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6 Golden Gate U. Envtl. L.J. 259 (2012-2013)
Lawyers Write Treaties, Engineers Build Dikes, Gods of Weather Ignore Both: Making Transboundary Waters Agreements Relevant, Flexible, and Resilient in a Time of Global Climate Change

handle is hein.journals/gguelr6 and id is 281 raw text is: LAWYERS WRITE TREATIES, ENGINEERS BUILD DIKES, GODS OF WEATHER IGNORE BOTH: MAKING TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS AGREEMENTS RELEVANT, FLEXIBLE, AND RESILIENT IN A TIME OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLEN HEARNS & RICHARD KYLE PAISLEY* I. INTRODUCTION This Article identifies and critically reviews the importance of adaptability and flexibility in treaties and institutional arrangements by providing resilience in the face of the anticipated impact of climate change on the good governance of international waters.' Building greater *Glen Hearns and Richard Kyle Paisley, Global Transboundary International Waters Governance Initiative, University of British Columbia, Institute for Asian Research, Vancouver, Canada. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support and encouragement of a wide range of individuals and institutions too numerous to mention by name, including through a Global Environment Facility project entitled Good Practices and Portfolio Learning in GEF Transboundary Freshwater and Marine Legal and Institutional Frameworks. This three-year multi-donor project is dedicated to facilitating good governance and more effective decisionmaking in international waters through the identification, collection, adaptation and replication of beneficial practices and lessons learned from international experiences. The project also facilitates dialogue among individuals and organizations engaged in governance within, and between, freshwater, groundwater and marine intemational waters, with particular emphasis on South-South cooperation and learning. The key measurable benefit of the project is in ensuring that various lessons learned from multi-country experiences, including identification of areas where problems and delays are commonly experienced, are assimilated by various target audiences in a meaningful way through experiential learning. These target audiences include local water managers, governments,.civil society groups, academics, and the portfolio of Global Environment Facility projects. The authors particularly gratefully acknowledge the support, encouragement, and research skills of our colleague Taylor Henshaw, without which this article would not have been possible. I Six critical aspects of good governance are benefit sharing, information exchange, 259

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