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AI agent by IWMI and Microsoft to drive new thinking in water management

Features
The collaboration combines IWMI’s research capabilities with Microsoft’s cutting-edge AI technology to tackle pressing water management challenges in southern Africa’s Limpopo River Basin.

IWMI and IUCN explore solutions to Sri Lanka’s environmental challenges

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Joint symposium brings together science, policy and community action to protect Sri Lanka's most at-risk biodiversity and water systems.

A global debate on the hydrological cycle as a global common good

Features
At World Water Week 2025, participants will explore the impact of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water report since its publication and the way forward.

Blogs

Science and policy work together to advance food security in Lao PDR

Lao PDR’s national Policy Think Tank partners with IWMI to strengthen officers’ research skills, empowering them to design agricultural policies that are rooted in science and evidence.

Young people are reimagining irrigation with innovation, inclusion and equality at its core

At the 4th World Irrigation Forum, Mark Smith, director general of IWMI, reflected that making irrigation truly “future-fit” requires listening to young people.

Can risk mapping safeguard livelihoods in Ghana’s flood-prone White Volta Basin?

Flood modeling combined with earth observation data is strengthening climate-smart land-use planning and disaster risk reduction in northern Ghana.

Media releases

IWMI and DWFI partner on Cambridge Sustainability Commission on Water for Food Futures 

The new partnership aims to advance innovative approaches and policies to ensure a more secure future for global water and food systems.

IWMI welcomes Henk Ovink as new Board Chair 

Doulaye Kone, Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio and Debra Tan will join the Board as IWMI takes forward its Strategy 2024-2030 for research and innovation.

IWMI signs agreements with key partners in West Africa to advance regional water security  

Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with ECOWAS and Sierra Leone’s water agency signal regional commitment to science-driven water governance.

In the media

Cape Town to host global conference on gender

IWMI is co-hosting the CGIAR 2025 Gender Conference which will focus on solutions and strategies to advance gender equality in agriculture, land and water systems.

IWMI’s “Murunah” Project in Wadi Al-Seer advances environmental and community-based solutions in Jordan

Jordan's Minister of Environment visits IWMI's project in Wadi Al-Seer, calling it a successful model for water security and climate resilience.

Water lies at the centre of Africa’s climate adaptation

IWMI's Meron Teferi Taye highlights how Africa can reduce its vulnerability to climate change impacts by improving how water is managed, used and distributed.

Videos

IWMI holds its first annual scientific meeting on water security and innovation for Egypt

The inaugural meeting, held in June 2025, focused on advancing water security and innovation with experts, policymakers and researchers sharing insights and strategies to address water challenges.

IWMI and Microsoft use AI to tackle southern Africa’s water challenges

As we combine IWMI’s research capabilities with Microsoft’s cutting-edge AI technology, we tackle pressing water management challenges in southern Africa’s Limpopo River Basin.

The WEFE Nexus: A new path for local resource governance in Nepal

In Nepal’s Rangun watershed, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is applying the Water Energy Food Ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus to put people and nature at the heart of local water management.
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