United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) Brazil, Amazonia. Graphic adapted from: Doers/Shutterstock

The past, present and future of international commitments to water with COP30 in focus

IWMI reviews international water policy milestones, the urgent gaps that need attention and our own role in shaping the global water agenda.
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IWMI researchers appointed as authors of UN climate change report

Actionable scientific knowledge is essential to planning for an uncertain climate future, says IWMI researchers and IPCC AR7 Lead Authors Maha Al-Zu’bi and Zafar Gafurov.
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Public-private partnerships scale solar-powered agriculture in Bangladesh

The second phase of SoLAR kicks off in Bangladesh, advancing the transition toward sustainable, carbon-neutral irrigation.

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Exploring microbial diversity, antibiotic resistance, and their environmental drivers in urban and peri-urban riverbed sediments of sub-tropical river basins

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Environmental and social considerations in hydropower development in the South Asian Himalayas: a NEXUS perspective

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Adaptive scaling ecosystem for system transformation: operationalizing solar-based farmer-led irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Nexus governance in practice: a stakeholder-driven framework for groundwater sustainability in Barahathawa Municipality, Madhesh Province

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