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Construction workers build stronger riverbanks along the Nile River to protect it from erosion. Dominic Chavez/World Bank.

Greening gray infrastructure: uncovering the complexity of Nature-based Solutions

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are a hot topic in environment and landscape planning networks. But are they a silver bullet for solving the climate crisis?
A refugee settlement in Uganda. Photo: IWMI

Waste or resource?

How a circular water and food economy is affecting the nutrition, health and livelihoods of refugee and host communities in East Africa.

Episode Three: Kenya’s Policy Pathways

This week on Policy Pathways we are exploring how policy coherence can help Kenya to advance its sustainable development plans!

Episode One: Introducing… Policy Pathways

Researchers introduce the series and explain what a 'policy pathway' is.

New podcast explores policy coherence and system transformation in food, land...

Policy Pathways, produced by IWMI, examines policies for sustainable development and climate resilience in six countries.
Convention on Biological Diversity

Convention on Biological Diversity: SBSTTA-26

The 26th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-26) takes place in Nairobi, Kenya.
Convention on Biological Diversity

Convention on Biological Diversity: Subsidiary Body on Implementation

The fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation will take place in Nairobi, Kenya.

How to harvest water from clouds of fog

IWMI's Deputy Director General, Rachael McDonnell, spoke to NPR's Goats and Soda about fog harvesting, a traditional technique that is now being expanded.
UN Women Humanitarian Work with Refugees in Cameroon

Building refugee resilience in East Africa through reusing resources

This World Population Day, we explore how refugees can develop resilience with water.
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Challenge winner moves forward with IoT to develop world first database

A network of solar irrigation pumps equipped with sensors that connect to the Internet will potentially provide a world first database of groundwater usage in sub-Saharan Africa.