The world’s wetlands could generate sustainable, agricultural livelihoods, which in turn contribute to public health through the ability to afford basic needs including nutritious food, medical care and education, writes Program Director Izabella Koziell
Socio-hydrological models enable potential future scenarios to be explored, depending on varying circumstances, and capture how institutions and policies could help halt water pollution, a growing problem in the country.
Improved evidence base and systems thinking approach would help promote the benefits of Nature Based Solutions and evaluate the true cost of traditional grey infrastructure investments, which actually contribute more to economic fragility than economic growth, if environmental and social costs are properly accounted for.
WLE's co-lead for the research theme on Managing Resource Variability and Competing Use Claudia Ringler, and her colleagues from ILSSI, identify four different pathways from irrigation to nutrition that explains the role irrigation can play in boosting nutrition.
Following the success in experimental games to develop better groundwater management among farmers in Andhra Pradesh, now the tool is extending across India.
Understanding the availability of fresh water - through science - is helping reduce "water stress" and aiding decision-makers in Nepal to balance ecological and socio-cultural needs.
The Plan is the result of a four-year study conducted by WLE/IWMI aiming to enhance policies and optimise the potential of groundwater resources in Laos.
As millions of people across the world show their commitment to zero hunger and healthy diets, one crucial piece of the puzzle must not be forgotten: water.
Hear IDS Fellow Lyla Mehta and IFPRI's Claudia Ringler discuss why water is crucial to sustain life, food, ecosystems, human health and well-being in a recent podcast.
Over a 1000 scientists called to action the need to adopt sustainable groundwater practices. This story by Truthout amplifies the message: groundwater is an “urgent and long-term concern” globally that is as critical as - and intricately connected to - the climate crisis.