International Water Association

The planet’s deepening waters

By Erika Yarrow-Soden The UN’s technical brief Surging seas in a warming world: The latest science on present-day impacts and future projections of sea-level rise...

Six years and counting

By Erika Yarrow-Soden The United Nations (UN) 2024 Financing for Sustainable Development Report: Financing for Development at a Crossroads (FSDR 2024), a joint product of...

Conflict or peace? Making water a power for good

By Erika Yarrow-Soden The United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR) 2024, Water for Prosperity and Peace, was launched on 22 March, marking World Water...

A decade of extremes

By Erika Yarrow-Soden The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report The Global Climate 2011-2020: A Decade of Acceleration punctuated the close of 2023 with the second...

Groundwater: Nature’s hidden gem

Published in June, the World Bank’s global groundwater report, The Hidden Wealth of Nations: The Economics of Groundwater in Times of Climate Change, highlights...

SDG 6 – the mid-term messages

The United Nations’ (UN’s) Mid-term Review of the Water Action Decade: Key messages from the United Nations Regional Commissions report was released at the...

Nature and climate flooding the risk horizon

The World Economic Forum has released the 18th edition of its Global Risks Report 2023 based on the latest Global Risks Perception Survey (GRPS)...

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...

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...

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...

FEATURED STORY

Inside IWA’s DNA: how we adapt and thrive

The recent success of the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition is the latest sign that IWA is thriving. Kala Vairavamoorthy explores the reasons...

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...