Skip to content.

Why Water
What we do
Who we are
Prizes
Latest
Resources
Events

Search

Who we are

Vision
Strategy
History

Organization
Our team
Careers

Newsletters
Press and media
Contact us

What we do

Advocacy
Advisory services
Capacity development

Dialogues and facilitation
Knowledge and research
Collaboration

Cross-cutting issues
Projects
Events

Prizes

Latest

Resources

WHY WATER

Water in landscapes

A growing number of people, societies and companies are discovering the power of resilient landscapes. It is still possible to shift to more sustainable practices that recharge water, restore soil health, sequester carbon, and strengthen biodiversity – but we need to make the transformation now.

Agriculture and water

How to increase the productivity of agriculture around the world through better water management.

Groundwater is the regulator of the entire freshwater cycle, but its invisibility makes it difficult to manage and protect.

While we all depend heavily on rivers for our survival, many rivers are under constant threat from unsustainable human activities

Insufficient supply and inadequate infrastructure leaves millions of people in the world without water.

The source-to-sea approach focuses on the strong connection between what happens on land, along waterways, and in the sea.

Water and climate

The climate crisis is essentially a water crisis. When we treat it as such, we get new tools to mitigate climate change and adapt to consequences that are unavoidable.

Water and Peace

When properly managed, water can be a peacemaking platform for long lasting cooperation

Water cooperation

Water is a growing concern in many parts of the world. Countries can improve their water resilience through transboundary water cooperation over shared waters.

Water governance

Many of the most pressing challenges in the world are about water: too little, too much or too inferior. Such challenges can only be effectively addressed through adequate governance of available water resources.

Water and the 2030 Agenda

In 2015, the global community launched the 2030 Agenda, with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that should be reached by 2030. Some progress has been made, but for most of the goals, the world is not on track to meet the deadline. Water can help us do better.

The impact of COVID-19

The global COVID-19 pandemic has pushed millions of people back into poverty and exposed unacceptable gaps between the rich and the poor. One in three people are still not able to wash their hands with soap and water at home.

Indigenous knowledge

Indigenous peoples are the custodians of many of the world’s most fragile and important ecosystems. They also possess invaluable knowledge about sustainability and resilience, so they have a vital role in protecting our environment.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

More than two billion people in the world lack safely managed drinking water and twice as many lack safely managed sanitation, making WASH one of the most urgent development challenges.

PERSPECTIVES

Youth and water

More and more young people offer important contributions to solving the growing water challenges they are inheriting.

Human rights and water

Having access to water and sanitation has been recognized as a human right since 2010. But water is also essential to ensuring the fulfilment of many other rights.

Gender and water

To improve water governance, we need to take a close look at gender roles.

heading

Action Platform for Source-to-Sea Management

Why S2S management
What we do
Resources

Latest news

Latest news

Find the latest news and activities from the Action Platform for Source-to-Sea Management.

Filter by

News Type Text

News Type Text

News Type Text

News Type Text

Language Type Text

search text

All

hidden_search_by

Search

87 News

Show:

25

Sort:

Latest

Undersea view of fish swimming around a colourful coral reef — no caption

Blog.Apr 10, 2024

Caring for our ocean from source to sea

Aerial view of a river joining the ocean at sunset with mountains in the background — no caption

Blog.Apr 04, 2024

Join us for Source-to-Sea synergies at the Ocean Decade Conference

Portrait of Tom Panella over an aerial view of a river flowing into the forest and ending in a turquoise ocean — no caption

News.Feb 01, 2024

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

Winners of the People's Choice Award at Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2023Fernando de Silva Hernández and Carlos Iván Erquizio Salazar, standing beside Ania Andersch, SJWP project manager — no caption

Blog.Jan 29, 2024

The People’s Choice Award 2023 winners unpack the source-to-sea approach

Colorful sunrise on Kirkjufellsfoss waterfall. Amazing morning scene near Kirkjufell volkano, Iceland. — no caption

News.Jan 05, 2024

Torkil Jønch Clausen steps down as the Chair of the Source-to-Sea Platform

Aerial view of a river flowing into the ocean — no caption

News.Dec 05, 2023

Collaborative climate action from the water and ocean communities

Litter-entering-ocean-from-local-river — no caption

News.Sep 28, 2023

5 challenges that need a source-to-sea approach

Aerial view of a coastal estuary, with mountains in the background — no caption

News.Sep 20, 2023

New Steering Committee for the Action Platform for Source-to-Sea Management announced

Aerial perspective, lush spring green vegetation, sun reflection, log pond, coastal landscape. — no caption

News.Jul 31, 2023

Sharing experiences of managing natural resources holistically – from source to sea

S2S_World-Oceans-Day_Q&A — no caption

News.Jun 08, 2023

Tides are changing: Source-to-sea science for a healthy ocean

S2S article UNWC — no caption

News.Mar 23, 2023

Strong calls for more source-to-sea management at UN Conference

two people placed on top corner of image of harbour, leading out to a water body. — no caption

News.Mar 16, 2023

Source-to-sea management high on the agenda at UN meeting

Tight shoal of fish in the deep ocean — no caption

News.Mar 07, 2023

Big win for the ocean – UN High Seas Treaty finally agreed

Two people sitting in front of a conference with a screen behind them and sign that states SIWI in front of the table — no caption

News.Dec 21, 2022

Managing water holistically from source to sea

news item images-03 — no caption

Blog.Nov 14, 2022

Safely managed sanitation from source to sea

A young mangrove growing in the seagrass beds of Jawbone Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia. — no caption

Blog.Nov 11, 2022

What are we getting wrong about blue carbon?

Ruth Matthews speaking on a screen at the Ocean Pavilion during COP 27 — no caption

Blog.Nov 11, 2022

Mainstreaming source-to-to-sea thinking into climate action

hiroko-yoshii-9y7y26C-l4Y-unsplash — no caption

News.Oct 31, 2022

Protect the ocean to protect people and planet

Ruth Matthews, SIWI, speaking in front of an audience at the UN Ocean Conference — no caption

News.Jul 11, 2022

Piecing together the puzzle of a just blue economy from source to sea

mohit-kumar-tmdIzj9n7Bg-unsplash — no caption

Blog.Jul 10, 2022

Looking upstream to achieve SDG 14

PHOTO-2022-06-27-17-43-23 — no caption

Blog.Jun 28, 2022

Torgny Holmgren’s Address at the High-Level Symposium on Water

Tropical-reef_small — no caption

News.Jun 23, 2022

SIWI brings a strong source-to-sea message to the UN Ocean Conference

white sandy beach with greenery on the background — no caption

News.Jun 07, 2022

World Ocean Day: Saving the ocean starts on land

A blue bowl of water with fish, a hippo, a freshwater turtle, and a fishing boat. Around the bowl are hills with a person looking through a pair of binocs. In the field, a person is cycling on the left side of the bowl, and to the right there is a house. Above in the sky, is a big orange sun. — no caption

Insight.May 25, 2022

Lake Hawassa is what happiness looks like

Estuary at Labuan Cermin, Biduk-Biduk, Indonesia. — no caption

News.Apr 28, 2022

Asia-Pacific leaders call for source-to-sea management

● ● ● ● ● ●

● ● ● ● ● ●

Stockholm International Water Institute

Visiting address:

Hammarbybacken 31
120 30 Stockholm
Sweden

Postal address:

Kabyssgatan 4D
120 30 Stockholm
Sweden

Organisation Number: 802425-8702
VAT Number: SE 802425870201

Contact us: siwi@siwi.org

youTube facebook linkedIn X newsletter instagram

Who we are
- Vision
- Strategy
- History
- Organization
- Our team
- Careers
- Newsletters
- Press and media
- Contact us
What we do
Why water
Latest
Resources

Cookie Notice Data Protection Policy

©2024 SIWI

By Websearch and

Strollo&Co

We use cookies on our website to make your experience better. Your personal data is safe and we do not sell it to anyone.

The website is running without cookies, some features will not work.