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Virtual Exchanges

The IDMP Virtual Exchange Platformhas been launched by the IDMP in March 2020 in order to strengthen the communication with partners and to share activity updates and opportunities to interact throughout the year.

This page contains the documentation of each of the past virtual exchanges. For IDMP partners who have a question or comment on the contents of a past virtual exchange or who would like to contribute to an IDMP activity, please contact us at idmp@wmo.int.

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16 June 2026 – 14:00 – 15:30 CEST – Drought, Heat, and Fire: The Growing Challenge of Compound Risks

Presentations:

The complexity of Drought: Cumulative risks, compounding events and cascading impacts – Roger Pulwarty

Extreme Heat Risk Governance – Alejandro Saez Reale

Wildfires Monitoring in the Global Wildfire Information System – Fernando Sedano

Drought in Amazonia – José Marengo

Marketplace Segment:

Subnational drought monitoring observatory – Mario López Pérez

Regional Center for Training and Water Studies – Doaa Mohamed

The Cooling Efficiency Factor Index (CEFI): A New Satellite-Based Drought Impact Indicator for Research and Operational Monitoring – Matteo Zampieri

Video Recording

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14 April 2026 – 13:00-14:30 CEST – Joint IDMP & FAO Virtual Exchange on Institutional Coordination for Drought Resilience

Agenda

Presentations:

Guidelines on institutional coordination for drought management, David Walker, CQA International

Country Case Presentations:

Ghana, Asher Nkegbe, Ghana Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)

Eswatini, Sipho Shiba, Eswatini Environment Authority (EEA)

Philippiness, Gina P. Nilo, Bureau of Soils and Water Management, Department of Agriculture

Partners’ initiatives:

IDMP Development in Armenia, Alisa Savadyan, CWP Armenia

UNCCD Community of Learning and Practice, Suyu Liu, UNCCD

Drought Decision Support System (Bangladesh Weather and Climate Services Regional Project), Sumon Miah, Disaster and Development Organisation (DADO) 

CLIMADA Platform, David Daou, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)

UNDP update, Angelika Planitz, UNDP

Video recordings

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2 September 2025 – 14:00-15:30 CEST – Virtual exchange on Inclusive Drought Planning

Agenda

Presentations:

Updates from IDMP, Valentin Aich, WMO/GWP

Inclusive drought planning, Nawa Shalala Mwale (FAO)

Integrating gender equality and social inclusion in national drought management planning, Sabina Bokal, GWP CEE/IDMP

Case study:

Inclusive Drought Planning: from guidelines to action Putting GESI into practice, Karen Elizabeth Bernard, UNCCD

Community-Based Sustainable Land Management Demonstrations, Laura Danga, GWP Southern Africa

Partners’ initiatives:

Community-Based Sustainable Land Management Demonstrations, Gabriele Quinti, K&I

Co-Designing a Climate Risk Service – The example of drought impacts on agriculture in Austria, Kienberger Stefan, GeoSphere, Austria

Copernicus Meeting in Torino, Andrea Toreti, Joint Research Centre

Updates from UNCCD, Daniel Tsegai, UNCCD

Video recordings

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27 May 2025 – 13:00 – 14:30 CEST – Virtual Exchange on “Next-Generation Drought Monitoring and Early Warning Systems”

Agenda

Presentations:

Updates from IDMP,  Robert Stefanski, WMO; Sabina Bokal, GWP CEE

Swiss National Drought Platform, Fabia Hüsler, Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Switzerland

Brazil Drought Monitoring platform, Eduardo Sávio P. R. Martins, Institute for Research in Meteorology, Water Resources and Environment (FUNCEME)

East Africa Drought Watch, Jason Kinyua, IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC)

Partners’ initiatives:

African Union and UNDRR’s continental drought service and multi-stakeholder co-production process; Viola Akoth Otieno, African Union Comission

ANIN Project – South Africa Drought Monitoring National Incubators: ESA-funded EO-based early warning system tailored for South African stakeholders; Èlia Cantoni, GMV Innovating Solutions

ICID – Launch of the ICID project to reunite the world’s arid lands for collaboration on drought resilience; Antonio Magalhaes, Center for Strategic Studies and management

CEMADEN – Brazil’s hydrological drought monitoring and forecasting by the National Center for Monitoring & Early Warning of Natural Disasters; Luz Adriana Cuartas, National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters – Cemaden, Brazil

Innovative Drought Indicator – Presentation of a novel drought measurement approach; Matteo Zampieri, University in King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology, Saudi Arabia

WOTR – Community-based drought adaptation initiatives by the Watershed Organisation Trust in India; Marcella D’Souza, Watershed Organisation Trust in India

IDRO – International Drought Resilience Observatory; Gabriel Lambert, UNCCD

Video recordings

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5 March 2025 – 13:00 – 14:30 CET – Virtual Exchange on “Stalemate on Drought at COP16: Charting the Path Forward”

Agenda

Presentations:

Updates from IDMP,  Robert Stefanski, WMO

UNCCD COP16 – Key outcomes with a particular Focus on Drought, Birguy Lamizana, UNCCD Secretariat

Partners’ initiatives:

Economics of Drought, Mark Schauer, GIZ

Building Capacity for Drought Resilience: Announcing the EOTEC DevNet Drought Working Groups, Martyna Anna Stelmaszczuk-Górska, EOTEC DevNet secretariat

Global analysis of National Drought Plans, Taís Carvalho, Leipzig University

EPIC Response Program, Ana Nunez Sanchez , Deltares

Video Recording

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26 November 2024 – 13:00 – 14:30 CET – Virtual Exchange on Artificial Intelligence for Integrated Drought Risk Management

Agenda

Presentations:

Updates from IDMP, Robert Stefanski, WMO

AI for Drought initiative, Laia Romero, Lobelia Earth

Climate Intelligence, Andrea Toreti, Joint Research Center of the European Commission (JRC)

ITU project on AI for disaster resilience, Elena Xoplaki,
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen

Partners’ initiatives:

UNCCD COP16, Daniel Tsegai, UNCCD

Action-oriented document on mainstreaming transboundary water management and cooperation into NDCs and NAPs, Hanna Plotnykova, UNECE

Using AI for a data-driven probabilistic drought risk quantification in Europe, Marthe Wens, Institute for Environmental
Studies (IVM)

MLMapper, a versatile IA tool for spatial mapping in water sciences, Pedro Martínez Santos, Stars4Water project

Survey results on using AI

Video Recording

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5 June 2024 – Joint APFM & IDMP Virtual Exchange on Community-based Flood and Drought management

Agenda

Presentations:

Community -based Flood Management approaches – Gabriele Quinti, Knowledge and Innovation

Drought and gender on the community level – Litumelo Mater-Sievers, Global Water Partnership Southern Africa

Community-based Flood Management in Europe – Priyanka Das, Vortex. Io

Collaborative mapping to contribute to flood resilience – Yessica De Los Rios, Water Youth Network

Partners’ initiatives:

Flood Tools Tracker – Erin Martin, EOTEC DevNet

Video recordings

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11 April 2024 – Virtual Exchange on non-traditional data collection methods for strengthening drought management

Agenda, TSU Slides

Presentations:

Using large language models for assessing the socioeconomic impacts of droughts – Mariana Madruga de Brito, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)

Next Generation Drought Monitoring Toward Emotion-Focused Coping – Jonghun Kam (POSTECH)

Integrating Agriculture Experts in Participative National Drought Monitoring – Monika Blahova, Global Change Research Institute (CzechGlobe)

Strengthening Drought Management: “Indigenous knowledge and early warning systems in the lower Shire valley in Malawi” – Blessings Angoni Mlowoka (Malawi Red Cross Society

Partners’ initiatives:

Latest updates from the Global Water and Climate Adaptation Centre– Firas Aljanabi, Technical University of Dresden

Project OUTLAST – Tinh VU, International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change, International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change (ICWRGC)

Report from the Global workshop on droughts in transboundary basins – Hanna Plotnykova, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Video recordings

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24 October 2023 – Virtual Exchange on Drought Indicators and Indices

Agenda, TSU slides

Focus on drought indicators and indices

Presentations:

The East Africa Drought Watch – Viola Otieno, ICPAC

Setting the scene: Updating the IDMP Handbook of Drought Indicators and Indices – Robert Stefanski, WMO

Partners’ initiatives:

Update from CIIFEN – Mario Lopez, Consultant

EW4All – COPE disaster series, Lina Suarez, Marketing and Public Relations Manager, COPE Disaster Champions

Appropriation Of the Territory and Contribution to Flood Resilience with Student Collectives (La Iguaná Neighborhood, Medellín) – Yéssica De Los Ríos Olarte, Colombia, Winner of the APFM and IDMP Youth competition

Water From a Rock Initiative / Youthmappers – Martha Djan; Jack Kgwale; Mulisa Mudau, South Africa,Winner of the APFM and IDMP Youth competition

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25 April 2023 – Virtual Exchange Flood and Drought Management

Agenda, TSU slides

Focus of this Virtual Exchnage was on World Bank and Deltares EPIC Response approach for flood and drought governance and its implementation tool and the EPIC Response Assessment Methodology (ERAM Tool).

Presentations:

EPIC Response Framework – Greg Bowder, World Bank Group

EPIC Response Assessment Methodology (ERAM Tool) and Application to Assam, India – Ana Nunez Sanchez, Deltares

Managing flood and drought together – an overview on practical approaches – Robert Stefanski, WMO

Partners’ initiatives

Antea Group – Impact-Based Risk Assessments, Tom D’Haeyer

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology – Wallingford – Drought Impact Forecasting in the UK, Lucy Barker

Vortex-IO – European WHYLD project, Guillaume Valladeau

Secretariat of the Water Convention – Global network of basins working on climate change adaptation, Hanna Plotnykova

Global Change Research Centre Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic – Clim4Cast project, Marketa Podebradska

Video recording

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13 December 2022 – Webinar: Drought impact collection

Agenda, TSU slides – including links shared by partners during the Virtual Exchange

Focus on drought impact reporting:

Improving the 6 Andean Countries Drought Monitors through voluntary impact reports and dissemination– Mario Lopez

Tracking Drought Impacts – Lessons from the Field, NDMC – Kelly Smith

The EDORA project – Drought impact reporting and assessment, JRC – Dario Masante

Searching the Internet for Treasures − Publicly available Information for Drought Impact Monitoring, IDMP TSU – Valentin Aich

Partners’ initiatives

IWMI – South Asia Drought Monitor – update – Giriraj Amarnath

SISSA – Southern South American Drought Monitor – Cecilia Hidalgo

Deltares (IUCN, IDMP) – Policy Brief on NbS in drought contexts – Reinaldo Penailillo

Video recording

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23 June 2022 – IDMP updates

Agenda, TSU slides – including links shared by partners during the Virtual Exchange

Partners’ initiatives

IHE-Delft – Water-related education – drought preparedness – Micha Werner

CIMA Research Foundation – Drought Activities/Initiatives – Gustavo Naumann

Water Youth Network – Introducing the WYN and its work on DRR – Samuel J. Kpator

Video recording

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7 March 2022 – IDMP 2022-25 Strategy

Agenda, TSU slides

IDMP fact sheet – Drought indices and indicators

Partners’ initiatives

IUCN – Nature-based Solutions for Drought Risk Reduction – Chris Magero

UNCCD – Updates on UNCCD Drought Activities – Daniel Tsegai

UKCEH – Good Practice Guidance for UNCCD Drought Indicator – Jamie Hannaford

Chat /Links

Video recording

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15 September 2021 – Annual Meeting Preparation

Agenda, Links

IDMP Regional Programmes Updates
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