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Policy publications.Nov 29, 2018

Water management key to tackling climate change

Resilient water management is crucial to achieving the objectives of the UNFCCC’s 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. It is encouraging that so many of the Nationally Determined Contributions from the parties to the agreement explicitly include water but much more needs to be done. This policy brief puts forth recommendations to enhance the objectives set out [ ]

Policy publications.Nov 29, 2018

Building a resilient future through water

Water is key to the success of all the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, and therefore essential for delivering on the 2030 Agenda that aims to transform our world into the future we want. To achieve this, a new way of managing water is needed, to make societies more resilient, sustainable and inclusive. This policy brief, [ ]

Reports and papers.Sep 23, 2018

Water and Faith: Acting in Partnership to Achieve SDG 6 2018 World Water Week Engagements Summary

During the 2018 World Water Week, the Water and Faith consortium partners including: the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), World Council of Churches (WCC), Global Water Partnership (GWP), the Church of Sweden, Swedish Institute Alexandria and GIZ organized a series of events and activities to bring key water professional and faith-based development actors together to [ ]

Reports and papers.Jul 13, 2018

Championing the forest-water nexus

The forest-water topic is a contentious one. There are few universal truths about forest-water relationships that can be applied widely for an array of ecosystems, in different regions, or across various scales. Our accepted wisdom relies on expert judgement and inference. The benefits and/or impacts of forests in relation to water can also be a [ ]

Reports and papers.Jul 13, 2018

Championing the forest-water nexus: Report on the meeting of key forest and water stakeholders

In August 2017, parallel to World Water Week, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) hosted a meeting with 12 experts from the forest and water sectors. The meeting aimed to establish consensus on (i) issues [ ]

Policy publications.Jul 4, 2018

Water: The path to Agenda 2030 implementation

Water is essential for our basic human needs. It plays a critical role in maintaining healthy ecosystems, in the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change, and is crucial for economic development. Water must therefore be at the centre of any strategy to achieve Agenda 2030.

Reports and papers.Apr 13, 2018

Lokal kunskap och lokalt deltagande

Mötesrapport från klustergruppsmöte Vatten i Landskapet den 10 april, 2018, som ägde rum på SIWI.

Policy publications.Mar 15, 2018

Water pollution data in the Baltic Sea basin: A local to regional approach

The Baltic Sea is one of the most polluted seas in the world. Most of the pollution originates from inland activities. Engaging and activating local stakeholders in the 1,500 municipalities in the Baltic Sea watershed is crucial to restore the Baltic Sea and would benefit the marine ecosystems as well as the 9 million people [ ]

Reports and papers.Feb 23, 2018

Water in the Landscape cluster group: Meeting summary, 8 February 2018

Anna Tengberg started the meeting by a short recap from previous cluster group meetings and the plan for upcoming meetings and themes. She also provided a short summary about the SIWI project “Integrated Water and Landscape Governance in Ethiopia”, which is currently in its inception phase.

Reports and papers.Feb 23, 2018

Water in the Landscape cluster group: Meeting summary, 6 Octobre 2017

The SIWI/SWH coordinator of the Cluster Group, Anna Tengberg, opened the meeting and presented the workplan of the network and expected outputs. The workplan includes five thematic meetings on various aspects of water and landscape management that will lead to the development of a popular science report and a policy brief. Other potential outputs include [ ]

Reports and papers.Jan 17, 2018

Seminar report Urban Climate Change adaptation in the Baltic Region

The seminar for Urban Climate Change adaptation in the Baltic Region started with an introduction from Maggie White, working with international policy at SIWI. Taking part in COP23 a few weeks earlier, she reported back that the role of non-state actors and cities in implementing the Paris agreement was emphasized during the conference. A lot [ ]

Reports and papers.Jan 11, 2018

The multi-track water diplomacy framework

A Legal and Political Economy Analysis for Advancing Cooperation over Shared Waters The twenty first century faces challenges of water governance. In addition to challenges of providing access to water for all, multiple layers of actors from global, national, local, traditional and non-traditional sectors are expected to increase their influences over decision-making on distribution of [ ]

Reports and papers.Jan 11, 2018

Transboundary Water Cooperation over the lower part of the Jordan River Basin

Legal Political Economy Analysis of Current and Future Potential Cooperation Water conflict and cooperation surrounding riparian countries among the Jordan River has been one of the most contentious issues in the Middle East, at times leading to the use of military force. This is particularly true in the lower part of the Jordan River Basin, [ ]

Reports and papers.Aug 25, 2017

SIWI Strategy 2018-2021

This strategy sets the institute’s direction for 2018-2021. It identifies the world’s key water and development-related challenges, and it defines our strengths, goals and methods for meeting the challenges and achieving our mission.

May 26, 2015

The (International) Architecture for Transboundary Water Management

Dr. Marian Neal (Patrick) from the ICWC at SIWI presented on ‘The international architecture for transboundary water management’ at World Water Congress, 26 May 2015. The session: Getting the best out of the global water conventions Recent times have witnessed two major milestones in the evolution of international law relating to transboundary watercourses, namely the [ ]