International Water Association

Tag: climate change

Iran’s drive for smart water consumption

Pezhman Taherei explains how in the face of climate change and recurring droughts, Iranian water authorities are redefining how they communicate with customers. Tehran, Iran,...

Collaboration to tackle Europe’s water challenges

Michelle H. Williams explains how Knowledge and Innovative Communities can forge a holistic approach to water management. Europe is faced with a myriad of complex...

The climate action emissions evidence

By Erika Yarrow-Soden The United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 16th edition of the Emissions Gap Report makes worrying, but not unexpected reading. It finds that...

Integrating action on the climate agenda

IWA’s Water and Development Congress & Exhibition in Bangkok, Thailand, was staged under the theme of ‘Water, sanitation, and innovation – pathways to progress...

WWF report finds USA exposed to extreme weather insurance gap

A new report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warns that extreme weather events in the USA are creating an insurance crisis. ‘Tackling The Insurance...

Lancet Countdown report says climate inaction is claiming millions of lives

The World Health Organization (WHO) and global partners are calling for the protection of people’s health to be recognised as the most powerful driver...

FAO report warns of growing land degradation threat

The latest State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns of a ‘silent crisis’ of land...

2024 – a year of extremes

By Erika Yarrow-Soden The State of Global Water Resources 2024 report, an annual publication by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), documents 2024 as an extraordinary...

Building water security in the Andes of Bolivia

Paula Cecilia Soto Ríos and Paola Andrea Alvizuri Tintaya describe Bolivia’s pathway to water resilience in the face of climate change and its impact...

Report calls for immediate action to mitigate snow decline in Hindu...

A new report warns of risks to water security due to below normal levels of seasonal snow in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region. The ‘2025...