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News.Jan 25, 2021

World Water Week invites co-creators

The world s leading annual water event, World Water Week, will be revamped to help solve global problems after the pandemic. From 25 January, convenors are invited to apply to create sessions.

Feature.Jan 20, 2021

Security implications of climate change impacts on the ocean

In 2019 an IPCC report warned of melting cryospheres and the impacts on marine ecosystems and coastal communities. Will food security be affected? Will migration increase? How shall governments and the international community respond? SIWI and SEI reports from a workshop.

News.Jan 18, 2021

Water Dialogues – What’s underground? Undervalued Groundwater

The new Water Dialogues series gives everyone a chance to listen to some of the world’s greatest water experts. In this blog post, SIWI’s Elin Weyler shares her take-aways from the first webinar on the, often forgotten, topic of groundwater.

Jan 18, 2021

5 things you should know about World Water Week 2021

Jan 15, 2021

Present your abstract at World Water Week 2021!

News.Dec 18, 2020

Home is where the water is

Låpsley’s latest album opens with the title track “Through Water”, the lyrics and title taken from her father’s speech on water and climate change, stating: the majority of impacts will be felt through water. Her first international performance of the track was part of World Water Week at Home

Feature.Dec 17, 2020

The blue thread between asset management and the global water crisis

SIWI and Sweden’s Sustainable Investment Forum (Swesif) are engaging with investors, looking at both opportunities and challenges of working with water analysis, thereby enabling investors to lead by example and push for improved water management among their portfolio companies.

News.Dec 11, 2020

“The world needs a new kind of climate policy to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement!”

Five years ago, international leaders could triumphantly announce the Paris Agreement to tackle the climate crisis. But to reach the goals, the world needs a new kind of climate policy, argues SIWI’s Maggie White ahead of the UN Climate Ambition Summit on 12 December.

News.Dec 10, 2020

Lessons from the UN Climate dialogues on how we engage for progress

In December, the UN Climate Change Dialogues were held to showcase progress and to exchange ideas and advance the work under the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) and the subsidiary bodies. Here are some key areas related to water that SIWI focused on.

Dec 1, 2020

How the new, digital World Water Week is taking shape

News.Dec 1, 2020

Water scarcity threatens food security for billions

In a new report, the UN warns that billions of people risk hunger caused by escalating water scarcity. But the situation is not hopeless, according to Professor Anna Tengberg from SIWI who contributed to the report. Here she talks about what the world must do to stave off the threat.

News.Nov 27, 2020

Är Sveriges kommuner redo för klimatförändringarna?

Det föränderliga klimat som vi lever i nu innebär nya utmaningar för vår vattenförsörjning. Webinariet den 25 november, Hållbar vattenförsörjning i föränderliga tider, handlade om hur Sveriges kommuner är rustade för dessa utmaningar och vilka hinder och lösningar som finns.

Feature.Nov 24, 2020

Water and Climate: nine lessons to help us win the race to zero

On 12 November, Water Day was held to showcase practical water actions that can deliver transformative climate solutions. Here are nine important lessons that can help us reach a net-zero carbon emission, climate-resilient future.

Nov 23, 2020

Collaboration and partnership – only together can we deliver our promise