International Water Association

Tag: climate change

Securing water for the city of Sydney

 A.S.M. Mohiuddin, Ben Blayney, and Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran describe how Sydney, Australia, is innovating to improve water security in the face of climate change and...

On the rise – container-based sanitation

Isabella Montgomery highlights the opportunities container-based sanitation can provide - delivering both on inclusion and climate resilience. Starting as a niche innovation, container-based sanitation (CBS)...

European temperatures on the rise

By Erika Yarrow-Soden The European State of the Climate 2025 report highlights record heatwaves from the Mediterranean to the Arctic, with glaciers shrinking and snow...

Tackling the climate-energy nexus in the drive for net zero

By Erika Yarrow-Soden ‘2024 Year in Review: Climate-driven Global Renewable Energy Resources and Energy Demand’, published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International...

Water’s role in sustaining the planet

The latest edition of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Global Environment Outlook (see News) offers a sobering assessment of our current environmental prospects...

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...