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News · 12 May 2026
Water stress is rising in the Amu Darya Basin across Central Asia and Afghanistan. A new SIWI report highlights growing risks and the need for more inclusive regional cooperation.
Feature · 07 May 2026
SIWI launches a video series on the signals shaping the global water agenda in 2026, exploring how governance must evolve from ambition to implementation.
News · 04 May 2026
SIWI and KTH Royal Institute of Technology partner to advance water governance research, linking science and policy in a changing climate.
SIWI engaged journalists at the Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Chicago, sharing practical tools to strengthen water reporting ahead of key global events in 2026.
News · 24 Apr 2026
New study from SIWI shows how Indigenous Peoples’ lands generate rainfall across regions, highlighting their role in climate resilience, water security, and transboundary water systems.
Publication · 24 Apr 2026
New global study shows how Indigenous Peoples’ lands generate rainfall and sustain water cycles beyond their borders—highlighting their role in climate resilience and water security.
News · 23 Apr 2026
As 2026 emerges as a defining year for water, SIWI outlines how governance must evolve across the key water moments during the year.
Students across Europe explored water diplomacy with SIWI’s Martina Klimes, learning how countries cooperate over shared rivers through debate and negotiation exercises.
News · 04 Apr 2026
SIWI launches Insight Briefs tracking how global water discussions evolve across key events in the lead-up to the 2026 UN Water Conference.
News · 30 Mar 2026
Swedish Water House seminar summary on water as a business risk, investment gaps, and the need to better price water-related risks.
Reports and papers · 20 Mar 2026
This report examines the growing risks to water security in Central Asia and Afghanistan as climate change accelerates glacial melt, alters river flows, and increases the frequency of extreme weather events. These changes are intensifying seasonal water shortages and creating cascading impacts across the region, including rising humanitarian needs, economic strain, and heightened risks to social and regional stability.
Event · 19 Mar 2026
Vatten är grunden för allt liv men också en allt viktigare fråga för företag, investerare och samhällen. Klimatförändringar, vattenstress, översvämningar och förlorade ekosystem påverkar redan idag produktion, leverantörskedjor, finansiella flöden och social stabilitet.
News · 18 Mar 2026
Professor Kaveh Madani, Director of UNU-INWEH, is awarded the 2026 Stockholm Water Prize for advancing water governance and transforming how water crises are managed.
Feature · 12 Mar 2026
On World Water Day 2026, SIWI examines how water commitments can be translated into real progress for people through stronger governance and implementation.
Feature · 11 Mar 2026
Water risk is business risk. SIWI explores how companies and investors can move from reporting to strategic water stewardship and system innovation.
Feature · 09 Mar 2026
How economic tools, governance reforms and modelling can strengthen water resilience across Europe. Insights from the Horizon Europe InnWater project.
News · 26 Feb 2026
Download the W-FLR Tool Handbook to integrate water into forest and landscape restoration strategies and investments.
Guidance, methods and frameworks · 26 Feb 2026
Forest and landscape restoration is accelerating worldwide, yet water considerations are often insufficiently integrated into planning and implementation. Overlooking hydrological processes can reduce local water availability, alter flow regimes and compromise long-term ecological and social outcomes.
Feature · 24 Feb 2026
Effective water cooperation starts with functioning data systems. A SIWI/ICWC study explores lessons from the Juba–Shebelle Basin.
Feature · 18 Feb 2026
In Zambia, TIARA partners aligned strategies to scale profitable, climate-resilient rainfed agriculture through improved green water management.