 29, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"UVM Community Development and Applied Economics Professor Asim Zia was a key organizer for a United Nations 2023 Water Conference \"side event,\" held on March 23 in New York City. 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Participating UVM researchers include:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;CALS&quot;","block_context":{"text":"CALS","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/category\/cals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A large, dark mass of storm clouds sits over a green farm field.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/09\/storm-clouds-field.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/09\/storm-clouds-field.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/09\/storm-clouds-field.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/09\/storm-clouds-field.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/09\/storm-clouds-field.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1789,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/july-2022-cals-in-the-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":557,"position":4},"title":"July 2022 CALS in the News","author":"CALS Communications","date":"July 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"CALS and Extension faculty, staff and students are making headlines for their commentaries, research findings, as subject matter experts, and for outreach collaborations. 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