According to the latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report (IPCC SR1.5, 2018) global warming is likely to reach 1.5°C between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase at the current rate. Climate-related...
The Flood and Drought Management Tools (FDMT) project, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) under its International Waters (IW) portfolio, was implemented by UN Environment and jointly executed by DHI and the International Water Association (IWA) during the period 2014—2018. Its objective was to improve the ability of water managers in transboundary river basins to recognize and addre...
The effect of climate change on the hydrological cycle is becoming a growing phenomenon and resulting in impacts including flood and drought events, disappearance of glaciers, decrease in groundwater recharge, and water quality degradation (e.g. oxygen depletion in water reservoirs during extreme heat events) (WHO, 2017). Such events are becoming increasingly common, more severe and less predictab...
The European Interest Group (EIG) CONCERT-Japan (Connecting and Coordinating European Research and Technology Development with Japan) announces the opening of its 6th joint call for proposals on the theme of Smart Water Management...
Photo: © Sanitation and Water for All. Read summary in Spanish here IWA at the Sanitation and Water for All Sector Ministers’ Meeting, San José, Costa Rica Sanitation and Water for All is a global partnership of governme...
Copenhagen is a northern harbour city which has experienced a number of severe rainfall events, namely cloudbursts, with the largest pouring down in July 2011. The damages amounted to around 1 billion US dollars, and climate proje...
The International Water Association (IWA) and the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 1 April 2019 to strengthen the professional capacity of the water and sanitation sector in India, and ...
The International Water Association and the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) sign Memorandum of Understanding for enhanced collaboration in India and globally, in the domain of Non-Sewered Sanitation and other areas releva...
Change is all around us. Climate change, population growth, urbanisation and resource depletion are the major global challenges facing humankind, and these issues are all most prevalent in our cities. With one in four large cities facing water stress, and water demand projected to increase by 55% by 2050, city leaders and developers must act now to meet future needs. Cities Alive: Water for People...
Prof. Kala Vairavamoorthy, IWA Executive Director, addresses the theme of the United Nations World Water Day: “Leaving no one behind”.
