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Pakistan Water Week 2023

Pakistan Water Week 2023 will focus on issues including water governance, climate resilience, water and food security.
People take refuge on the roofs of buildings following flooding caused by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, 2019. World Vision/DFID

What is loss and damage and how does it apply to...

A year after COP27, we explain what loss and damage is, how it relates to water, what a Loss and Damage Fund would do, and what progress has been made.
Water featured prominently in this year’s COP cover decision. Photo: UNFCCC

Our planet is still in the emergency room, but water can...

The efforts of the water community paid off. For the first time in history, water was explicitly incorporated in a COP decision highlighting that it is a key solution to the worsening climate crisis and must sit at the centre of climate action.

Water reuse: a potential game-changer for water security in the Middle...

ReWater MENA focused on one region. But as the most water-stressed region in the world, it offers valuable lessons for other areas facing increasing water scarcity.
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IWMI at COP27

A golden opportunity for all stakeholders to rise to the occasion and tackle effectively the global challenge of climate change facilitated by Egypt on the African continent.
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IWMI at COP26

Researchers will participate in the UN climate negotiations in Glasgow and online.
Nile in Luxor, Egypt. Photo: Javier Mateo-Sagasta / IWMI

July-August 2022 Research Journal Roundup

Roundup of research, journal and other academic articles from July and August
The Terralona Model of Earth exhibit by Visyalove made its way from Czech Republic’s Brno Planetarium Hvězdárna to outside Norra Latin in Stockholm for this year’s World Water Week Photo: Samurdhi Ranasinghe / IWMI

World Water Week 2022: Are we flowing in the right direction?

Climate change is with us now, and it's clear that there is no time, or water to waste. While most of today's challenges are linked to water, so as are the solutions.
Drought in morocco. Pierre Restoul / IWMI

Planning for drought in MENA

As part of its MENAdrought project, IWMI is working with the governments of Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco to develop drought action plans.
Drying Water pond surrounded with dry land from one side and tree from the other at the Azraq Basin (Qa ‘Al-Azraq). Photo: Seersa Abaza / IWMI

Turning the tide on drought in Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco

If we don’t take pre-emptive action to turn the tide on drought preparedness, we are very likely to see devastating impacts on food and water security for millions of people.