In the media
Hydropower: Can it hold up against climate change?
Matthew McCartney comments on the stabilizing role of hydropower in building resilience to drought.
Press releases
Assessments and benefits sharing in the context of the Water-Food-Energy-Climate NEXUS in transboundary basin: Shakhimardan
Shakhimardan river basin in the spotlight of the EU funded “Hydro4U (Hydropower for you)” project
Blogs
Thinking Hydrologically
Water is running out in Central Asia. New approaches to water regulation, energy production, and agricultural education are necessary to be able to feed the region.
Blogs
Water’s Fundamental Truths: Part 2 – Why do we have to manage water as a system?
Water has to be managed as a system, and cannot be effectively managed separately from land, or from its major uses or users, of which agriculture is by far the biggest.
Blogs
Simulating trade-offs in the water-energy-food nexus
In the Omo-Turkana and Zambezi basins in Africa, complex relationships emerge from the balances struck among hydropower generation, irrigated agriculture, water quality and environmental flows.
Blogs
You can’t manage what you don’t measure
New information on water resources to guide development in Nepal’s Koshi Basin.
In the media
Navigating the road to socially inclusive hydropower
Asia Times opinion article reports insights from new research in Nepal.
Blogs
Reconciling growth with nature’s gifts
Toward a decision-making framework for two of Africa’s transboundary basins.
In the media
TheThirdPole.net: The importance of local voices in Nepal’s hydropower projects
A trip along the Karnali river, where a major hydro electric project is planned, showcases how different communities are impacted, and who can negotiate, and who cannot.
Blogs
Get on nature’s good side
A New Year's resolution to recognize the benefits of water-related ecosystem services
Blogs
When the climate change news is good and bad
The authors of a new study about climate change impacts in Kenya have both good news and bad for the country’s vital Tana River Basin.
Blogs
Impartial perspectives on a contested resource
A timely new book on southern Africa’s Zambezi River Basin
In the media
HuffingtonPost: The plan to dam Asia’s last free-flowing, international river
An opinion piece by Diana Suhardiman was recently featured on The Huffington Post.
News
Digo Jal Bikas Update: Forming Partnerships Across Basins
Beginning research on a three-year long project that will establish a comprehensive understanding of the water resources of the Karnali and Mahakali basins.
Blogs
New insights into the Ganges River Basin
New book presents an overview of the challenges facing the critically important Ganges river as a water resource for 500 million people.
News
Future proofing the Tana Basin
Smart planning can ensure a sustainable future for Kenya’s longest river.
News
Can Sri Lanka be a zero emissions economy? The view from Down Under…
An interview with Dr. Stephen Bygrave who is the CEO of Beyond Zero Emissions visiting Sri Lanka to speak at the forum on Combating Climate Change in Sri Lanka.
News
Malaria linked to African dams
New study correlates the location of large dams with the incidence of malaria, and urges improved control measures.
Features
Sustainable Development Goals Offer Unique Opportunity to Transform Management of Critical Water Resources
Targets that promote efficient, nationally and locally appropriate water use will be key to achieving the SDGs.
News
IWMI signs MOU with the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydro-power Research
The initial priority areas of research cooperation include issues related to water savings, multiple uses of water infrastructure, ecosystems services, water and soil conservation, water allocation and planning and sustainable hydro-power.
Features
Hydropower to the people
Efforts to share the benefits of hydropower development in Nepal could be compounding inequality in the country instead of tackling it, according to research.
News
World Water Day 2014: Water and Energy
Water and Energy
For World Water Day 2014, IWMI Director General Jeremy Bird reflects on the interconnectedness of water and energy and how IWMI’s research...
Features
Wising up to wetlands and agriculture: Smarter policies promise the best of both worlds
Smarter policies promise the best of both worlds.
Features
Villages of the Dammed
The 3rd Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy is taking place this week in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Forum offers the opportunity for constructive...
News
What lies beneath?
Subterranean storage could be the answer to Central Asia’s water woes
Farmers in the Syrdarya River basin of Central Asia have a problem. Water is...
News
Hydropower Development and Livelihoods: A quest for a balanced approach through research and private sector cooperation
The International Hydropower Association World Congress is running this week in Sarawak, Malaysia on the theme of Advancing Sustainable Hydropower. Research by IWMI and...