MalaysiasRegional Water Knowledge Hub for Climate Change Adaptation in South East Asia (WHKHCCA SEA) is meant to develop well informed and competent personnel in this region to braise itself against the future impact of climate changes.
Background
The National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia(NAHRIM) was established by the Government of Malaysia in response to the country’s increasing number of water-related challenges, including floods, drought events, deteriorating water quality in rivers and coastal bodies, competing users, erosion, accretion, sedimentation, and not least, the impending anticipated impacts of climate change on water. Operating under the direction of NAHRIM’s Research Centre for Water Resources, WKHCCA SEA has building capacity in areas of water management impacted by climate change due to global warming as its goal.
NAHRIM is a full government department of Malaysia, set up in the light of increasing challenges facing Malaysia in water related issues such as escalating floods and droughts events, deteriorating water quality in rivers and coastal bodies, competing users and other water related issues such as erosion, accretion, sedimentation etc, and not least the impending anticipated impact of climate change on water.
NAHRIM have 6 research centres as given below:
- Research Centre for Water Resources
- Research Centre for Rivers
- Research Centre for Coastal
- Research Centre for Water Quality
- Research Centre for Geohydrology
- Hydraulic and Instrumentation Laboratory
It is supported by 3 management divisions as given below:
- Management Services Division
- Information, Communication and Technology Division
- Planning and Evaluation Division
The WKH for Climate Change Adaptation is currently under the directive of the Director, Research Centre for Water Resources.
Mission
- Develop an international network through programs such as:
- assessment on water balances and water quality in Southeast Asia Region under the global climate and future urban-industrial-agricultural water demand and land use scenarios;
- water management policies to mitigate the potential impacts of global climate change and regional land use change on the water resources; and;
- training program and Capacity Building Need Assessment (CBNA) in the related areas.
- Development of a detailed assessment of the water balances and water quality conditions at Southeast Asia Region under the global climate and future urban-industrial-agricultural water demand and land use scenarios;
- The development of the appropriate water management policies over the region in order to mitigate the potential impacts of global climate change and regional land use change on the water resources of the region within the framework of future water demand and land use scenarios;
- The identification of Capacity Building Need Assessment (CBNA) in the related areas; and
- The development of a relevant training program for the region.
Goal
The goals of this hub are as follows:
- The identification of Capacity Building Need Assessment (CBNA) in the related areas
- The development of a relevant training program for the region
Objectives
In order to achieve the above-stated goals, the proposed hub will pursue the following objectives:
- To develop training modules and programs
- To research and help develop policy initiatives
- To encourage the development of hydroclimate projection models, together with countries in the region and relevant regional organisations
