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Climate Change Adaptation Framework for Water Sectors

PREFACE It gives It gives us a great pleasure to publish this framework document for managing our precious water resources and the water-related risks associated with climate change to leaders and policy-makers in Malaysia. This framework also aims to facilitate the formulation of sound policies and best practices that support sustainable water management and ensure water security, especially in dealing with climate change impacts. This interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral is the work of climate scientists, adaptation experts, government officials, private sectors, non-governmental organizations and civil society leaders in Malaysia. It was developed based on five pillars, which are: knowledge, management, implementation, gaps, and what’s next. We recommend this framework document to be a reference to our leaders and policymakers. By adopting the five pillars and building partnerships, which involved thegovernment and various stakeholders, we believe that this framework is comprehensive enough to support the country’s agenda towards enhancing the water security. Finally, special thanks go to the team for their hard work towards the successful publication of this book. Dato’ Seri Ir. Dr. Zaini bin Ujang Secretary General Ministry of Environment and Water Dato’ Ir. Dr. Hj. Md. Nasir bin Md. Noh Director General National Water Research Institute of Malaysia