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Unlocking the confluence of diverse people, energy, and ideas
Kala Vairavamoorthy explains how greater efforts to extend geographic diversity will allow IWA to expand its influence and contribute more fully to progress on...
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Opinion
Water – facilitating collaborative dialogues
International collaboration will be essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and this will require trusted partners to facilitate negotiations. Erika Yarrow-Soden talks to...
Cooperation and connectedness: water in a time of climate change
Academic and long-time IWA supporter Gustaf Olsson has explored water’s connections for many decades. His latest book underlines the need for a systems-based view...
Analysis
The US agenda on global water security
By Erika Yarrow-Soden
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US Department of State have launched the 2022-2027 US Global Water Strategy to help guide government efforts over the next five years to...
Left stranded – how water can impact the assets of major users
A new report produced by CDP in collaboration with Planet Tracker, High and Dry: How Water Issues Are Stranding Assets, presents research highlighting how water insecurity is impacting the financial performance of companies through...
Groundwater: the many challenges of a hidden resource
Billions of people’s lives depend on groundwater sources that are polluted and overexploited or at risk. Some of the damage is irreversible and, according to the United Nations recent World Water Development Report ‘Groundwater:...
Sector opportunities for methane emission action
The pledges and action plans to cut carbon emissions emanating from COP26 indicate that there is top-level recognition of the urgency of the climate emergency. Much of the focus in Glasgow was on cutting...
The physical certainties of climate change
With COP26 underway, The Source reviews key IPCC messages on the physical science of climate change
The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) on the ‘physical science basis of climate change’ represents the latest findings from...
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