TAG: climate action
Our planet is still in the emergency room, but water can help us get out
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.
Key takeaways from IWMI’s participation at the first-ever MENA Climate Week
A key stop on the road to COP27, the conference allowed IWMI to share blueprints for creating more water-secure, climate-resilient communities across the Middle East and North Africa.
Why worry about groundwater?
Making the invisible visible: A chat with groundwater expert Dr. Karen Villholth, Principal Researcher, IWMI
How groundwater can help us build a more water-secure world
By putting groundwater at the heart of our work, IWMI researchers are paving the way for further climate adaptation and resilience.
Empowering female farmers through improved access to water technologies
Solar irrigation technology has the potential to empower more than 12 million women farmers across Nepal who constitute the backbone of the country’s farming system.
Latest IPCC report highlights how climate change is causing extreme events and exacerbating risks of floods and droughts
All components of the hydrological cycle have been impacted by human-induced climate change, and the way we use our land and water has, in turn, also intensified the impacts.
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