International Water Association

Utilities as engines for climate action

Utilities, including city departments charged with water-related responsibilities, are at the heart of urban life. Toronto Water (page 30) and the Ruhrverband (page 38)...

Water science and sustainability

We talk of water having a role to play in all of the SDGs. That role may not be so strong in all cases,...

IWA’s Congress connections

IWA’s 2023 Water and Development Congress & Exhibition is approaching fast – the event in December will be with us soon. Picking up from...

Philosophical boost for water

Our understanding of the prospects for climate change and its impacts on water has been mounting over the course of many years. The outputs...

Water and… health

The vital nature of water is evident in the frequency with which we deploy the word ‘and’ when talking about it. This is the...

The compelling case for drought action

The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction’s special report on drought contributes on several levels – perhaps not all entirely intended. The water sector knows...

The many values of water

As this year’s World Water Development Report makes abundantly clear, it does not really make sense to think of the value of water. There...

The water call for climate action

The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated global attention – and rightly so. In this, the water sector has played its part, adapting at speed to...

A wake-up call on biodiversity

The latest edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO) should provide a wake-up call about our alarming trajectory. One is certainly needed. The past 10...

Learning the lessons of COVID-19

The Editorial in the previous issue focused on how the message of the importance of handwashing in helping check COVID-19 was resonating around the...

FEATURED STORY

Toronto Water – serving the host city of the World Water...

Toronto Water has transformed the city’s water management. Ahead of IWA’s World Water Congress & Exhibition in the capital of the Canadian province of...

NEWS

UNU report warns on tipping points if environmental risks not addressed

A new report released by the United Nations University (UNU) has found that drastic changes to fundamental socioecological systems are likely if environmental risks...