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Feature.Jun 19, 2024

Water and land: Partners in climate mitigation

Water and climate mitigation are intrinsically linked, yet severe knowledge gaps exist on the complexities and potentials between them. Experts teamed up to expose these gaps, alert to policy implications, and exchange knowledge in the sixth chapter of the landmark report, The Essential Drop to Reach Net-Zero.

Illustration of Henning Göransson Sandberg, SIWI expert by Cecile Pillon Hue

Feature.Jun 19, 2024

What is the role of water in rural and urban school facilities?

As a WASH expert, Henning Göransson Sandberg explains here how the increasing effects of climate change require stronger cooperation between Water Resource Management and WASH to ensure better access to education for all.

Reports and papers.Jun 19, 2024

Water governance using the Global Diversity Framework and the Human Right to a Healthy Environment

Policy publications.Jun 14, 2024

Putting water at the centre of ambitious NDCs

Community garden in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso with green plantation sand trees in the foreground and 3 people taking care of the plants in the background

Feature.Jun 11, 2024

Taking root: locally driven forest landscape restoration

Forest and tree cover play a vital role in climate change mitigation and adaptation. As the globe begins to better understand climate change, restoration initiatives are beginning to take root.

Aerial view of a river delta meeting the ocean

Event.8 Jun 2024

Starting at the Source to Save the Ocean: Coordinated Action to Achieve SDG 14

Source-to-sea management is a holistic approach that recognizes the environmental, economic, and social linkages between land, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems. It builds bridges across the divide between land, freshwater, coasts, and the ocean by bringing together upstream and downstream stakeholders across sectors to collaborate on managing healthy ecosystems and building resilient societies.

Reports and papers.Jun 5, 2024

Water in the Nationally Determined Contributions: Increasing Ambition for the Future

Event.4 Jun 2024

Second General Assembly – INNWater Project

The InnWater project, funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Research Innovation programme and coordinated by the International Office for Water (OiEau), will hold its second General Assembly in La Réunion, a French overseas territory, from 4 to 6 June, 2024.

Supporting knowledge products.Jun 2, 2024

Water through landscapes

SIWI experts (L) Ruth Mathews, Håkan Tropp and Dani Gaillard-Picher attending the World Water Forum 2024 in Bali, Indonesia

Feature.May 31, 2024

Reflections from World Water Forum

The 10th World Water Forum took place from 18 to 25 May 2024. SIWI experts were on site sharing their expertise and galvanizing action. Here are their reflections.

Illustration of Malin Wennerholm, SIWI expert by Cecile Pillon Hue

Feature.May 31, 2024

Groundwater: How to better protect this hidden treasure?

As part of the Landscape team, SIWI expert Malin Wennerholm focuses on the links between landscapes, forests, and water. Here she tells us more about her project focusing on groundwater in Swedish context.

Aerial view of a river winding between 2 hills covered with forest. A bright blue cloudy sky on the horizon.

Feature.May 29, 2024

Water in landscapes: Co-creating climate resilience

A healthy landscape supports the atmospheric flow of water and encapsules various ecosystems that ensure biodiversity, food security, and other goods and services. In a degraded landscape, the water cycle is disrupted, putting ecosystems at risk for collapse, and humans with them. Resilient landscapes are essential for a sustainable and water-secure future.

Indonesian pagods reflecting on water with mountains in the background

Event.18 May 2024

SIWI at the World Water Forum

The 10th World Water Forum is taking place from 18 – 25 May in Bali. SIWI experts will be on site, inspiring and supporting collective action.

Ethiopia. Lalibela countryside, Lasta Mountains in the background

Feature.May 17, 2024

FLR: Restoring degraded mosaic landscapes to support ecosystem services

A recent article in Science (Parr et al. 2024) has ignited a debate among restoration researchers and practitioners. The article raised concerns about forest landscape restoration (FLR) initiatives, particularly the risk of misdirected tree planting in non-forest ecosystems, such as savannas and grasslands.

Digital illustration of Kasonde Mulenga, by Cecile Pillon Hue in a circle - with outlines of plants and clouds around

News.May 17, 2024

In loving memory of Kasonde Mulenga

Sadness surrounds SIWI colleagues following the untimely passing of a dear colleague and friend, Kasonde Mulenga. There is also a deep sense of gratitude for his time at SIWI, and his invaluable contribution to the water world.