We need to move from words to action and we need to do it together. That is my take home message from the 7th World Water Forum, held recently in Korea. The Forum saw ample evidence of wide reaching achievements in the water secto...

In many countries the lack of adequate human capacity at all levels is the most important inhibiting factor for progress in water management. IWA’s recent study, An Avoidable Crisis, WASH Human Resource Capacity Gaps in 15 Devel...

The need to act on curbing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid a dangerous rise in global temperature is well known. While national governments are working their way to reach a global carbon accord in Paris later this year, much can...

Leveraging mobile infrastructure and technologies to provide energy, water & sanitation services to under-served communities. Increasingly, mobile network coverage in emerging markets is outpacing access to improved water and ...

Recognising the complex linkages between water-energy-food is not new, but more and more attention is being focused on how to optimize and promote inter-sectoral collaboration from the ministerial level, to water companies, to loc...