Leaflet on OKACOM’s central mandate
This leaflet provides an overview of the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission, its central mandate and its values.…
Year: 2016
File size: 1.6 MB
Leaflet on the Okavango-Cubango Basin
This leaflet contains content from the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission’s online factsheet and includes basic information on the Okavango-Cubango Basin. The leaflet was developed as a communications product for broad dissemination.…
Year: 2016
File size: 2 MB
Presentation on climate resilience and investment options: Developing a climate decision tool to assist in option selection
This presentation discusses the development of a climate decision tool to assist in investment selection. It was produced for the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission’s Multi-Sector Investment Options Analysis National Feedback Event in Botswana in August 2016. The presentation outlines the drivers of climate vulnerability and variability,…
Year: 2016
File size: 502 KB
Presentation on the Climate Resilient Development Pathways approach
This presentation was delivered to the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission Secretariat and the World Bank to introduce the Climate Resilient Development Pathways (CRDP) approach. It details the problems faced by Southern Africa and the need for strategic planning to integrate climate resilience into development, and offers CRDP as a solution.…
Year: 2016
File size: 933 KB
Presentation on climate scenarios in the Cubango-Okavango Basin
This technical presentation is based on a paper prepared by Professor Jasper Knight which assesses the environmental impacts of different climate scenarios on the Cubango-Okavango Basin. The presentation was delivered at the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission’s 33rd meeting in November 2016. Impacts include changes to extreme climatic…
Year: 2016
File size: 1 MB
Presentation on the OKACOM journey
This PowerPoint presentation provides insight into the development of the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission from the planning and gestation phase (1994–2004) through the maturation phase (2007–2011) to the growth phase (2011 and onwards). The presentation also covers the development of a Basin-wide shared vision, and how the foundation,…
Year: 2016
File size: 992 KB
News article: Three nations subscribe to a new mutually beneficial vision of cooperation and management
This news article from August 2016 discusses the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission’s (OKACOM) development over the preceding 21 years and how the Commission changed focus following a visioning process in 2014–2015. As a result of the visioning process, OKACOM began turning its scientific understanding into practical advice supporting…
Year: 2016
File size: 1.2 MB
Press release: Introduction to the Okavango River Basin Water Commission
This press release, produced by the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) in August 2016 as part of their new communications strategy, introduces the Commission to readers who might be unfamiliar with its activities. The press release offers a short history of OKACOM and explains its vision and impact.…
Year: 2016
File size: 1.2 MB
Amendment to workplan for the Climate Resilient Development Pathways project
This document offers background information on the Climate Resilient Development Pathways initiative and details the associated workplan. The document explains that the Pathways tool will take the form of a step-by-step guide to be used by river basin organisations at the point where development scenarios are being selected, to inform climate resilient…
Year: 2016
File size: 2.2 MB
Climate Resilient Development Pathways workplan development: Climate index workshop report and presentation
CRIDF supported the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission in the development of a climate vulnerability index, which was afterwards incorporated into a Climate Resilient Development Pathways workplan. As part of this project, CRIDF worked with Professor Jasper Knight to develop a climate index that could be applied to the development scenarios…
Year: 2016
File size: 502 KB
