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Question mark made of clouds over a large body of water and a bright cloudy sky with sun set.

News.Feb 9, 2024

Water for Peace Quiz: How deep is your knowledge?

What does water have to do with building and maintaining peace? How does water cooperation influence security? Take this short quiz to test your knowledge and understand why water is essential to peace.

Irrigation canal system at the euphrates river in Syria near Dura Europos

Feature.Feb 5, 2024

Leveraging water for peace

Countries have a strong interest in cooperation around shared freshwater from rivers, lakes, and aquifers. The deepening climate crisis further necessitates cooperation and promoting good governance, to maintain peace across borders. What more can be done?

Sunset on the river embankment at summer evening with clouds and trees

News.Feb 1, 2024

Water: A platform for peace in the tides of war

In times of conflicts, many belligerent forces resort to using water as a weapon, against all international laws. What role does water play in conflicts? And how can good governance transform water into a platform for cooperation and peace?

Portrait of Tom Panella over an aerial view of a river flowing into the forest and ending in a turquoise ocean

News.Feb 1, 2024

The Action Platform for Source-to-Sea Management welcomes new Chair

The Action Platform for Source-to-Sea Management (S2S Platform), hosted by SIWI, will kick off the new year by welcoming a new Chair, Tom Panella.

Pond in a city park with greens and sun shining through trees

Feature.Jan 30, 2024

Inclusive and water-smart landscape restoration approaches for successful climate mitigation

Local solutions and climate action received great focus at COP28 in December last year. A range of actors brought ideas for how to best address the climate crisis. Many of these involved practical tools and methods for improved climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as measures for enhanced resilience in local communities. One way of ensuring that climate action is long-term effective and successful for both humans and nature is to make it water-smart and inclusive.

Aerial view of the Grande Comoro from the airplane

Feature.Dec 21, 2023

Renforcer la résilience climatique aux Comores

En novembre 2023, SIWI a facilité une analyse des goulots d étranglement de l eau, de l assainissement et de l hygiène au niveau national aux Comores. Cette analyse a pour but de soutenir le passage à la résilience climatique dans ce État insulaire.

Aerial view of the Grande Comoro from the airplane

Feature.Dec 21, 2023

Building climate resilience in Comoros

In November 2023, SIWI facilitated a national level risk informed water sanitation and hygiene bottleneck analysis in the Comoros to a shift to climate resilience in the island state.

Eman Mounir

News.Dec 21, 2023

“People’s lives depend on your writing”: Journalist Eman Mounir won the Nile Basin Initiative’s Female Prize

Eman Mounir is an independent investigative journalist who focuses on climate and environmental issues in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region. She also recently won the Nile Basin Initiative’s Female Prize for journalism for her investigative story “Death in the Lake”.

people standing in front of the COP28 backdrop

News.Dec 20, 2023

COP28: Water rises up in the climate agenda

COP 28 concluded after two intense weeks of negotiations. What did the conference mean for water and climate, how did SIWI engage in the process, and what needs to happen next? Here are the answers.

Ivan Sjögren, Manuel Eckert and Dani Gaillard-Picher standing in front of the Dubai City Expo at the closing of COP28, 2023

News.Dec 12, 2023

Closing COP28: important strides for water

Leaving COP28 in Dubai, SIWI’s delegation looks back on an event where important strides for water’s inclusion in the climate debate were taken in the informal spaces and side events of the conference.

Collage of a woman lying down in front of a laptop, her face covered with television colours.

Feature.Dec 12, 2023

The battle for truth in water, climate, and the environment

Information manipulation is on the rise. What is behind the phenomenon, how is it connected to water and climate change, and what can be done about it? Here are reflections from a session at the Water for Climate Pavilion at COP28 that will get you up to speed with the subject.

Small waterfall running through a forest

Feature.Dec 10, 2023

The link between human rights and climate change

Even before COP28 kicked off, the Conference of Parties has been ridden with controversy. The president for this year’s meeting is a major oil company CEO. This is a blaring reminder that those who have little to no role in driving climate change, are at the forefront of suffering from it.

Planet Earth half-way under water

News.Dec 8, 2023

Temperature check at COP28

Following a sought-after rest day at COP28 in Dubai, the second and final week of climate debates, negotiations and interaction is under way. What has been the role of water so far? Are there any signs that COP28 will follow up on the small but promising steps taken at COP27?

Close up of a spoon lying on a dry, dirt ground, with dirt in it

News.Dec 8, 2023

Effective water management for sustainable food systems

December 10 is water, food and agriculture day at COP 28. The day must highlight investment models that pivot on the linkages between food and water. Such initiatives can go a long way in creating sustainable income for small holder farmers, while ensuring food security and positive impact on climate change.

Aerial view of Botafogo Bay from high angle, Rio De Janeiro

News.Dec 7, 2023

Urban water resilience; practical examples of locally-led adaptation

Adapting to a new erratic climate has been a hot topic at COP28, with innovations and strategies being discussed across all sectors. But as an estimated 90% of climate-related impact is felt though water-related events and disasters, nowhere is it more important to focus adaptation strategies than around water. A session in the Water for Climate Pavilion looked at various examples of locally-led urban water resilience, to identify solutions that could be replicated and applied worldwide.

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