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News.May 20, 2020

Biodiversity is the basis for our existence, and it’s under threat

May 22 is World Biodiversity Day, a celebration with a concerning undertone. Biodiversity is the basis for our existence, but it’s increasingly under threat from destructive land use, climate change, pollution and other factors which impede or destroy it.

News.May 6, 2020

A Blue New Deal can help us build back better

The Covid-19 crisis has exposed how degraded ecosystems and social inequality make the world dangerously susceptible not only to pandemics. In this blog post SIWI’s Torgny Holmgren proposes a Blue New Deal: a strong focus on water in global recovery efforts and six ways we can get started.

Feature.Apr 21, 2020

The Clean India Mission: world’s largest sanitation initiative

In the past few months, many villages in India have organized a Gaurav Yatra, a walk of pride, to celebrate that they have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF). This is part of the government-led Clean India Mission, the world’s largest toilet-building and behavioural change initiative.

Feature.Apr 9, 2020

How Cape Town saved itself from Day Zero

Transparency, information and behavioural change saved Cape Town from Day Zero – the day the city was destined to run dry – in 2018. ”The drought has taught us the importance of taking the residents along with us,” says Xanthea Limberg, Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Waste Services

News.Apr 8, 2020

Swedish Water House shifts to webinars

Due to the recent covid-19 outbreak, Swedish Water House has decided to cancel all upcoming physical events and seminar until further notice. The health of our community is our highest priority, and although this is a difficult decision, we see it as a necessary measure in order to minimise the spread of the disease. Nonetheless, [ ]

News.Apr 8, 2020

Swedish Water House ställer om till webinarium

Med anledning av covid-19 har Swedish Water House bestämt sig för att ställa in alla fysiska möten och seminarium tills vidare. Våra deltagares och talares välbefinnande är vår högsta prioritet, och vi ser detta som ett tråkigt men nödvändigt beslut för att bidra till en minskad smittspridning. Vi kommer däremot att fortsätta lyfta vattenfrågan genom [ ]

News.Apr 6, 2020

Världsvattenveckan (World Water Week)2020 ställs in

Årets upplaga av den världsledande vattenkonferensen World Water Week ställs in. Konferensen skulle ha hållits i Stockholm den sista veckan i augusti med flera tusen deltagare från över 130 länder, men på grund av den globala spridningen av covid-19 kommer årets konferens inte att kunna äga rum.

Apr 6, 2020

World Water Week 2020 is cancelled

News.Apr 6, 2020

World Water Week 2020 is cancelled due to COVID-19

World Water Week assembles over 500 co-convening organizations and 4,000 participants from more than 130 countries in Stockholm every year. This world-leading conference on water is now cancelled due to the global spread of COVID-19.

News.Apr 2, 2020

Why water governance is key to tackling climate change

The 2020 UN World Water Development Report looks at the complex links between water and climate. As climate change amplifies water-related extremes, it clearly demonstrates the importance of good water governance, write SIWI’s Maggie White and Marianne Kjellén from UNDP, contributors to the report.

Feature.Mar 26, 2020

Futureproofing Finance: business as usual is over

The finance community is beginning to wake up to the risks climate change pose to their investments. And, as part of this awareness, they re also starting to see the links between water and climate.

Feature.Mar 24, 2020

The climate crisis is a water crisis

The climate crisis is a water crisis. It is only when we realise this that we can come up with solutions that are effective enough to make a real difference, Torgny Holmgren writes.

Mar 23, 2020

Stockholm Water Prize 2020 to groundwater expert Dr John Cherry

Mar 20, 2020

5 reasons why the climate crisis is a water crisis

The consequences of global warming have been worse than expected and they are mainly felt in the form of water. Ahead of World Water Day 22 March SIWI calls for a new approach, so that the climate crisis is treated as the water crisis it really is. Here are five reasons why this is so important.