On November 06, the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was opened in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The Project team organized a side event on the theme of "Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change and Flood Disasters" in the China Pavilion of COP27 on the Opening Day.

COP27 focuses on "implementation" and expects countries to elaborate on how to implement the Paris Agreement through legislation, policies, projects, and other channels.  Dr. Ximeng XU attend the meeting offline and publicized the research progress in terms of “Projections of Future Water Resources and Uncertainties in the LancangMekong River Basin.

Organized by the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, this side event brainstormed on how improved scientific knowledge can inform multi-level stakeholder engagement in flood risk management, and discussed the targeted mitigation measures for preventing and reducing the damages by fluvial, pluvial, and coastal floods.

Prof.Qiuhong TANG chaired the meeting, and Prof. Junguo LIU was invited to make a keynote speech entitled “Water security and integrated management for the Lancang-Mekong River Basin”, which summarized the research progress and achievements of the project and enhanced the international influence of the project.