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IWMI gender researchers are helping to shape “transformative agendas” in the CGIAR Science Programs

Contributions at the CGIAR Gender Science Exchange emphasized the importance of social and environmental justice.

IWMI is working with governments to build water resilience at COP29 

IWMI women researchers are leading the way on actionable policy recommendations and implementation for water resource management.

IWMI’s new strategy shows the way forward for collective action on water security

Strategy 2024–2030 sets course for the next stage of the organization’s research and innovation journey.

It takes a village: the Indian farmers who built a wall against drought

IWMI commissioned this article following fieldwork conducted on the political economy of policy processes in India, under the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies.

IWMI participates in India’s 75th Republic Day reception

Country Representative highlights contributions and commitment to sustainable water management in high-level event.

Episode 1: Introducing… Policy Pathways

Researchers introduce the series and explain what a 'policy pathway' is.

A water policy coherence agenda for Nigeria’s agri-food systems transformation

Taking a look at what is required to bridge the gap between policy intent and implementation. 

The world faces a water crisis, and four powerful charts show how

Talking to Scientific American, Rachael McDonnell gave context about the UN Water Conference, the international frameworks that apply to water and the related challenges.

UN 2023 Water Conference: 46 years after Mar del Plata, it’s time to examine the successes and failures

Alan Nicol commented on the effect of atmospheric carbon on water systems.

Eight ambitious missions to transform the future of water security

Recognizing the need for youth to be included in this conversation, young people have been made co-guardians of the TFWS process

Securing MENA’s water supply

Talking to Nature Middle East, Javier Mateo-Sagasta explains that building trust among stakeholders is key to increasing long-term use of water reuse technologies and practices in the MENA region.

Climate, water, and poverty reduction – exploring the critical links

We have arrived at a crucial moment that calls upon us to incorporate smarter water management strategies into our longer-term planning.

From livestock to livelihoods: Lifelines through training for rural women in Pakistan

New initiative anticipates that strengthening water governance and management will improve rural livelihoods by increasing incomes for farming households.

Water for whom? Realizing contemporary water allocation through age-old customary tenure practices

Ultimately, rights-based water resource allocation may appear to be the most effective to address legal pluralism for poverty alleviation and broad-based agricultural growth.

Water’s Fundamental Truths: Part 3 – Is water governance coming of age?

Our planetary water systems involves not just tackling risks and building resilience for human societies, but also assuming greater responsibility towards the planet as a whole.

Unlocking sustainable finance to drive agricultural research for development

When looking at how to combine traditional development funding with return-oriented private capital, two strategies are gaining more and more traction.

The impact of large and small dams on malaria transmission in four basins in Africa

On VOA, Jonathan Lautze discusses the impact of small and large dams on malaria transmission in four river basins in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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.

Data, funds and dialogue key to water, energy, and food security in a changing climate for Pakistan

A holistic approach and reliable database on water resources and their use across Pakistan is the key to achieving food, water, and energy security in the fifth most climate-vulnerable country in the world.

Three ways wetlands can influence climate change

Climate change could change wetlands forever, but in turn, wetlands can also help to mitigate the impact of climate change.

Ramsar Convention and the wise use of wetlands: rethinking gender equality and inclusion

It is imperative that we realize the need for a profound and urgent rethinking on who decides, how and why, what makes for the wise use of wetlands

Changing the way we collect data during Covid

In order to continue researching on gender and water systems, researchers from IWMI-Nepal engaged with local stakeholders through alternative means of data-collection during COVID-19.

Small Reservoirs in Africa: A Review and Synthesis to Strengthen Future Investment

Small reservoirs are a critical coping mechanism in water-stressed rural areas in Africa, providing immense livelihood benefits that include improved food and water security,...

News.Trust.org: The next great water crisis may be under our feet

As the world marks World Water Day, it is clear we need better groundwater governance to avoid the next big crisis

Water governance and collective action

A new book provides an overview of challenges in collective action via case studies from Africa, South and Southeast Asia and Latin America.

Banking on wastewater

IWMI enables societies to address challenges posed by wastewater by generating new knowledge on wastewater management, writes Jeremy Bird.

Can a Chinese turtle farmer help us understand the future of Asian migration?

Experts gather in Guangzhou, China, to discuss migration’s effect on home communities

The Global Crisis of Abstraction

Building partnerships to sustain groundwater-based economies

Measured mutuality

The SDG indicators for water cooperation.

African dams linked to over one million malaria cases annually

New study urges future dam projects to consider better disease control measures.

Ganges women to bear the brunt of climate change

Poor women and vulnerable groups will “bear the brunt” of climate change in parts of Bangladesh, India and Nepal.

Salvation for the saturated?

IWMI-led team launches a guide for the perplexed.

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.