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Feature.Aug 23, 2024

The Road to Water Action in 2024 – Join us at World Water Week

Feature.Aug 21, 2024

Why you should join this year’s high level panel at World Water Week

Feature.Aug 15, 2024

Bridging borders through source-to-sea management

Feature.Aug 14, 2024

Fostering cooperation at World Water Week’s Opening Ceremony

How can water bridge borders and be a key to a more peaceful and sustainable future? This is the question that World Water Week 2024 brings forward. Join us for the Opening Ceremony where high-level speakers will introduce this year’s theme.

Feature.Aug 13, 2024

First Nations Focus at World Water Week

Indigenous Peoples welcome you to join events and workshops at World Water Week 2024, under the umbrella of the First Nations Focus that recognizes their vital role in global waters.

Feature.Aug 9, 2024

Bridging Borders: A conversation with Jon Lane

What are the different angles of the theme for World Water Week 2024? Get the answers from Jon Lane, Chair of the World Water Week Scientific Programme Committee.

Aug 6, 2024

Information from SIWI’s Board

Aug 6, 2024

Information från SIWI:s styrelse

A statement from the Board regarding the organizational changes in SIWI.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.