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# Sustainable Water Future Programme

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- [Home Page](https://water-future.org/)
- [International Secretariat](https://water-future.org/people/international-secretariat/) - The International Secretariat for the Sustainable Water Future Programme (Water Future) is in Brisbane, Australia. It is a not-for-profit organisation ( Australian Business Number ABN: 77476990859) providing scientific services to help direct and drive solutions to global water problems. Griffith University hosted it for the last eight years (2016-2023). The International Secretariat is managed by
- [Contact Us](https://water-future.org/contact/) - Our Location: Sustainable Water Future Programme (Water Future) 16 COCKATOO PLACE ROCHEDALE Queensland 4123, Australia If you have any questions, then please do not hesitate to fill in the form; one of our team members will respond, as soon as possible. As part of Future Earth, Water Future follows Future Earth Integrity Policy for Personal
- [2030WaterSecure](https://water-future.org/what-we-do/capacity-development/) - Developing the capacity to secure the 21st Century Water Risk An important capstone of Water Future is the education of students and young water professionals to build capacity among young scientists for successful science-policy interactions. It involves mentoring of the next generation of water scientists and practitioners, who will focus together on key planning challenges, adopting and
- [COMPASS-Navigating the water challenges of the 21st century](https://water-future.org/what-we-do/compass/) - COMPASS, the Comprehensive Water Assessment, is an innovative combination of scientific knowledge, and information technology. It brings together advances to detect, evaluate and report on existing, imminent, and emerging water resource challenges around the world in a real-time framework at global and sub-global scales (regional, nation, basin, and catchment). Water Future along with other partners
- [Climate Impacts on Global Mountain Water Security](https://water-future.org/people/climate-impacts-on-global-mountain-water-security/)
- [Data and Earth Observation Core Group](https://water-future.org/people/data-and-earth-observation-core-group-2/)
- [Water and Health Working Group](https://water-future.org/people/water-and-health-working-group/)
- [Resources](https://water-future.org/resources/) - Provided below are links to some of our information literature and key research publications, available for download and/or purchase and other relevant information. Information Literature: COMPASS-Navigating the water challenges of the 21st century 2030WaterSecure -Developing the capacity to secure the 21st Century water risk Water Solutions Lab Water Future Prospectus 2018 Bonn Water Declaration Sustainable Water
- [Planning Committee](https://water-future.org/people/planning-committee/) - The Planning Committee for Water Future was formed as the governing body to guide the formulation of a strategic research agenda for the programme and to make recommendations to the Scientific Committee on research initiatives and operations. The Planning Committee currently reviews and provides advice on the implementation and means by which to achieve the key
- [What We Do](https://water-future.org/what-we-do/) - To effectively take knowledge and develop concrete actions to tackle the world’s water problems requires the production and application of knowledge. Water Future activities will include a number of key initiatives, each which aligns with and seeks to contribute towards the programme objectives. Comprehensasive Real-time Water Assessment-COMPASS Capacity Development Science Policy Dialogue Water Solutions Lab
- [Water Solutions Lab](https://water-future.org/what-we-do/solution-lab/) - The limitation of the current approach in tackling the 21st Century water challenges often involves an apparent disconnection between the knowledge generators and knowledge implementers, as the problems and solutions are often identified in silos. The innovation process and solutions developed by the solution identifiers often do not address the root causes of the problem
- [Our Vision](https://water-future.org/about/our-vision/) - Water Future, through its partnerships with a large number of researchers and stakeholders, works together to harvest and synthesize authoritative sound and a scientific knowledge base to achieve the Sustainable Development priorities associated with water.
- [GWSP Archive: Conference Session Presentations](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-sessionpresentations/) - A01: The Water-Energy Nexus in Shared River Basins - How Hydropower Shapes Cooperation and Coordination Aysegül Kibaroglu (PDF 452KB) Ines Dombrowsky and Waltina Scheumann (PDF 348KB) Waltina Scheumann (PDF 770KB) Susanne Schmeier (PDF 1MB) A02: Earth Observations, Monitoring and Modelling for the Sustainable Implementation of the Nexus Approach Douglas Cripe (PDF 6MB) Richard Lawford (PDF
- [GWSP Archive: Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Conference 2014](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-wef/) - Conference Information Programme (PDF, 12MB) Keynote Speakers Panelists Special Session Convenors Conference Organisation Advisory Committee Organizing Committee Conference Outcomes: Call to Action for Implementing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Plenary Presentations and Pictures Session Presentations (links to presentations to be established) Videos Summaries (see below)
- [GWSP Archive: Conference Organising Committee](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-organisingcommittee/) - Anik Bhaduri GWSP Executive Officer, Bonn, Germany Talin Holtermann GWSP Research Assistant, Bonn, Germany Sina Marx GWSP Research Associate, Bonn, Germany Lynn Schuller GWSP Student Assistant, Bonn, Germany Anna Schurkmann GWSP Research Associate, Bonn, Germany
- [GWSP Archive: Conference Advisory Committee](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-advisory/) - Janos Bogardi GWSP Senior Advisor, Bonn, Germany Thomas Chiramba United Nations Environment Programme, Freshwater Ecosystems Unit, Nairobi, Kenya David Dudgeon University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China Joyeeta Gupta UNESCO-IHE, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Holger Hoff Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Sharad Jain National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India Verena Klinger-Dehring German Federal
- [GWSP Archive: Events](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-events/) - 2015 Workshop: “Research gaps in the integrated observations and improved governance for the W-E-F Nexus" UN-Water 2015 International Zaragoza Conference 2014 International Conference: Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Summer Water Academy: Communicating Water Science Earth Observations and the Water- Energy- Food Nexus Rivers of the Anthropocene Conference Global Land Project Open Science Meeting Future Earth
- [GWSP Archive: Conference Special Session Convenors](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-sessionconvenors/) - Center for Development Research (ZEF) CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Korean Evironmental Institute
- [GWSP Archive: Conference Videos 2014](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-videos/) - "Call to Action for Implementing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus" This video summarizes the outcomes and key messages of the International Conference "Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus". "Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus" Achieving water, energy and food security for everyone is one of the greatest challenges humankind is facing today... This video was commissioned by the Global
- [GWSP Archive: Conference Panelists](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-panelists/) - Fritz Holzwarth Former Deputy Director-General of the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU), Germany Torkil Jønch-Clausen Chair of the Scientific Programme Committee for the World Water Week in Stockholm and Senior Adviser to the Global Water Partnership (GWP) Dinesh Kumar Director of the Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy Geraldo Martha Embrapa, the Brazilian
- [GWSP Archive: Conference Keynote Speakers](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-keynote/) - Zafar Adeel Director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) Joseph Alcamo Professor at the Center for Environmental Systems Research of the University of Kassel, Germany Albert Butare Corporate Executive Officer of the Africa Energy Services Group (AESG) Byung-Wook Lee President of the Korean Environment Institute (KEI) Wilfried Kraus
- [GWSP Archive: Summer Water Academy 2014](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014academy/) - Communicating Science on the Water- Energy- Food Nexus: Bridging the Link between Science & Policy When: 19-23 May 2014 Where: Bonn, Germany As part of the international conference on "Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. Synergies and Trade-offs: Governance and Tools at various Scales“, to be held in Bonn, Germany on 19-20 May, 2014, a summer academy
- [GWSP Archive: Plenary Presentations and Pictures](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-plenary/) - Opening Plenary: Sustainability in the W-E-F Nexus moderated by Anik Bhaduri (GWSP) The session provided an introduction to the need for a nexus approach that reduces trade-offs and builds synergies across sectors in order to reduce costs and increase benefits for humans and nature. Instead of independent approaches to the management of water, energy,
- [GWSP Archive: Academy Programme](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-programme/) - The academy will consist of two main blocks. From 19 – 20 May, participants will be rapporteurs during several sessions and plenaries of the WEF- Nexus Conference. During the second block, from 21 – 23 May, participants will present their research followed by feedback from experts and peers. Block 1 - Before and during the
- [GWSP Archive: Rivers of the Anthropocene Conference 2014](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014anthropocene/) - January 23-24, 2014, Klipsch Theater, IUPUI Campus Center, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN Rivers of the Anthropocene is a transdisciplinary project examining global river systems since 1750. Approaching rivers and their landscapes not simply as natural phenomena but as human-nature entanglements, an international network of researchers, policy makers, artists, teachers, and community organizations seek to create
- [Past Events](https://water-future.org/past-events-2/) - 2016 Kyoto, Japan: Governance Transformation and Integrated Information for the W-E-F Nexus 4-6 April 2016 Workshop Further Information: Report PDF, 2mb Germany: Early Career Scientists Meeting on W-E-F Nexus at Trier University October 2016 Further Information: Academy Highlights South Africa: W-E-F Nexus and its Linkages to the Implementation of the SDGs Workshop 21-23 November 2016
- [Rivers, Flows and People Working Group](https://water-future.org/people/riversflowspeople-working-group/)
- [GWSP Archive: Call for Contributions](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-conf2010gci-confoutcomes/) - Guidelines for Presentations Please refrain from sending us abstracts by email, the submission phase is over. The results of the abstract reviewing have been published on 31 August,2010 on the abstract submission website. Authors of abstracts can login with their respective username and retrieve whether they are accepted for oral or poster presentations. General guidelines for how to
- [GWSP Archive: Summer Academy Outcomes](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-outcomes/) - First GWSP Summer Water Academy successfully completed In May 2014 GWSP organized and hosted the first Summer Water Academy on “Communicating Science on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus” at the Center for Development Research in Bonn. 16 young scientists from seven different countries worked together over one week to improve their skills in communicating science to various
- [GWSP Archive: Call to Action for Implementing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-calltoaction/) - Achieving water, energy and food security for everyone within the planetary boundaries is one of the greatest challenges humankind is facing today. The International Conference on Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus, meeting in Bonn, Germany on May 19th and 20th 2014, recognizes that water, energy and food are increasingly interrelated. Considering water, energy and food together in a “nexus”
- [GWSP Archive: Venue](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-venue/) - 18 May, 2014: Center for Development Research (ZEF) Walter- Flex - Str. 3 53113 Bonn Germany _______________________________________ 19 - 20 May, 2014: MARITIM Hotel Bonn Godesberger Allee (Access Kurt-Georg-Kiesinger-Allee 1) 53175 Bonn Phone: +49 (0) 228 8108-0 Fax: +49 (0) 228 8108-811 Email: info.bon(at)maritim.de ______________________________________ 21 - 23 May, 2014: Center for Development Research (ZEF) Walter-
- [GWSP Archive: Publications](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-publications/) - Participants will get the chance to submit their papers to one of the two GWSP Special Issues in Water International or to Sustainability Science. The summaries from Conference sessions will be published in the Open Access Journal “Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems: Climate Change, Social Changes, Technological Development”
- [GWSP Archive: Programme - Block 1 Before and during the conference](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-block1/) - May 18: Day 1, The day before the conference: On May 18th, the afternoon before the conference, participants will be welcomed and introduced to each other as well as to the faculty. After the get-to-know-each-other the participants will be trained on how to do rapporteuring and reporting to prepare for the tasks during the
- [GWSP Archive: Programme - Block 2 Summer Academy](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-block2/) - May 22: Day 5, Summer Academy Moderation: Jan Leentvaar 09:00 - 09:15 Introduction, Jan Leentvaar Welcome and introduction of academic committee 09:15 – 09:45 Marion Davis (Title tbc) 09:45 - 10:15 Best Practice by Aditi Mukherji (ICIMOD) “How can your research make a change” To set the stage, we will look at a
- [GWSP Archive: Registration](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-registration/) - Participants of the summer academy need to register for the conference on "Sustainability in the Water- Energy- Food Nexus". Registration for the summer academy and for the conference will be free of charge!
- [GWSP Archive: Paper Submission](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-papersubmission/) - Participants will be asked to submit a paper related to the themes of the conference "Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus”: Tools for the sustainable implementation of the Nexus approach; Governance and management of the Nexus; Considering the Environment and Livelihoods; and Implementing the Nexus at Various Scales. During the summer school week, participants will present
- [GWSP Archive: Program - Day One: 9am to 11am Opening Plenary Session](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-conf2010gci-plenary/) - Day One - 6 December 2010 __________________________________________________ 09:00 - 11:00 Room 1: Wolfgang Paul Saal Opening Plenary Session Chair: Claudia Pahl-Wostl 09:00 Welcome and Opening (5 minutes) Speaker: Claudia Pahl-Wostl: GWSP-SSC Co-chair, Osnabrück, Germany Presentation: You Tube 09:05 Objectives and Expectations from the Conference - Introductory statements (15 minutes) Speaker: Janos Bogardi: GWSP-IPO Executive Officer, Bonn,
- [GWSP Archive: Registration and Fees](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-conf2010gci-registration/) - A conference fee of 200 Euros will be charged to cover lunches, coffee breaks, conference dinner, proceedings and the social event. A limited number of scholarships can be applied for and student fee reductions will be available. Please register here. Scholarship: If you want to apply for a scholarship, please state in your online registration your
- [GWSP Archive: Venue and Directions](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-conf2010gci-venue/) - Venue University Club Bonn University of Bonn Konviktstr.9 53113 Bonn, Germany View Google Map: Venue Directions Public Transport: from Bonn Central Station take tram lines 16,63 (direction Bad Godesberg) or tram line 66 (direction Bad Honnef) and get off at the next station "UNIVERSITÄT/MARKT". leave the station and turn right walking along the yellow university buildings, of
- [GWSP Archive: Concept Note and Conference Themes](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-conf2010gci-themes/) - The Scientific Framework The Global Catchment Initiative (GCI) is one of GWSP's three "Integrative Study Areas" aiming to expand the focus of river basin research and management to advance a more global perspective. It encourages researchers to address new research questions that move beyond the catchment level to highlight the relations to the wider global
- [GWSP Archive: Objectives and Scope](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-conf2010gci-scope/) - An important new insight in river basin research and management is that water in its various forms "operates" in complex social, ecological and economic sectors forming an interlinked system of a much larger scale than an individual river basin or large aquifer. This new awareness of connectivity has spawned the concept of the "global water
- [GWSP Archive: GWSP - IIASA Workshops on Future Water Scenarios 2013](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-gwsp-iiasa-workshops2013/) - On 19 - 20 May, 2013, GWSP hosted the second meeting of the Joint Research Team on Future Scenarios on Water Security Threats at the Centre for Development Research in Bonn, Germany. The project is lead by GWSP co-chair Charles Vörösmarty (City University of New York) and is a component of a larger International Institute
- [GWSP Archive: Communicators](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-communicators/) - Elisabeth Krüger is currently working as a science manager for national and international water cooperations at UFZ. She is responsible for the coordination of the Helmholtz Water Network and the Mediterranean research network TERENO-MED after working for the setup of the Water Science Alliance. Raymond Siebrits is currently publishing work on water research prioritisation (undertaken with
- [GWSP Archive: Hosts and Organizers](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-hosts/) - Anik Bhaduri is the Executive Officer of the Global Water System Project (GWSP), one of the organizing institutions of the Summer Water Academy. With a background in natural resource economics, he has specialized in water resource management. As the Executive Officer of GWSP, he will be co-hosting the Academy together with Jan Leentvaar from UNESCO-IHE. Jan
- [GWSP Archive: Academic Committee](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2014conf-committee/) - The Committee consists of high-level scientists with different backgrounds who will provide intensive mentoring and feedback to help you fine-tune your paper Anik Bhaduri Global Water System Project, Bonn, Germany Janos Bogardi Global Water System Project, Bonn, Germany Mariele Evers University of Bonn, Germany Joyeeta Gupta University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Holger Hoff
- [GWSP Archive: International Symposium on Ecohydrology and Water Security, 2013](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-wuhan-symposium2013/) - From 18-22 October 2013, the International Symposium on Ecohydrology and Water Security sponsored by Wuhan University, the International Water Resources Association (IWRA), the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) and Global Water System Project (GWSP) will take place in Wuhan and Yichang, China. The topics of the symposium include modeling water cycle and eco-hydrological processes,
- [GWSP Archive: Activities](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-activities/) - International Water Quality Guidelines for Aquatic Ecosystems Future Scenarios on Water Security Threats Water Security Environmental Flows Integrated Water-Land Management Water Governance Water-Energy-Food Nexus WaterNeeds Project
- [GWSP Archive: The GEO Integrated Global Water Cycle Observations Community of Practice](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-geo-cop/) - The GEO Water Strategy European Workshop and the Ninth Annual Integrated Global Water Cycle Observations (IGWCO) Community of Practice (COP) Science and Planning Meeting will be taking place at the UAB – Casa Convalescència in Barcelona, Spain immediately after the GEPW-7 meeting. The GEO Water Strategy European Workshop on April 17 and 18 (AM) and the
- [GWSP Archive: GCI Workshop:  17-20 February 2010 Bonn, Germany](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-gciworkshop2010/) - "Global Aspects of Water Research and Management in Large River Basins" Documents: Program Objectives Program Overview (PDF, 769KB) Program (PDF, 88KB) Workshop Participants (PDF, 42KB) Summarising Document (PDF, 338KB) Presentations: Incomati - Graham Jewitt (PDF, 4MB) Volta - Charles Biney (PDF, 0.8MB) Volga - Oleg Kashchenko (PDF, 2MB) Upper Danube - Sara Stöber Danube - Hans-Peter Nachtnebel (PDF, 2MB) Elbe
- [GWSP Archive: Future Scenarios on Water Security Threats](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-watersecuritythreats/) - As essentially its founding principle, the GWSP considers water as the preeminent building block of the Earth system and of critical necessity to human prosperity. At the same time, humans are rapidly embedding themselves into the basic character of the water cycle without full knowledge of the consequences. Major sources of water system change include
- [GWSP Archive: Side-event: Integrated Land and Water Management at the High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy](https://water-future.org/gwsp-2010nationaldroughtpolicy/) - The degradation of natural resources like land and water often occurs simultaneously and leads to a lower level of ecosystem services, reducing for example the resilience of the earth system facing drought events. The management of land and water needs to be addressed and treated jointly within a combined socio-economic and biophysical framework. Land use
- [GWSP Archive: Workshop on Global Water Governance and the UN-System](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-workshop2010/) - Date: 13-15th October, 2010 Location: Bonn, Germany Organized by: Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Joyeeta Gupta and Theo Toonen Documents: Directions (PDF, 16KB) ; Program (PDF, 70KB) ; Scope (PDF, 26KB) The global dimension has gained increasing importance in water governance. Water problems have traditionally been considered to be local or regional problems. However, there are strong arguments
- [GWSP Archive: Global Land Project - Open Science Meeting 2014](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-glp2014/) - Land Transformations: Between Global Challenges and Local Realities, 19 - 21 March 2014, Berlin GWSP will join the 2014 Global Land Project Open Science Meeting. The meeting will synthesize and discuss the role of the land system as a platform for human-environment interactions, connecting local land use decisions to global impacts and responses. Main conference
- [GWSP Archive: Future Earth GEC Project Meeting, 21 - 22 January 2014, Washington, USA](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-gecmeeting2014/) - GWSP will take part in the Future Earth Global Environmental Change project meeting taking place in Washington from 21 - 22 January 2014. Future Earth is an ambitious new 10-year research programme which will provide the knowledge we need to tackle the most urgent challenges of the 21st century related to global sustainability. Bringing together existing
- [GWSP Archive: German Future Earth Summit, 27-28 January 2014, Germany](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-summit2014/) - GWSP will join the German Future Earth Summit 2014 From 27 - 28 January 2014, GWSP senior advisor Janos Bogardi will join the discussion on topics and key aspects of the three Future Earth themes "Dynamic Planet", "Global Development" and "Transformation" at the German Future Earth Summit. The summit is being organized by the German Committee
- [GWSP Archive: World Water Week 2013](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-wwwstockholm2013/) - Cooperation to Address the Complexities of Water Management When: Sunday 09:00-12:30 Where: Room B7 Recent United Nations World Water Development Reports focused on the critical role of cooperation among decision-makers in water resource management at different levels in the public and private economic and social sectors. The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in 2010 commissioned a Think Tank
- [GWSP Archive: The 2013 Budapest Summit](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-budapest2013/) - GWSP Delegation joined the Budapest Water Summit, Budapest, Hungary, 8-11 October 2013. To move forward the post-Rio water agenda, the Budapest Water Summit took place under the auspices of the United Nations from 8 - 11 October 2013 in Budapest, Hungary. The international conference formed part of the events of the UN International Year of
- [GWSP Archive: World Water Day 2013](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-wwd2013/) - On the occasion of "World Water Day" on "Water cooperation: Challenges and opportunities" (March 22) GWSP IPO co-organized with its partners in Bonn a panel discussion, where representatives of national ministries as well as international and UN agencies discussed latest trends. World Water Day is held annually on March 22 to emphasize the relevance of fresh water
- [GWSP Archive: Scientific Steering Committee](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-ssc/) - The Global Water System Project (GWSP) is led by a Scientific Steering Committee (SSC). Membership of the Committee is listed below, whilst links to historical meeting information is available below the member information. Co-Chairs Claudia Pahl-Wostl Institute for Environmental Systems Research University of Osnabrueck, Germany Charles Vörösmarty CUNY Global Environmental Sensing and Water Sciences Initiative
- [GWSP Archive: Scientific Steering Committee 2010](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-ssc2010/) - Agenda Dates: 8-10 December 2010 Location: Bonn, Germany List of Participants: (PDF 68KB) The GWSP-SSC meeting will start after the closure of the GCI Conference “The Global Dimensions of Change in River Basins” in the venue of the conference. The conference is expected to end at approximately 14h. The start of the SSC meeting is 15 30h.
- [GWSP Archive: Scientific Steering Committee 2012](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-ssc2012/) - Agenda Dates: 1-3 October 2012 Location: Laxenburg, Austria List of Participants: (PDF 364KB) Day One: 1 October 2012 1. Session ( Chair: CPW) 09.00 – 09.10 Agenda 10-I-1 Opening and welcome addresses (PK, IIASA) 09.10 – 09.20 Agenda 10-I-2 Acceptance of the agenda of the meeting, Review and approval of the minutes of the GWSP SSC meeting
- [GWSP Archive: Global Catchment Initiative (GCI) Workshop May 3-4, 2012](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-workshop2012-gci/) - Within the conference on "Water-Energy-Food-Security: New directions for water management", 1-4 May, 2012 in Winnipeg, Canada, GWSPs GCI Initiative held a workshop on the water-energy-food nexus. GWSP GCI has undertaken a survey of major river basins to explore the dimensions of this issue. Further Information: Water-Energy-Food Security: New Directions for Water Management (PDF, 587KB)
- [GWSP Archive: GWSP Workshop on Environmental Flows 2013](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-workshop2013-enviroflows/) - This GWSP Workshop will be held by the Global Water Needs Initiative (GWNI) in Bonn, Germany, 30 September - 2 October 2013. The workshop is organized by Claudia Pahl-Wostl at the Center for Development Research in Bonn, Germany. It will be sponsored by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). The workshop follows the 1st GWNI
- [GWSP Archive: UN-Water 2015 International Zaragoza Conference](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-unwater-2015conference/) - Water and Sustainable Development: From Vision to Action Outline for a Session in the Academic Stream: Means of implementation to deal with risks Sustainable Development Goals and Risk Management With the adoption of the SDGs the global development and environmental governance agenda will enter a new era. The SDGs have the ambitious goal to guide
- [GWSP Archive: Workshop: “Research gaps in the integrated observations and improved governance for the W-E-F Nexus"](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-2015workshop-researchgaps/) - 1-3 June 2015, Washington DC The Global Water System project (GWSP) and Texas A & M University ( TAMU) are organizing a workshop , entitled “Research gaps in the integrated observations and improved governance for the W-E-F Nexus” to be held in Washington, DC from June 1 to June 3, 2015. This workshop is part
- [GWSP Archive: Products](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-products/) - List of Products Digital Water Atlas GRanD Database The Water Solutions Lab Network Cluster Activity on Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus E-Book: "River Basins and Change" Book: "The Global Water System in the Anthropocene" Special Issue in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Journal "Water in the Anthropocene: New Perspectives for Global Sustainability" Special Issue in Ecology
- [GWSP Archive: GWSP joins UN Day 2013 in Bonn, Germany](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-unitednationsday/) - On October 19th, 2013, GWSP joined the annual celebration of the founding of the United Nations on the market square in Bonn, Germany. This year’s “Day of the United Nations” focused on water and sustainable development. International organisations and UN secretariats based in Bonn gave insights in their work. Further Information United Nations Day and Bonn
- [GWSP Archive: Global Water Research turns into Business Solution](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-barteltinterview/) - Interview with Dr. Dietrich Bartelt, Founder and Associate of DB Sediments Question: How did you come to invent "DB Sediments" to solve sediment problems sustainably? Response: Our business is about the sustainable use of water. It targets processes that happen in rivers - erosion and sedimentation. Before we started the business in 2009, I was
- [GWSP Archive: GWSP SSC member Richard Lawford presents GEOSS Water Strategy, October 2013](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-geoss/) - The Group on Earth Obser vations (GEO) is currently finalizing a strategy document entitled "The GEOSS Water Strategy: From Observations to Decision". On October 11, 2013, a presentation of the GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems) Water Strategy and a discussion about potential cooperation opportunities will take place at the German Aerospace Center in Bonn, Germany. The GEOSS Water Strategy
- [GWSP Archive: Interviews with Scientists and Policy Makers from the 2013 Conference- "Water in the Anthropocene"](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-interviews/) - "Water in the Anthropocene: Challenges for Science and Governance," 21 - 24 May 2013, Bonn, Germany Interview with Joseph Alcamo, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya Question: Can conferences like this help to convey messages from the scientific community to policy makers? Response: For sure it can. If we manage to distill down the big messages coming from
- [GWSP Archive: Changing  the History of the Earth: The Role of Water in the Anthropocene](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-change-earth-history/) - The history of our constantly evolving planet, which formed around 4.5 billion years ago, has seen many great biological and geological events. “Epochs” reflect noteworthy episodes along the Earth`s geological time scale with the shift from one to another epoch being marked by global events that change the history of the earth in fundamental ways,
- [GWSP Archive: Future Scenarios on Human Water Security Threats](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-futurescenarios/) - As essentially its founding principle, the GWSP considers water as the preeminent building block of the Earth system and of critical necessity to human prosperity. At the same time, humans are rapidly embedding themselves into the basic character of the water cycle without full knowledge of the consequences. Major sources of water system change
- [GWSP Archive: Interview with Jakob Rhyner on Future Earth](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-int-rhyner/) - Future Earth is being designed by an international team of scientific experts from across the natural and social science disciplines, sponsors and executives. The work of this ‘Transition Team’ is focused on delivering a research framework, institutional design and stakeholder engagement strategy. A Transition Management Project, reporting to the Alliance, is being established to manage this
- [GWSP Archive: Water Use and Economic Growth in the Anthropocene](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-water-econgrowth/) - The Anthropocene is characterised by growing water demands and declining supplies. Water use has increased significantly since the industrial Revolution, and most rapidly over the last four decades. And demand is expected to continue to grow rapidly, in part as a result of continued population growth, and as such is concentrated in Africa. The medium
- [GWSP Archive: Achieving Water Security in the Arid Americas: Emerging Challenges at the Beginning of the Anthropocene](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-watersecurityaridamericas/) - Contemplating the Earth from the space gives us the impression that this blue planet would never suffer from water availability problems. However, as in any down-scaling exercise, it is only when we perform a detailed examination we begin to realise that, in many places of the world, water abundance is rather a privilege than a
- [GWSP Archive: Interview-No Water Security without Water Use Efficiency](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-no-water-security/) - Interview with Joachim von Braun, Director - Center for Development Research (ZEF), Germany Joachim von Braun, is an economist, with a Doctoral degree in agricultural economics from University of Göttingen, Germany. He joined ZEF as Professor and Director of the Department for Economic and Technological Change in December 2009. He was also Director at ZEF during
- [GWSP Archive: Special Issue - "Water in the Anthropocene: New Perspectives for Global Sustainability"](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-special-issue/) - This special issue is the first in the Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Journal (Volume 5, Issue 6, December 2013) to take as its organising principal the unique role that humans play in shaping the character of water systems, both today and into the future. It represents one of the chief products to emerge from
- [GWSP Archive: The Water Solutions Lab Network](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-wsln/) - Networking innovations for a sustainable water future Sometimes without explicitly using the word “innovation”, it is clear that the solution for many water related problems lies within social, institutional, technical, and business innovations. When feasible (and often innovative) solutions are found and suggested, barriers for implementation remain and can often not be addressed by
- [GWSP Archive: Cluster Activity on Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-sustainability-wefnexus/) - A fast track towards sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus GWSP Scientific Steering Committee members Richard Lawford and Claudia Pahl-Wostl (GWSP Co-chair) are the principal scientists of the newly launched Future Earth cluster activity on “Sustainability for Water, Energy, and Food through Integrated Water Information and Improved Governance”. It is one of the eight newly launched Future
- [GWSP Archive: Global Water News](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-newsletter/) - Global Water News (2014) No. 14 (PDF 3 MB) Global Water News (2013) No. 13 (PDF 2 MB) Global Water News (2012) No. 12 (PDF 8 MB) Global Water News (2012) No. 11 (PDF 8 MB) Global Water News (2011) No. 10 (PDF 2 MB) Global Water News (2010) No. 9 (PDF 2 MB) Global Water News (2010) No.
- [GWSP Archive: Policy Publications](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-policypublications/) - List of Publications Institutional capacity and good governance for an effective implementation of the SDGs GWSP Policy Brief 7 (PDF, 2MB) The water crisis is a governance crisis. Many water related problems arise from inadequate and dis-functional governance settings, in relation to water, but also in relation to land management and climate change, rather
- [GWSP Archive: Research Aims](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-researchaims/) - The Global Water System Project seeks to answer the fundamental and multi-faceted question: How are humans changing the global water cycle, the associated biogeochemical cycles, and the biological components of the global water system and what are the social feedbacks arising from these changes? Core Themes: What are the magnitudes of anthropogenic and environmental changes
- [GWSP Archive: Videos](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-videos/) - "Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food-Nexus " Conference: 19-20 May 2014: Bonn Germany Conference Launch: An introduction: A pressing 21st century challenge ... Achieving water, energy and food security for everyone is one of the greatest challenges humankind is facing today ... Conference Outcomes: A Call to Action: Implementing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Science for Solutions: Interview
- [GWSP Archive: Special Issue - Global Water Governance in Ecology and Society](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-sf-watergov/) - Are our global governance institutions designed in a manner that they can promote converging policies at the national level to address a range of new, different, and fast emerging environmental, water, and social problems as a consequence of the increasing pace of industrialisation, urbanisation, and globalisation? Further Information: Global Water Governance: Challenges and Future Scope
- [GWSP Archive: The Bonn Declaration on Global Water Security](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-bonn-declaration/) - The water community assembled in Bonn for the Global Water System Project Conference Water in the Anthropocene to make a set of core recommendations to institutions and individuals focused on science, governance, management and decision-making relevant to water resources on Earth. The declaration was issued by the Lord Mayor of Bonn during the closing
- [GWSP Archive: Scientific Publications](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-publications/) - Publication List By Year 2014 Gupta, J. 2014. The History of Global Climate Governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2013 Aberman, N.-L., B. Wielgosz, F. Zaidi, C. Ringler, A.A. Akram, A. Bell and M. Issermann. 2013. The policy landscape of agricultural water management in Pakistan. IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1265. Washington, D.C.: IFPRI. Allen, C., Xia,J.,
- [GWSP Archive: Hot Off the Press: New book on Climate Governance](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-climategovernance/) - The History of Global Climate Governance by Joyeeta Gupta What has happened globally on the climate change issue? How have countries’ positions differed over time, and why? How are problems and politics developing on an increasingly globalised planet, and can we find a solution? This book explores these questions and more, explaining the key underlying
- [GWSP Archive: E-Book: River Basins and Change](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-ebook/) - This electronic book contains the major contributions to the international conference 'Global Dimensions of Change in River Basins. Threats, Links and Adaptation' organised by the Global Catchment Initiative (GCI) of GWSP in Bonn, Germany in December 2010. Addressing especially graduate students and young professionals in the field of freshwater research, the book is meant as
- [GWSP Archive: GWSP book: Launched September 2014 and Available Online](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-book-anthropocene/) - The Global Water System in the Anthropocene - Challenges for Science and Governance Bhaduri, Anik; Bogardi, Janos; Leentvaar, Jan; Marx, Sina (Eds.) For a decade, the Global Water System Project (GWSP) has coordinated and supported a broad research agenda to study the complex global water system with its interactions between natural and human components and
- [GWSP Archive: GRanD Database](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-grand-database/) - Global Reservoir and Dam (GRanD) Database Despite established recognition of the many critical environmental and social trade-offs associated with dams and reservoirs, global data sets describing their characteristics and geographical distribution have been largely incomplete. To address this shortcoming, the Global Water System Project (GWSP) initiated an international effort to collate the existing dam and
- [GWSP Archive: International Project Office (IPO)](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-ipo/) - The International Project Office functions as a network/communication hub and implementation organ, with staff listed below. It is hosted at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany. Staff Anik Bhaduri Executive Officer Janos J. Bogardi Senior Advisor Sina Marx Research Associate Holm Voight Research Assistant Susanne Kempf Student Assistant
- [GWSP Archive: Organisation](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-organisation/) - The project is led by a Scientific Steering Committee consisting of representatives from the four Global Environmental Change Programmes (DIVERSITAS, IGBP , IHDP, and WCRP) and the respective scientific community. Further Information: Scientific Steering Committee The International Project Office is responsible for the implementation and coordination of the activities under the guidance of the SSC. It is hosted by
- [GWSP Archive: Digital Water Atlas](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-digitalwateratlas/) - The Digital Water Atlas was launched on 21 February 2008. The Atlas currently contains 50 global maps and data sets on water-related topics and more than 100 links to other data and information sources. The purpose and intent of the ‘Digital Water Atlas’ is to describe the basic elements of the Global Water System, the
- [GWSP Archive: Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-wef-nexus/) - In its 2011 report, the World Economic Forum identified the Water-Energy-Food (W-E-F) security nexus as one of the greatest threats to the global economy and sustainable development over the next few decades. In order to respond to these challenges, GWSP launched a survey within its Global Catchment Initiative (GCI) that addresses the nexus between water, energy
- [GWSP Archive: The Role of Water in The Green Economy](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-green-economy/) - International Institute for Sustainable Development & Global Water System Project (2012): The Role of Water in the Green Economy: A perspective from the water science community (PDF, 2MB). Summary of Key Points and Policy Recommendations: The fundamental requirement of the green economy is that it delivers food, water and energy security for all; Water is
- [GWSP Archive: Integrated Water-Land Management](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-water-land-mngt/) - Joint and Integrated Management of Land and Water for Humans and Nature One of the biggest challenges humanity is facing today is to feed the growing population living on our planet, out of which around 800 million do not have sufficient access to food supplies. Water plays a crucial role in the provision of sufficient,
- [GWSP Archive: Filling the Research Gap](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-filling-research-gap/) - Integrated Assessments of Land and Water Resources for Sustainable Joint Management On the basis of the premise that a coupled systems approach to land and water management would reduce costs and increase benefits for humans and nature, further research questions will be developed that need to be addressed in order to move towards a deeper
- [GWSP Archive: Water Governance](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-watergovernance/) - Twin2Go - Coordinating twinning partnerships towards more adaptive water governance in river basins Twin2Go reviewed, consolidated, and synthesised research on integrated water resources management (IWRM) in basins around the world. Building on a selection of case studies from past and ongoing IWRM research projects, Twin2Go drew policy relevant research results on issues around ‘adaptive water
- [GWSP Archive: WaterNeeds Project](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-waterneeds-project/) - Sustainable water resources management and the role of ecosystem services and environmental hazards This is the first German Research Foundation (DFG) funded project in the field of water research using a system oriented concept in which social and natural science combine an interdisciplinary milestone. The project, led by GWSP Co-Chair Claudia Pahl-Wostl, is an endorsed
- [GWSP Archive: Environmental Flows](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-environmentalflows/) - Enhancing Water Security for the Benefits of Humans and Nature (EWAS) Currently a collaborative group led by Claudia Pahl-Wostl, which is emerging from participants of the GWSP-GWNI Workshop and other invited collaborators, submitted a full-proposal to the recent Belmont – G8HORC call by end of December 2012 on "Enhancing Water Security for the Benefits of Humans and Nature
- [GWSP Archive: Water Security Handbook](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-watersecurityhandbook/) - Water Security Handbook The interest in the concept of water security has increased considerably over the past decade. This increasing interest may reflect the increasing concern of scientific and policy communities about the state of freshwater resources and the pressures expected on freshwater resources in the coming fifty years. The past two decades have witnessed
- [GWSP Archive: Water Security](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-watersecurity/) - Compiling a Handbook on Water Security A “Handbook on Water Security” will be published by Edward Elgar Publishing by the end of 2013. Lead-Editor Claudia Pahl-Wostl invited distinguished scholars for contributions to that handbook, which will cover the wide range of perspectives required to understand water security as a concept guiding water governance and management at different levels and in
- [GWSP Archive: IWQGES](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-iwqges/) - International Water Quality Guidelines for Ecosystems GWSP, UNU and UNEP launch the project "International Water Quality Guidelines for Ecosystems (IWQGES) during the 2013 Budapest Water Summit "The quality of water in our ecosystems is a global concern. Its deterioration threatens to cause large-scale changes in water use, biodiversity, and ecosystem health and functioning that will
- [GWSP Archive: Workshop of the Global Water Needs Initiative (GWNI) 14-16 November 2011](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-workshop-ef/) - Workshop on Environmental Flow Requirements This workshop was held by the GWSP Global Water Needs Initiative (GWNI) on 14-16 November 2011 in Bonn, Germany. A synthesis of the GWNI plan (PDF, 1 MB) was presented to the Bonn 2011 Conference: The Water Energy and Food Security Nexus. Solutions for the Green Economy. One missing component in global water assessments,
- [GWSP Archive: IWQGES Objectives, Purpose and Scope of the Guidelines](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-iwqges-objectives/) - International Water Quality Guidelines for Ecosystems Objectives, Purpose and Scope of the Guidelines The aim of this initiative is to develop a set of scientifically-sound policy and regulatory guidelines, enabling transnational, national, regional and local authorities to improve the sustainable management of their water resources and aquatic ecosystems. These guidelines are intended to be global
- [GWSP Archive: Science Framework](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-scienceframework/) - The scientific objectives of the project are described in the following publication: The Global Water System Project: Science Framework and Implementation Activities. Framing Committee of the GWSP (2005). Earth System Science Partnership (Available here: PDF, 2 MB) The implementation of GWSP research is organized into research activities that fall under the three core themes: Magnitudes, mechanisms and
- [GWSP Archive: Introduction](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-introduction/) - Water is essential to life on earth, plays a key role in the development and functioning of society and is recognised as a high priority resource for sustainable development. Over the past few decades, environmental science has produced insights into the linkages, interconnections and inter-dependencies in the global water cycle. The various human and physical,
- [GWSP Archive: Home](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-home/) - Global Water System Project As Water Future evolved from the Global Water System Project (GWSP) (based on recommendations in the 2013 Bonn Water Declaration), the content of the original GWSP website is to be archived and incorporated as part of the Water Future website. The archived information will be presented in a similar structure to the
- [GWSP Archive: Workshop on Water Resources Management in a Changing Climate Xi'an, China - October 2011](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-china-workshop2011/) - A GWSP Workshop on Detection of Non-Stationary Hydrological Processes and Adaptive Water Resources Management under the Changing Climate took place at 22 October 2011 in Xi'an, China, within the International Symposium on Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in Arid and Semi-arid Regions, 21-23 October 2011, Xi'an, China. Further Information: Symposium Guidebook (PDF, 718KB) Workshop Summary (PDF,
- [GWSP Archive: Scientific Steering Committee 2009](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive-ssc2009-2/) - 7th GWSP SSC Meeting Location: Stellenbosch, South Africa Dates: 17.10.2009 - 19.10.2009 Further Information: Program and Contributions (PDF, 96kb) Participants (PDF, 65kb)
- [GWSP Archive: About](https://water-future.org/gwsp-archive/) - Global Water System Project GWSP research supports global assessments of water, and the development of adaptation strategies to global change with the appropriate scientific basis. GWSP coordinates and supports a bold research agenda to understand this complex system with its interactions between natural and human components and their feedback. GWSP aims to address the central
- [Water Future - Canada](https://water-future.org/what-we-do/water-future-canada/) - The Global Institute for Water Security, based at the University of Saskatchewan, will host the Secretariat of the Water Future-Canada Node. This is an exciting development as the node will be the first one based in North America, offering the opportunity to expand on water research at a higher capacity, and lead the way in further expanding the newly formed network.
- [Science Policy Dialogue](https://water-future.org/what-we-do/science-policy-dialogue/) - Despite the need to think across sectors, scientific, policy and professional communities are still organised through sectoral and disciplinary structures. Water Future will develop an interface between and within these communities, explicitly focusing on the formulation and transmission of messages related to the role of water, its governance and management, and the transformations in other
- [Workshop Participants](https://water-future.org/envflows-workshop-participants/) - Elizabeth Anderson Elizabeth Anderson is a freshwater conservation ecologist based at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, FL, where she is co-Director of the Tropical Conservation Institute and Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment. Her research explores the natural history of tropical freshwaters of Central America, the Andean Amazon, and East Africa,
- [Water Future - Australia](https://water-future.org/what-we-do/water-future-australia/) - A consortium of top-tier Australian research institutions has formed the Australian node of Water Future. This group will work over the next few months to synthesis the complementary research expertise each institution brings to contributing to solutions in the water sector that have global application. This will be the first node established in the Asia-Pacific
- [Our People](https://water-future.org/people/) - The effective and inclusive management of key activities is a central role of Water Future. To ensure this, the decision-making body of the programme has been designed to be both user- and science- driven; with relevant stakeholder communities systematically involved in designing and guiding the programme, as appropriate. As an intricate global network, Water Future
- [About Us](https://water-future.org/about/) - The world needs a focus on water in order to deal with global change in a sustainable manner. The Sustainable Water Future Programme (Water Future) of Future Earth is a global platform facilitating international scientific collaboration to drive solutions to the world’s water problems. Consistent with the broad objectives of the Sustainable Development Goal for
- [South Africa Workshop: W-E-F Nexus and its Linkages to the Implementation of the SDGs: 21-23 November 2016](https://water-future.org/south-africa-workshop/) - Held in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, this technical workshop was the final workshop of four held in different regions of the world in connection with the Future Earth initiative. The event comprised both a technical workshop (3 days) and dialogue (1.5 days) to address the science-policy interface in the W-E-F Nexus. In addition to addressing W-E-F
- [2016 Budapest Water Summit Gallery](https://water-future.org/budapest-water-summit-gallery/) - All images provided within this gallery are courtesy of the Budapest Water Summit . (Note: The images will automatically rotate, once you open the gallery)
- [Innovative Research and Knowledge Synthesis](https://water-future.org/what-we-do/innovative-research-and-knowledge-synthesis/) - The Water Future Programme, as a global platform facilitating international scientific collaboration, offers an opportunity to develop theoretical, conceptual and methodological innovations to improve analysis and diagnostic capabilities. Water Future will conduct knowledge synthesis to harvest our vast and growing store of water science, policy and management information. Despite more than a decade of substantial
- [History](https://water-future.org/about/history/) - The Sustainable Water Future Programme (Water Future) is building on a decade of coordinated international research from the Global Water System Project (GWSP). Background Information The GWSP was a joint project of the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP), scientifically sponsored by the International Council for Science (ICSU) and its four Global Environmental Change (GEC) programmes:
- [Water Governance](https://water-future.org/what-we-do/water-governance/) - Governance is a key to water sustainability. Good governance is required to meet water-related objectives articulated in development and political goals such as the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals. It is also worthwhile to recognise and capture those goals emerging from additional layers designed to ensure long-term sustainability. Water Future has identified that there are
- [Scientific Steering Committee](https://water-future.org/people/scientific-steering-committee/) - The Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) provides scientific guidance, fine-tune the broader research themes defined by the Executive Committee and translate them into cutting-edge research questions and projects. The membership of the Scientific Steering Committee encompasses the nominated Chair (or Co-Chair) of the individual Working Groups. This committee is currently being formulated and we expect the
- [Water as an Agent of Change](https://water-future.org/what-we-do/water-as-an-agent-of-change/) - Sustainable management of water and the hydrological cycle is a necessary part of achieving sustainable development (as defined by the targets in the UN SDGs). Water is a major agent of change; it can both enhance and detract from achieving sustainable development goals. It is therefore both a threat and an opportunity. The timing, quantity
- [The Global State of Water](https://water-future.org/what-we-do/the-global-state-of-water/) - Despite more than a decade of substantial water-related research outcomes (e.g. through the Global Water System Project) and assessment (e.g., The United Nations World Water Develop Report), to date there is no formal compendium of integrated, distilled, global knowledge on the state of global water that can allow countries to tackle macro-level water challenges. Whilst
- [Core Groups and Working Groups](https://water-future.org/working-groups/) - Connecting Knowledge Generators with Knowledge Implementers Working groups in the Sustainable Water Future Programme (Water Future) form part of an international platform for integrated research on the global water system during global change. Each working group will contribute to the two key initiatives of Water Future (Global Water System Assessment Initiative and the Water Solutions
- [Country Nodes and Regional Hubs](https://water-future.org/what-we-do/country-nodes-regional-hubs/) - Water Future’s Country Nodes and Regional Hubs will play an important role within the knowledge production domain in contributing to the global water system assessment process and implementing the Water Solution Lab. River basins capture both global influences, such as climate change, and local and regional water management issues. The regional impacts and reactions to
- [Our Partners](https://water-future.org/our-partners/) - Partnerships with Water Future are founded on the principles of collaboration and cooperation, with the provision of expertise and resources for undertaking coordinated and strategic research activities that will underpin the sustainable management and use of water during this time of significant global environmental change. The broad aims are to enhance the contribution of strategic scientific and technical research and
- [Transformation to a Sustainable Water Future](https://water-future.org/what-we-do/transformation-to-a-sustainable-water-future/) - The dynamic society-nature interface and interactions at and across different scales in terms of governing the transition towards a sustainable water future. In this context, the segment further develops the global water governance expertise of GWSP, addressing institutional landscapes, actor networks, multi-dimensional valuation of water and its services. The importance of governance reform, adaptive management,
- [Economic Instruments of Water Security Working Group](https://water-future.org/people/economic-policy-working-group/)
- [Researchers](https://water-future.org/people/researchers/) - Water Future has a significant number of researchers from across the globe who are sharing their valuable knowledge and expertise. These researchers are working together through working groups under one of three thematic themes, to help achieve the initiatives of the programme. You will find the researchers listed under the core and/or working group they are
- [Memory, Place and Community in Global Water Systems Working Group](https://water-future.org/people/freshwater-biodiversity-working-group-2/)
- [Governance Board](https://water-future.org/people/board/) - The Governance Board is expected to include members of the United Nations System, global and national scientific platforms, non-governmental organisations, and members from the private and public sector. The Governance Board will embrace diverse stakeholder perspectives in order to understand the demand for knowledge among knowledge-implementing communities. The main responsibilities of the Governance Board will be to: Guide
- [Sustainable W-E-F Nexus Working Group](https://water-future.org/people/sustainable-wef-nexus-working-group/)
- [Freshwater Biodiversity Working Group](https://water-future.org/people/freshwater-biodiversity-working-group/)
- [Groundwater Management Working Group](https://water-future.org/people/groundwater-management-working-group/)
- [SDG Assessment Core Group](https://water-future.org/people/sdg-assessment-core-group/)
- [Water Governance Core Group](https://water-future.org/people/water-governance-core-group/)
- [Water Quality Working Group](https://water-future.org/people/water-quality-working-group/)
- [Water Ethics Working Group](https://water-future.org/people/water-ethics-working-group/)
- [Urban Water Systems Working Group](https://water-future.org/people/urban-water-systems-working-group/)
- [Key Objectives](https://water-future.org/about/key-objectives/) - Our four key objectives are to: 1. Conduct innovative research and knowledge synthesis Despite a decade of work, there is still no formal and comprehensive synthesis of water research generated by the global water research community. Water Future will introduce a process to systematically collect and test the growing corpus of knowledge within policy and
- [Blogs, News & Events](https://water-future.org/news-events/)

## Resources

- [Integrity Policy for Personal Data](https://water-future.org/resources/integrity-policy-for-personal-data/)

## Team Members

- [Anik Bhaduri](https://water-future.org/our_team/anik-bhaduri-2/)
- [Sudeh Dehnavi](https://water-future.org/our_team/sudeh_dehnavi/)
- [Synne Kvåle](https://water-future.org/our_team/synne-kvale/)
- [Dietrich Borchardt](https://water-future.org/our_team/dietrich-borchardt/)
- [John Pomeroy](https://water-future.org/our_team/john-pomeroy/)
- [Eline Boelee](https://water-future.org/our_team/eline-boelee/)
- [Barbara Evans](https://water-future.org/our_team/barbara-evans/)
- [Patrick Moriarty](https://water-future.org/our_team/patrick-moriarty/)
- [Nirmala Ronnie](https://water-future.org/our_team/nirmala-ronnie/)
- [Mark Pascoe](https://water-future.org/our_team/mark-pascoe/)
- [Jamie Bartram](https://water-future.org/our_team/jamie-bartram/)
- [András Szöllösi-Nagy](https://water-future.org/our_team/andras-szollosi-nagy/)
- [Marianela Fader](https://water-future.org/our_team/marianela-fader/)
- [Carlo Giupponi](https://water-future.org/our_team/carlo-giupponi/)
- [Aristeidis Koutroulis](https://water-future.org/our_team/aristeidis-koutroulis/)
- [Chris DeBeer](https://water-future.org/our_team/chris-debeer/)
- [Margreet Zwarteveen](https://water-future.org/our_team/margreet-zwarteveen/)
- [Joseph Flotemersch](https://water-future.org/our_team/joseph-flotemersch/)
- [Elizabeth Anderson](https://water-future.org/our_team/elizabeth-anderson/)
- [Michael Douglas](https://water-future.org/our_team/michael-douglas/)
- [Sue Jackson](https://water-future.org/our_team/sue-jackson/)
- [Rebecca Tharme](https://water-future.org/our_team/rebecca-tharme/)
- [Mirela G Tulbure](https://water-future.org/our_team/mirela-g-tulbure/)
- [Richard Lawford](https://water-future.org/our_team/richard-lawford/) - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi quis mi a neque rhoncus iaculis sit amet ut lorem. Donec quis sapien felis. Nulla facilisi. Nulla eu imperdiet augue. Curabitur sed dignissim libero. Pellentesque maximus mi sed mauris tincidunt congue. Praesent ultricies posuere lectus in accumsan. Nullam vulputate accumsan metus non feugiat. Nam faucibus eros
- [Wolfgang Grabs](https://water-future.org/our_team/wolfgang-grabs/)
- [Elsa Murano](https://water-future.org/our_team/elsa-murano/)
- [Viju James](https://water-future.org/our_team/viju-james/)
- [Phani Adapa](https://water-future.org/our_team/phani-adapa/)
- [Phong Nguyen](https://water-future.org/our_team/phong-nguyen/)
- [Naota Hanasaki](https://water-future.org/our_team/naota-hanasaki/)
- [Rabi Mohtar](https://water-future.org/our_team/rabi-mohtar/)
- [Lars Ribbe](https://water-future.org/our_team/lars-ribbe/)
- [David Budescu](https://water-future.org/our_team/david-budescu/)
- [Debra Perrone](https://water-future.org/our_team/debra-perrone/)
- [Animesh Kumar Gain](https://water-future.org/our_team/animesh-kumar-gain/)
- [Anthony Jakeman](https://water-future.org/our_team/anthony-jakeman/)
- [Balázs Fekete](https://water-future.org/our_team/balazs-fekete/) - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi quis mi a neque rhoncus iaculis sit amet ut lorem. Donec quis sapien felis. Nulla facilisi. Nulla eu imperdiet augue. Curabitur sed dignissim libero. Pellentesque maximus mi sed mauris tincidunt congue. Praesent ultricies posuere lectus in accumsan. Nullam vulputate accumsan metus non feugiat. Nam faucibus eros
- [Eleanor Blyth](https://water-future.org/our_team/eleanor-blyth/)
- [Stefano Balbi](https://water-future.org/our_team/stefano-balbi/)
- [Matti Kummu](https://water-future.org/our_team/matti-kummu/)
- [Dilek Onkal](https://water-future.org/our_team/dilek-onkal/)
- [Saleemul Huq](https://water-future.org/our_team/saleemul-huq/)
- [Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa](https://water-future.org/our_team/sarantuyaa-zandaryaa/)
- [Junguo Liu](https://water-future.org/our_team/junguo-liu/)
- [Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt](https://water-future.org/our_team/karl-erich-lindenschmidt/)
- [Helen Baulch](https://water-future.org/our_team/helen-baulch/)
- [Aaron Wolf](https://water-future.org/our_team/aaron-wolf/)
- [Jorge Rubiano](https://water-future.org/our_team/jorge-rubiano/)
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- [Malcolm Wolski](https://water-future.org/our_team/malcolm-wolski/)
- [Mark Mulligan](https://water-future.org/our_team/mark-mulligan/)
- [Diana Suhardiman](https://water-future.org/our_team/diana-suhardiman/)
- [Karen Villholth](https://water-future.org/our_team/karen-villholth/)
- [Manuel Pulido-Velazquez](https://water-future.org/our_team/manuel-pulido-velazquez/)
- [Ioanna Mouratiadou](https://water-future.org/our_team/ioanna-mouratiadou/)
- [Cezar Ionescu](https://water-future.org/our_team/cezar-ionescu/)
- [Jeroen Aerts](https://water-future.org/our_team/jeroen-aerts/)
- [Karen Hussey](https://water-future.org/our_team/karen-hussey/)
- [Yi-Chen Ethan Yang](https://water-future.org/our_team/yi-chen-ethan-yang/)
- [Dustin Garrick](https://water-future.org/our_team/dustin-garrick/)
- [Quentin Grafton](https://water-future.org/our_team/quentin-grafton/)
- [Dang Kim Khoi](https://water-future.org/our_team/dang-kim-khoi/)
- [Nathaniel Matthews](https://water-future.org/our_team/nathaniel-matthews/)
- [Shahbaz Mushtaq](https://water-future.org/our_team/shahbaz-mushtaq/)
- [Claudia Ringler](https://water-future.org/our_team/claudia-ringler/)
- [Eiman Karar](https://water-future.org/our_team/eiman-karar/)
- [Regina M. Buono](https://water-future.org/our_team/regina-m-buono/)
- [John Matthews](https://water-future.org/our_team/john-matthews/)
- [Nora Van Cauwenbergh](https://water-future.org/our_team/nora-van-cauwenbergh/)
- [Angelo Nolè](https://water-future.org/our_team/angelo-nole/)
- [Elena Lopez-Gunn](https://water-future.org/our_team/elena-lopez-gunn/)
- [Naomi Oates](https://water-future.org/our_team/naomi-oates/)
- [K. J. Joy](https://water-future.org/our_team/k-j-joy/)
- [Heidi Asbjornsen](https://water-future.org/our_team/heidi-asbjornsen/)
- [Monica Altamirano](https://water-future.org/our_team/monica-altamirano/)
- [Joe Holden](https://water-future.org/our_team/joe-holden/)
- [David Groenfeldt](https://water-future.org/our_team/david-groenfeldt/)
- [Antje Bruns](https://water-future.org/our_team/antje-bruns/)
- [Peter Scales](https://water-future.org/our_team/peter-scales/)
- [Ben Stewart-Koster](https://water-future.org/our_team/ben-stewart-koster/)
- [Patricia Romero-Lankao](https://water-future.org/our_team/patricia-romero-lankao/)
- [Zhongjing Wang](https://water-future.org/our_team/zhongjing-wang/)
- [Stephen Gray](https://water-future.org/our_team/stephen-gray/)
- [Sandra Kentish](https://water-future.org/our_team/sandra-kentish/)
- [Mayumi Allinson](https://water-future.org/our_team/mayumi-allinson/)
- [Vin Pettigrove](https://water-future.org/our_team/vin-pettigrove/)
- [Daphne Gondhalekar](https://water-future.org/our_team/daphne-gondhalekar/)
- [Kevin Wagner](https://water-future.org/our_team/kevin-wagner/)
- [Efstratios Pistikopoulos](https://water-future.org/our_team/efstratios-pistikopoulos/)
- [Kent Portney](https://water-future.org/our_team/kent-portney/)
- [Bruce McCarl](https://water-future.org/our_team/bruce-mccarl/)
- [Jack Baldauf](https://water-future.org/our_team/jack-baldauf/)
- [Mukand Babel](https://water-future.org/our_team/mukand-babel/)
- [Gamal Abdo](https://water-future.org/our_team/gamal-abdo/)
- [Francisco Meza](https://water-future.org/our_team/francisco-meza/)
- [Kenichi Matsui](https://water-future.org/our_team/kenichi-matsui/)
- [Lucy Rodina](https://water-future.org/our_team/lucy-rodina/)
- [Naho Mirumachi](https://water-future.org/our_team/naho-mirumachi/)
- [Curt Meine](https://water-future.org/our_team/curt-meine/)
- [Neelke Doorn](https://water-future.org/our_team/neelke-doorn/)
- [Jeremy Schmidt](https://water-future.org/our_team/jeremy-schmidt/)
- [Anthony Akpan](https://water-future.org/our_team/anthony-akpan/)
- [Marc Paganini](https://water-future.org/our_team/marc-paganini/)
- [Luzma Nava](https://water-future.org/our_team/luzma-nava/)
- [William Darwall](https://water-future.org/our_team/william-darwall/)
- [Scott Ashley](https://water-future.org/our_team/scott-ashley/)
- [Nicholas Brozović](https://water-future.org/our_team/nicholas-brozovic/)
- [Adrian Strauch](https://water-future.org/our_team/adrian-strauch/)
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- [Jeremy Piffady](https://water-future.org/our_team/jeremy-piffady/)
- [Anne Biewald](https://water-future.org/our_team/anne-biewald/)
- [Shaminder Puri](https://water-future.org/our_team/shaminder-puri/)
- [Corentin Girard](https://water-future.org/our_team/corentin-girard/)
- [Rafael Ziegler](https://water-future.org/our_team/rafael-ziegler/)
- [James Dalton](https://water-future.org/our_team/james-dalton/)
- [C. Dionisio Pérez-Blanco](https://water-future.org/our_team/c-dionisio-perez-blanco/)
- [Ted I.E. Veldkamp](https://water-future.org/our_team/ted-i-e-veldkamp/)
- [Alex Mayer](https://water-future.org/our_team/alex-mayer/)
- [Yanhui Wang](https://water-future.org/our_team/yanhui-wang/)
- [Theresa Selfa](https://water-future.org/our_team/theresa-selfa/)
- [Kai Schwärzel](https://water-future.org/our_team/kai-schwarzel/)
- [Diana Cordoba](https://water-future.org/our_team/diana-cordoba/)
- [Alvar Escriva-Bou](https://water-future.org/our_team/alvar-escriva-bou/)
- [David Adamson](https://water-future.org/our_team/david-adamson/)
- [Dolores Rey](https://water-future.org/our_team/dolores-rey/)
- [Nina Graveline](https://water-future.org/our_team/nina-graveline/)
- [Adam Loch](https://water-future.org/our_team/adam-loch/)
- [Robert Manson](https://water-future.org/our_team/robert-manson/)
- [Julia Martinez-Ortega](https://water-future.org/our_team/julia-martinez-ortega/)
- [Christof Schneider](https://water-future.org/our_team/christof-schneider/)
- [Kris van Looy](https://water-future.org/our_team/kris-van-looy/)
- [Shannan Crow](https://water-future.org/our_team/shannan-crow/)
- [Ian Harrison](https://water-future.org/our_team/ian-harrison/)
- [Yoshihide Wada](https://water-future.org/our_team/yoshihide-wada/)
- [Carmel Pollino](https://water-future.org/our_team/carmel-pollino/)
- [Pete McIntyre](https://water-future.org/our_team/pete-mcintyre/)
- [Pamela Green](https://water-future.org/our_team/pamela-green/)
- [Martina Flörke](https://water-future.org/our_team/martina-florke/)
- [Jie Liu](https://water-future.org/our_team/jie-liu/)
- [Claudia Pahl-Wostl](https://water-future.org/our_team/claudia-pahl-wostl/)
- [Eren Turak](https://water-future.org/our_team/eren-turak/)
- [Petra Döll](https://water-future.org/our_team/petra-doll/)
- [Vanessa Reis](https://water-future.org/our_team/vanessa-reis/)
- [Vanessa Bremerich](https://water-future.org/our_team/vanessa-bremerich/)
- [Nina Elder](https://water-future.org/our_team/nina-elder/)
- [Jason Kelly](https://water-future.org/our_team/jason-kelly/)
- [James "Jai" Syvitski](https://water-future.org/our_team/james-syvitski/)
- [Gaia Vince](https://water-future.org/our_team/gaia-vince/)
- [Philip Scarpino](https://water-future.org/our_team/philip-scarpino/)
- [Fiona McDonald](https://water-future.org/our_team/fiona-mcdonald/)
- [Mark Kesling](https://water-future.org/our_team/mark-kesling/)
- [Aaron Cooke](https://water-future.org/our_team/aaron-cooke/)
- [Ninad Bondre](https://water-future.org/our_team/ninad_bondre/)
- [Stefan Hagemann](https://water-future.org/our_team/stefan-hagemann/)
- [Kevin Hiscock](https://water-future.org/our_team/kevin-hiscock/)
- [Tom Gleeson](https://water-future.org/our_team/tom-gleeson/)
- [Dieter Gerten](https://water-future.org/our_team/dieter-gerten/)
- [Lammert Hilaridis](https://water-future.org/our_team/lammert-hilaridis/)
- [Stuart Bunn](https://water-future.org/our_team/stuart-bunn/)
- [Charles Vörösmarty](https://water-future.org/our_team/charles-vorosmarty/)
- [Beatrice Mosello](https://water-future.org/our_team/beatrice-mosello/)
- [Aaron Aduna](https://water-future.org/our_team/aaron-aduna/)
- [Gimbage Mbeyale](https://water-future.org/our_team/gimbage-mbeyale/)
- [Rebecca Welling](https://water-future.org/our_team/rebecca-welling/)
- [Michael Campana](https://water-future.org/our_team/michael-campana/)
- [Simon Meisch](https://water-future.org/our_team/simon-meisch/)
- [Marie-Hélène Parizeau](https://water-future.org/our_team/marie-helene-parizeau/)
- [Darlene Sanderson](https://water-future.org/our_team/darlene-sanderson/)
- [Susan Smith](https://water-future.org/our_team/susan-smith/)
- [Glenn Schrader](https://water-future.org/our_team/glenn-schrader/)
- [Xiao Yun Zheng](https://water-future.org/our_team/xiao-yun-zheng/)
- [David Benson](https://water-future.org/our_team/david-benson/)
- [Luna Bharati](https://water-future.org/our_team/luna-bharati/)
- [Livia Bizikova](https://water-future.org/our_team/livia-bizikova/)
- [Gisela Böhm](https://water-future.org/our_team/gisela-bohm/)
- [Pietro Ceccato](https://water-future.org/our_team/pietro-ceccato/)
- [Philipp De Vrese](https://water-future.org/our_team/philipp-de-vrese/)
- [Siegfried Demuth](https://water-future.org/our_team/siegfried-demuth/)
- [Simon Gosling](https://water-future.org/our_team/simon-gosling/)
- [Hermann Lotze-Campen](https://water-future.org/our_team/hermann-lotze-campen/)
- [Justin Sheffield](https://water-future.org/our_team/justin-sheffield/)
- [Alex Smajgl](https://water-future.org/our_team/alex-smajgl/)
- [Tobias Stacke](https://water-future.org/our_team/tobias-stacke/)
- [Karl Halvor Teigen](https://water-future.org/our_team/karl-halvor-teigen/)
- [Maciej Zalewski](https://water-future.org/our_team/maciej-zalewski/)
- [Dirk Weichgrebe](https://water-future.org/our_team/dirk-weichgrebe/)
- [Roger Sayre](https://water-future.org/our_team/roger-sayre/)
- [Aaike De Wever](https://water-future.org/our_team/aaike-de-wever/)
- [Jörg Freyhof](https://water-future.org/our_team/jorg-freyhof/)
- [Sonja Jähnig](https://water-future.org/our_team/sonja-jahnig/)
- [Bernhard Lehner](https://water-future.org/our_team/bernhard-lehner/)
- [Simon Linke](https://water-future.org/our_team/simon-linke/)
- [Janos J. Bogardi](https://water-future.org/our_team/janos-j-bogardi/)

## Working Groups

- [Climate Impacts on Global Mountain Water Security](https://water-future.org/working_groups/climate-impacts-on-global-mountain-water-security/)
- [Water and Health Working Group](https://water-future.org/working_groups/water-and-health-working-group/) - Providing effective and lasting water supply and sanitation services that support human health requires an integrated approach that looks within and beyond the broad water sector. Within the water sector, consumptive and non-consumptive uses of water both draw from and pollute freshwater resources. Efforts in water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) often remain isolated from
- [Rivers, Flows and People Working Group](https://water-future.org/working_groups/rivers-flows-people/) - Rivers are both social and ecological systems important for the wellbeing of millions of people, cities and repositories of precious natural capital and biodiversity. Knowledge of human dependencies on environmental flows is poor. In response, the working group will bring together natural scientists with experience in environmental flow assessment and social scientists studying the relationships
- [Memory, Place and Community in Global Water Systems Working Group](https://water-future.org/working_groups/memory-place-community-global-water-systems-working-group/) - Memory, Place, and Community in Global Water Systems will implement the first phases of the Museum of the Anthropocene (a project of the Rivers of the Anthropocene network) which creates experimental and interactive experiences that transform knowledge, attitudes, practices, and values about water and related global environmental systems. This group will create a series of
- [Economic Instruments of Water Security Working Group](https://water-future.org/working_groups/econ-instruments-water-security-wg/) - The Working Group (WG) will build ex-ante and ex-post evidence on the environmental and socio-economic performance of emerging strategies for enhancing water security[1], and inform decision makers on the costs, benefits and trade-offs of water reform. A strong emphasis will be placed on understanding the challenges and opportunities for developing cost-effective nature-based solutions and economic
- [Freshwater Biodiversity Working Group](https://water-future.org/working_groups/freshwater-biodiversity-working-group/) - The loss of biodiversity through species extinctions and severe alteration of ecological communities is a major global issue and is particularly acute in freshwater systems, where the loss of biodiversity represents a disproportionate amount of global species losses. The causes of species becoming vulnerable to extinction and ultimately extinct are numerous, however they frequently involve
- [Sustainable Water-Energy-Food Nexus Working Group](https://water-future.org/working_groups/sustainable-w-e-f-nexus-working-group/) - In a carbon constrained future, with more regular El Nino drying events and a growing population, sufficient food will need to be secured with optimal water and energy use. Currently, the rising costs for direct and indirect energy is affecting the ability to deliver secure and efficient water supplies and economically viable food production. Direct
- [Water Governance Core Group](https://water-future.org/working_groups/water-governance-core-group/) - Prevailing water governance systems do not meet the challenges posed by complex water management problems, by increasing resource scarcity and by highly dynamic and uncertain conditions. Changes in water governance are needed. However, simplistic recipes have proven to be inappropriate and even detrimental to inform and guide water governance reform. Recent research provides insights on
- [Water Ethics Working Group](https://water-future.org/working_groups/water-ethics-working-group/) - The ethics of water use includes both descriptive analysis to render tacit values explicit, as well as normative analysis prescribing what the ethical norms should be. Ethics can also drive innovation and creative solutions by establishing design parameters. For example, maintaining nature’s share of river flows is critical for long term water quality and security,
- [Data and Earth Observation Core Group](https://water-future.org/working_groups/data-and-earth-observation-core-group/) - The SWFP (Water Future) Data Committee will provide an advisory service on the data, products and information systems needed to undertake the SWFP research programme. This will involve interacting with various SWFP working groups and networks to assess data needs; providing guidance on data system support, and undertaking research and studies to ensure SWFP can have
- [Water Quality Working Group](https://water-future.org/working_groups/water-quality-working-group/) - Further information to come.
- [Groundwater Management Working Group](https://water-future.org/working_groups/groundwater-management/) - The Working Group on Groundwater Management forms a consortium of inter-disciplinary partners with background in research, capacity development, collaboration and implementation related to surface and groundwater development and management, constituting the strongest and first ever globally established team to confront explicitly the contemporary challenges of groundwater development. It is based on the cooperation of scientists
- [SDG Assessment Core Group](https://water-future.org/working_groups/sdg-assessment-core-group/) - The group members cover a broad spectrum of competences (from hydrologic modelling, to climate sciences, economics, governance, decision science, psychology) and have in common an active involvement in sustainability science, transdisciplinary contributions to novel approaches and high-level publications in the field. The past and ongoing activities of the members include vegetation and hydrology modelling, perception of uncertainty, integrated assessment, and
- [Urban Water Systems Working Group](https://water-future.org/working_groups/urban-water-systems-working-group/) - Sustainable development goal number six in the area of water and sanitation is a very large challenge that represents a broad range of complexities. The urban water cycle functions in totality with complex feedback mechanisms and interrelations in which the human system plays a prominent role. Policy and decision making in silos should give way

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- [Applications Open for TERRA+ School 2026 on Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research](https://water-future.org/news/applications-open-for-terra-school-2026-on-transdisciplinary-sustainability-research/) - The Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) and the Future Earth Japan Global Secretariat Hub have announced the call for participants for the 2026 TERRA+ School (Transdisciplinarity for Early careeR Researchers in Asia+ School), a leading international training program focused on transdisciplinary sustainability research. The TERRA+ School is a short-term intensive course designed to
- [Water Future Collaborates in New Future Earth Cross-Cutting Initiative to Improve Water Prediction and Governance in Mountain Regions](https://water-future.org/news/water-future-collaborates-in-new-future-earth-cross-cutting-initiative-to-improve-water-prediction-and-governance-in-mountain-regions/) - The Sustainable Water Future Programme is collaborating in a major new Future Earth cross-cutting initiative aimed at improving water resources prediction and governance in some of the world’s most climate-sensitive mountain regions. The initiative, titled “A Transdisciplinary Approach to Improve Water Resources Prediction in Complex Mountain Regions (TD-MH)”, brings together leading global networks including iLEAPS,
- [Water Future Leads Future Earth Cross-Cutting Initiative to Unlock Investment Pathways for Sustainable and Resilient Agroecosystems in Asia](https://water-future.org/news/water-future-leads-future-earth-cross-cutting-initiative-to-unlock-investment-pathways-for-sustainable-and-resilient-agroecosystems-in-asia/) - The Sustainable Water Future Programme is leading a major cross-cutting initiative under Future Earth Asia focused on developing solution-oriented approaches to identify and unlock investment opportunities for sustainable and resilient agroecosystems across Asia and the Pacific. The initiative brings together regional scientific networks and interdisciplinary experts to address one of Asia’s most pressing sustainability challenges:
- [UNESCO Releases New Science-Based Water Assessment Guidelines for Sustainable Water Management](https://water-future.org/news/unesco-releases-new-science-based-water-assessment-guidelines-for-sustainable-water-management/) - UNESCO releases new science-based water assessment guidelines to support sustainable water management and evidence-based water governance.
- [Science to accelerate the implementation of SDG6](https://water-future.org/news/science-for-sdg6/) - Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO and the Sustainable Water Future program of Future Earth, hosted at Griffith University, developed a joint action plan: “Science for SDG6: Science to accelerate the implementation of SDG6″ in 2022. This action plan focused on the role that 21st Century Science can play in addressing the gaps in SDG
- [UNESCO and Water Future propose a game-changing idea for discussion in the upcoming UN Water Conference](https://water-future.org/news/game-changer_un_conference/) - UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (UNESCO-IHP) and Future Earth's Sustainable Water Future Programme (SWFP), along with other UN agencies and the scientific community, proposed a game-changing idea of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Water Sustainability (ISPWAS). The proposed idea was developed and elaborated to contribute to the upcoming UN 2023 Water Conference, held between the 22
- [Blended green-gray approaches offer a pathway to future global water security](https://water-future.org/news/green-gray/) - Sustainable development demands reliable water resources, yet traditional water management has broadly failed to avoid environmental degradation and contain infrastructure costs. A recent publication in Global Environmental change by a group of researchers led by Charles Vörösmarty present the global-scale feasibility of combining natural capital with engineering-based (green-gray) approaches to meet water security threats over the
- [Bengaluru Water Solutions Lab](https://water-future.org/news/wsl/) - “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all” is the 6th out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the UN General Assembly as a part of Agenda 2030. SGD6 also forms the basis of achieving other SDGs such as “Zero Hunger”, “Good Health and Well-Being”, “Gender Equality”, “Sustainable Cities
- [Bengaluru – Budapest  Science Action Plan towards  Sustainable Water Futures](https://water-future.org/news/the-bengaluru-budapest-science-action-plan/) - Science and technology must make a leap in understanding—and then responding to—the constantly changing water system and close this information gap. To ensure sustainable water futures require partnerships across academia, governments, UN and other intergovernmental, development organizations, civil society and the business sector. The realities of current water challenges motivate the international water science and
- [GLOBAL LAKE ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME (GLAP) LAUNCHED AT BUDAPEST WATER SUMMIT](https://water-future.org/news/glp/) - “A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful feature. It is the earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.” ……Henry David Thoreau Lakes emerged as a major topic within the activities of the Sustainable Water Future Programme (Water Future) with the launching of its Global Lake Assessment
- [Water Future International Conference: September 24 - 27, 2019 in Bengaluru, India](https://water-future.org/news/water_future_conference/) - To “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all” (Sustainable Development Goal 6) without leaving anyone behind requires partnerships across academia, governments, intergovernmental, development organisations, foundations, and the private sector. To support this through integrating research, stimulating innovation, and building capacity, the Sustainable Water Future Programme (Water Future) of Future Earth is organizing
- [Global Water Futures holds its Second Annual Open Science Meeting 2019](https://water-future.org/news/water_future_conference-2/) - Much of the world’s population is dependent on water from cold regions, which are at the forefront of global warming and undergoing rapid change and an increase in the occurrence of extreme events. Finding solutions for how to best forecast, prepare for, and manage water futures in the face of dramatically increasing risk is a
- [AFRICA2030WATERSECURE- CAPACITY GAPS AND NEEDS FOR WATER SECURITY](https://water-future.org/news/africa2030watersecure-capacity-gaps-and-needs-for-water-security/) - On 22 June 2018, UNU-INWEH’s ‘Water and Climate Dialogue Series’ organised a one day workshop to jointly map the ‘Africa2030WaterSecure Capacity Gaps and Needs for Water Security’. The collaborative event was organised jointly with McMaster University, ACARE (African Center for Aquatic Research and Education) and Sustainable Water Future Programme of the Future Earth. Africa2030WaterSecure stemmed from 2030WaterSecure, a global and joint initiative of
- [The Brisbane Declaration and Global Action Agenda on Environmental Flows (2018)](https://water-future.org/news/brisbanedeclaration/) - The 20th International Riversymposium and Environmental Flows Conference held in Brisbane in 2017 was an opportune time to revisit the Brisbane Declaration on Environmental Flows (2007). A six-month consultation process with colleagues and delegates before, during and after the 2017 Riversymposium produced a renewed declaration and action agenda. This has been published in Frontiers in Environmental
- [Workshop In Turkey on Water Management and Ecosystem Services](https://water-future.org/news/workshop-in-turkey-on-water-management-and-ecosystem-services/) - The “Water Management and Ecosystem Services” Workshop was organized on 10-11 May 2018 in Ankara. More than 100 participants from nearly 60 institutions including public authorities, the private sector, universities, municipalities and non-governmental organizations attended the workshop. The workshop focused on ecosystem services as a management tool in water management. During the working group session, main water-related problems in
- [Water Future Nexus  Group in High level Panel Discussions during the World Water Forum](https://water-future.org/news/water-future-becomes-a-member-of-australian-water-partnership-2/) - Co-Chair of Water Future's W-E-F Nexus Group Rabi Mohtar will be involved in several High-level Panel discussions on W-E-F issues during the World Water Forum in Brasil. High-Level Panel - WEF Nexus and SDGs Monday 19th at 14.00 hrs Particpants-Henk Ovink, Special Envoy of Wter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Brazilian Minister of Gilberto Kassab,
- [8th World Water Forum- World’s biggest water-related event - Two more days to Go!](https://water-future.org/news/wwf-program/) - The World Water Forum organised by World Water Council is the world’s biggest water-related event. Its mission is “to promote awareness, build political commitment and trigger action on critical water issues at all levels, to facilitate the efficient conservation, protection, development, planning, management and use of water in all its dimensions on an environmentally sustainable
- [Water Future becomes a member of Australian Water Partnership](https://water-future.org/news/water-future-becomes-a-member-of-australian-water-partnership/) - Water Future has signed an MOU with Australian Water Partnership recently to enhance the sustainable management of water resources in the Indo-Pacific region, in turn supporting inclusive economic development, improvements to water security for all, and reductions in environmental and social impacts and regional tensions. Australian Water Partnership
- [Conference Report:  Water Security and Climate Change 18-21 September 2017 Cologne Germany](https://water-future.org/news/report-cologne-report/) - International Symposium in Cologne adopts declaration on water security and climate change Strengthening universities as local actors, knowledge resources, and intermediaries As a result of their international symposium on water security and climate change at the TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences 200 researchers from around 45 countries have adopted the ‘Cologne Declaration
- [New Publication: Rivers of the Anthropocene](https://water-future.org/news/roa-book/) - The IUPUI Arts & Humanities Institute and the Rivers of the Anthropocene project is proud to announce the publication of Rivers of the Anthropocene. Published by University of California Press. Rivers of the Anthropocene is available in print and also as an open access publication. This exciting volume presents the work and research of the Rivers of the Anthropocene Network, an international collaborative
- [Report: 2nd Urban Water-Energy-Food (W-E-F) Nexus Workshop, 3-4 October 2017, India](https://water-future.org/news/2ndworkshop-report-india/) - Feasibility study for pilot projects The “2nd Urban Water-Energy-Food (W-E-F) Nexus Workshop” was held on 4th October 2017 at the German House, Delhi, preceded by a networking dinner at Lalit Hotel on 3rd October. This workshop was a follow-up of the first W-E-F Nexus workshop at IIT Madras, Chennai in March 2017. These workshops are part
- [An Anthropocene Primer: Version 1.0 An Open Access, Open Peer Review Publication Launched 23 October 2017](https://water-future.org/news/aap/) - The IUPUI Arts & Humanities Institute and the Rivers of the Anthropocene project is proud to announce the official launch of An Anthropocene Primer, Version 1.0. An Anthropocene Primer is an innovative open access, open peer review publication that guides learners through the complex concepts and debates related to the Anthropocene, including climate change, pollution, and environmental justice. This born-digital publication (www.anthropoceneprimer.org)
- [Report from: XVI World Water Congress Special Session:  Cancun Mexico 2017](https://water-future.org/news/report-cancun-specialsession/) - Main Conclusions and Outcomes from the IWRA 2017 Session on “Sustainable watersheds: Emerging economic instruments and finance for water security” - Good monitoring, choice of models, clear policy objectives and impact investment ... the right instrument for the right objective - On Friday 2nd of June 2017, the Economic and Finance Instruments for Water Security
- [Call for Papers: Special Issue in Water Resources and Economics Journal](https://water-future.org/news/special-issue-cancun/) - During the recent World Water Congress held in Mexico, (29 May-3 June 2017), the Economic Instruments of Water Security Working Group organised two special sessions. These were: Sustainable watersheds: emerging economic and financial instruments for water security; and Charges vs. buyback: who pays for water ecosystems restoration? Both special sessions spurred discussion around the three
- [Workshop Report: “Water Challenges and Solutions in India with a focus on Urban Water" 31 July – 1 August 2017 Bangalore India](https://water-future.org/news/workshop-report-bangalore/) - The Divecha Centre hosted a workshop on “Water Challenges and Solutions in India, with focus on Urban Water”, in collaboration with Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research in IISc and the Sustainable Water Future Programme (Water Future) of Future Earth. The main goal of the workshop was to seek wide-ranging inputs on water challenges and solutions, as a
- [COMPASS: A Water Future Initiative - Navigating the Water Challenges of the 21st Century](https://water-future.org/news/compass/) - On-Demand State of the Art Comprehensive Assessment of Water Resource Systems Background Today, there is no dearth of scientific water research, however, there is also no formal compendium of integrated and distilled knowledge that would allow member states, and different stakeholders to rally around water issues, as they have around climate (i.e. IPCC). A comprehensive
- [Highlights: Water Futures - Asia Pacific Knowledge Exchange & Transdisciplinary Laboratory, Melbourne Australia](https://water-future.org/news/highlights-water-futures/) - The Water Futures conference in Melbourne Feb. 23-25, brought together artists and scientists to inspire the growth of new ideas and actions. It opened with a “Welcome to Country” from Aunty Carolyn Briggs, speaking on behalf of the First Peoples on whose territory the conference was taking place. Water is constantly moving yet it is
- [Urgent action needed to protect the world’s wetlands](https://water-future.org/news/wetlands-protection/) - The Freshwater Biodiversity Working Group members have highlighted the urgent need for more effective conservation measures in a world-first assessment of global wetlands and the increasing pressures they face. A study led by scientists at Griffith University's Australian Rivers Institute in collaboration with scientists from Canada, Spain and the USA has provided a consistent global portrait
- [Vacancies: 7 Faculty Positions with Global Water Futures, Canada](https://water-future.org/news/vacancy-gwf-faculty7/) - To enhance the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) and Canada's capability to deliver transformative science in Water Security, the Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan invites applications from outstanding researchers for tenure-track or tenured positions, as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor effective from 1st September 2017. Positions are available in the
- [Is It Timely Now To Produce A Comprehensive Water Assessment?](https://water-future.org/news/timely-comprehensive-water-assessment/) - Today, there is no dearth of scientific water research, however there is also no formal compendium of integrated and distilled knowledge that would allow member states, and different stakeholders to rally around water issues, as they have around climate (i.e. IPCC). A comprehensive global water assessment through the synthesis of Global Freshwater-Related Knowledge - will
- [Vacancy: Intern Position - Water Future](https://water-future.org/news/vacancy-intern-position/) - Overview An exciting opportunity exists for an intern to work closely with the Water Future International Secretariat for up to three (3) months. As the project work may be undertaken online, this position is not limited by geographic boundaries. What is Water Future? The Sustainable Water Future Programme (Water Future) is a global water program
- [Vacancies: 15 Postdoctoral Positions – Core Modelling & Forecasting Team with Global Water Futures, Canada](https://water-future.org/news/vacancy-postdoc-gwf/) - Global Water Futures (GWF) is a transformative pan-Canadian research programme, led by the University of Saskatchewan (U of S), which aims to place Canada as a global leader in water science for the world’s cold regions and to address the strategic needs of the Canadian economy in adapting to change and managing the risks of
- [Water It's Not A Privilege: World Water Day with the World Science Festival, 2017 Brisbane Australia](https://water-future.org/news/world-water-day/) - World Water Day – the 22nd of March, is designed as an action-day, to learn and recognise that not everyone has access to clean, safe water. In fact, over 600 million of us do not! In helping us to understand this and potentially reduce this global crisis, one of the most celebrated annual science festivals, the
- [Sharing Water: World Water Forum 2018 Brazil](https://water-future.org/news/sharing-water-brazil/) - The World Water Forum organised by World Water Council is the world’s biggest water-related event. Its mission is “to promote awareness, build political commitment and trigger action on critical water issues at all levels, to facilitate the efficient conservation, protection, development, planning, management and use of water in all its dimensions on an environmentally sustainable
- [Workshop Report: “Water Assessments: Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Mapping W-E-F Stressors" - 12 to 13 January 2017 Maryland, USA](https://water-future.org/news/workshop-report-maryland/) - On January 12 and 13, 2017 the Sustainable Water Future Programme (SWFP) and the Future Earth Water-Energy-Food (W-E-F) Nexus Sustainability Cluster project hosted a workshop titled “Water Assessments: Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Mapping W-E-F Stressors” at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Center for Weather and Climate Prediction at the University of Maryland in College
- [Workshop Report: “Urban Water-Energy-Food Nexus Workshop" - 15 to 17 March 2017 Chennai, India](https://water-future.org/news/highlights-chennai-workshop/) - Prof. Jörg E. Drewes and Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar, Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich (TUM), in cooperation with the Indo-German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS), Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) and the Sustainable Water Future Programme of Future Earth, organized the “Urban Water-Energy-Food Nexus Workshop” on 15-17 March 2017 in Chennai,
- [Vacancy: PhD Research Position - The Institute for Environmental Systems Research (IUSF)](https://water-future.org/news/vacancy-phd-research-position-the-institute-for-environmental-systems-research-iusf/) - The Institute for Environmental Systems Research (IUSF) of the University of Osnabrück has an opening for a PhD Research Position (salary scale 13 TV-L, 65%) for the duration of three years, starting 01.06.2017. The position is embedded in a 3-year research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF): Erhöhung der STEuerungskompetenz zur ERreichung der Ziele eine
- [Water Future Supports Future Earth Statement on International Science](https://water-future.org/news/future-earth-statement/) - Future Earth recently published a statement affirming commitment to supporting international collaboration together with the free movement of scientists and the flow of data, information and knowledge for global sustainability. As a part of Future Earth, we at Water Future are supportive of the Future Earth Statement. Further Information: Future Earth says scientific research integrity at
- [UNESCO has launched: The Water Information Network System (WINS)](https://water-future.org/news/ihp-wins/) - Launched on 31st January 2017, The Water Information Network System (WINS) is an initiative developed by UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme (IHP). IHP-WINS is a web-based, open source interactive database tool for water management. It is envisaged that it will provide a global reference and assist in the monitoring and implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) in
- [Drawing Water: a cross-cultural, cross-institutional collaborative art project](https://water-future.org/news/drawing-water-a-cross-cultural-cross-institutional-collaborative-art-project/) - An excerpt ... "Circulation" written by Prof. Hirotoshi Sakaguchi (Translation: Sachiko Suzuki) As the Tokyo workshop phase of the Drawing Water project drew closer, three typhoons struck Japan. This was an unusual weather pattern. Due to the earth’s rotation, typhoons rotate clockwise in the southern hemisphere, and counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere. Typhoons circulate water
- [Budapest Water Summit: A step forward in planning for SDG6 implementation](https://water-future.org/news/budapest-water-summit-a-step-forward-in-planning-for-sdg6-implementation/) - Water is not only the most critical natural asset, but is also an enabler and an inter-connector. These are two of the five main Messages highlighted at the 2016 Budapest Water Summit, introduced by Professor András Szöllősi-Nagy, Chair of the Water Future programme, on the last day of the conference. The closing document also addressed that
- [Report on the Science and Technology Forum: Budapest Water Summit 2016](https://water-future.org/news/report-on-the-science-and-technology-forum-budapest-water-summit-2016/) - The following is the report of the Science-Technology Forum sessions that took place during the Budapest Water Summit 2016, and was convened by the Sustainable Water Future Programme, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg and the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. --- “To live like a fish in the
- [Highlights from the Workshop: “The Water-Energy-Food Nexus and its linkages to the implementation of the SDGs”](https://water-future.org/news/highlights-from-the-workshop-the-water-energy-food-nexus-and-its-linkages-to-the-implementation-of-the-sdgs/) - On November 21-23, 2016, the Future Earth/Sustainable Water Future Programme (SWFP) Water-Energy-Food Cluster Project, the South African Water Research Commission, the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and the SWFP sponsored the fourth (of four) regional workshop for the W-E-F Nexus Cluster study. The workshop, which focused on the W-E-F Nexus and its links to the implementation of
- [Side Event Report: Budapest Water Summit 2016](https://water-future.org/news/report-from-budapest-water-summit-2016-side-event/) - During the Budapest Water Summit, Sustainable Water Future programme organised a side event to introduce the Programme and its key initiatives of the programme along with its global partners –IWMI, IIASA. Professor András Szöllősi-Nagy, Chair of the Planning Committee of Sustainable Water Future Programme gave an introduction of the programme and pointed out how the
- [Early Career Scientists Meeting on W-E-F Nexus at Trier University, Germany](https://water-future.org/news/early-career-scientists-meeting/) - In early October an inspiring Academy was held at Trier University on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus and its implications for Governance. Organized by Antje Bruns (Trier University), Claudia Pahl-Wostl (Osnabrück University) and Anik Bhaduri (Water Future) the Academy followed a twofold objective: strengthen and stimulate scientific inquiry on the Nexus as well as capacity building and network formation. In
- [Working Groups to Drive Key Initiatives](https://water-future.org/news/working-groups/) - Nine working groups of the Water Future programme have been formed recently to drive the key initiatives of the programme. These working groups were selected competitively from a large number of applications received worldwide. The Working Groups are expected to develop research strategies and activities in accordance with the programme’s agenda on many topics ranging from Groundwater

## Events

- [SRI Congress Continues to Advance Global Sustainability Science and Action](https://water-future.org/events/sri-congress-continues-to-advance-global-sustainability-science-and-action/) - The Sustainability Research and Innovation (SRI) Congress continues to serve as one of the world’s leading platforms connecting sustainability science, innovation, policy, and societal transformation. Convened through international collaboration among sustainability networks, scientific institutions, and global partners, the SRI Congress brings together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, funders, Indigenous knowledge holders, civil society organisations, and innovators from
- [Science Council of Asia Conference Highlights Regional Collaboration on Sustainability and Resilience](https://water-future.org/events/science-council-of-asia-conference-highlights-regional-collaboration-on-sustainability-and-resilience/) - The Sustainable Water Future Programme is pleased to highlight the continued importance of the Science Council of Asia (SCA) Conference as a major regional platform advancing scientific cooperation, sustainability dialogue, and transdisciplinary collaboration across Asia. The Science Council of Asia brings together national science academies, researchers, policymakers, and regional institutions to address critical challenges facing
- [Water Future and UNESCO supporting an important side event at UN Water Conference 2023](https://water-future.org/events/relay-marathon-_west-pacific-2-2/) - A side event on the Science-Based Global Water Assessment Mechanism will take place at UN General Assembly during the 2023 UN Water Conference in New York. On 24th March. The side event is organised by the Republic of Korea, and supported by Austria, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Mexico, Senegal, Tajikistan, and Uganda, and supported
- [New York City Water Week Event: The SDG 6 Research and Innovation Marathon Relay](https://water-future.org/events/relay-marathon-_west-pacific-2/) - This event will take place over a 24-hour period from March 20th through the 21st, 2023. The relay will start at the ASRC and end at The Roosevelt House, NY. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals serve as the blueprint for advancing human well-being while preserving the environment. One of the main problems in achieving SDG6 on water
- [Global Research and Innovation Priorities to Achieve SDG6:Global Marathon](https://water-future.org/events/relay-marathon-_west-pacific/) - The University Marathon is a global event which involves academic & non-academic groups to discuss water related research and innovation. BACKGROUND During the week of the 2023 UN Water Conference and on 2023 World Water day, an international event will be staged as an online relay marathon. The focus will be on the research and
- [World Water Day 2021 – Valuing Water](https://water-future.org/events/world-water-day-2021/) - Source UN-Water: On 22 March 2021, World Water Day will be celebrated and raises awareness of the global water crisis, and support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. The theme of this year World Water Day 2021 is valuing water. "The value of water is
- [Valuing Water: Bonn Water Network celebrates World Water Day 2021  with launch of Handbook of Water Resources Management and  round table discussion](https://water-future.org/events/world-water-day-bonn-2021-2/) - The Bonn Water Network is organising a virtual event on the occasion of (and one day after the actual) World Water Day 2021 on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 5:00- 6:30 pm (CET) Please register via zoom here: https://uni-bonn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1Le-D_2uSy2gGMTVFBgNOQ World Water Day 2021: Valuing Water World Water Day became a UN observance day in 1993.
- [Water Governance Webinar](https://water-future.org/events/water-governance-webinar01/) - Enhancing the water governance capacity for SDG 6 implementation 24th March 8 am ( UTC) Professor Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Osnabrück University Register The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been promoted by the UN in 2015 as setting the global agenda for a transformation towards sustainability in both developed and developing countries. The SDGs are formulated as
- [UNESCO-Water Future First Episode of Public Discussion Series: Water Security in the age of COVID-19](https://water-future.org/events/unesco-water-future-webinar/) - The coronavirus pandemic is disrupting every facet of human life in 212 Countries and Territories around the world. Although water could be, a transport medium of the virus, it is also a key element in mitigating the crisis. However, with billions of people around the world lacking access to clean and safe water along with
- [Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2021 12-15 June, 2021 – Brisbane, Australia](https://water-future.org/events/unesco-water-future-webinar-2/) - The Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2021 (SRI2021) is the world’s first transdisciplinary gathering in sustainability – it will be a space of fierce advocacy for sustainability scholarship and innovation, collaboration and action. This is an annual event that unites global leaders, experts, industry and innovators to inspire action and promote a sustainability transformation. DISCOVER MORE Australia,
- [Water Security  and Climate Change  Conference  28- 30th October Mexico](https://water-future.org/events/join-us-from-water-heritage-and-to-water-consciousness-2-2-2/) - Scientists, policymakers and stakeholders from various sectors discuss the diverse facets of water security and its relation to climate variability and change. The availability of water affects many of mankind’s social and economic actions and is an essential component of ecosystems. Hence, water security is one of the major challenges faced by society today, on
- [Budapest Water Summit  October 2019](https://water-future.org/events/join-us-from-water-heritage-and-to-water-consciousness-2-2/) - The Budapest Water Summit is organized for the third time by the Hungarian Government and is under the patronage of President of the Republic of Hungary, H.E. Mr János Áder. This year's BWS 2019 draws attention to the urgency of tackling the challenges of the emerging water crises, also reflected in the motto of
- [World Water Forum Session -From water heritage and to water consciousness](https://water-future.org/events/join-us-from-water-heritage-and-to-water-consciousness/) - Session 7.c.3 : 22nd March 11:00 - 12:30pm Room #23 Theme -Sharing Water heritage can connect us to traditional values and ethics, while also inspiring new technological and institutional innovations to address contemporary water challenges in ways that also enrich cultural and place-based identities. This session will highlight recent and ongoing best practices, such as integrating
- [World Water Forum Session -Implementing natural and engineered solutions – the need for innovative financing](https://water-future.org/events/join-us-from-water-heritage-and-to-water-consciousness-2/) - Session 5.b.2 : 20th March 16:30 - 18:00pm Room #29 Theme -Ecosystem DESCRIPTION Innovative financing based on integrated economic models is needed to implement the right mix of natural and engineering solutions to improve water availability, access and sustainability. One challenge is the appropriate consideration of all co-benefits and costs in economic models from the
- [World Water Forum: Balancing water needs for humans and nature March 19, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM](https://water-future.org/events/world-water-forum-balancing-water-needs-for-humans-and-nature-march-19-430-pm-600-pm/) - Balancing the water needs for humans and nature poses a major challenge for society, requiring improvements in water use efficiency, and the recognition that environment has its own legitimate water needs. Restoration of hydrological connectivity and the identification and provision of environmental flows for river and wetland systems are fundamentally important to protect aquatic biodiversity
- [JOIN US-World Water Forum Session 6.a.1 - Financing the ecosystems services dynamics](https://water-future.org/events/session-6-a-1-financing-the-ecosystems-services-dynamics/) - Session 6.a.1 : 19th March 16:30 - 18:00pm Room #25 Theme -Finance Payment for Ecosystem Services mechanism is already included in several legislations with a variety of financial incentives combined with environmental regulation. On the other hand, collaborative multi-community actions for biophysical basin preservation is undergoing in some developing countries based on traditional knowledge. Both approaches
- [Join Us -World Water Forum- Hydro-climatic risk in land planning and management](https://water-future.org/events/join-us-world-water-forum-hydro-climatic-risk-in-land-planning-and-management/) - Session 1.a.2 : 20th March 9:00 - 10:30am Room #30 Theme -Climate Addressing hydro-climatic risks is unanimously recognized in international guidelines, and is based on the general principles of integrating public policies which impact water management across a region. The planning and management across a region can contribute to the prevention of hydro-climatic risks inherent in
- [World Water Forum: Special Session on Navigating the Water Challenges of the 21st Century with the help of Near Real-time Comprehensive Assessments: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Arena 6](https://water-future.org/events/world-water-forum-special-session-on-navigating-the-water-challenges-of-the-21st-century-with-the-help-of-near-real-time-comprehensive-assessments-1100-am-1230-pm-arena-6/) - The speed of global change and the future uncertainties are examples of faced issues that demand a new and dynamic way to manage the water resources worldwide. The recent global agreements (2030 Agenda, Paris Agreement, and so) establish a path that demands the political, institutional and technical integration so that the integrated management of water
- [American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting New Orleans 11-15 December 2017](https://water-future.org/events/agu-meet/) - We are inviting experts studying the Water-Energy-Food (W-E-F) to present their findings (oral papers and posters) at scientific session GC002 of the 2017 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. We are particularly keen to obtain perspectives gained from the INFEWS program and Future Earth’s W-E-F Nexus Cluster project. GC002 Session Description Natural scientists often highlight
- [Workshop: "Efficiency-Orientated Water Management-From Panaceas To Actual Solutions" Venice 12-13 October 2017](https://water-future.org/events/workshop-venice_oct2017/) - Coupled with human-induced climate change, increasing population and changing distributions of wealth and consumption boost competition for water and constrains supply for agriculture –the largest user and that concentrating the marginal uses of the resource (IPCC, 2014). In this scenario providing safe, secure and profitable food production while restoring/ensuring the good ecological status of water
- [2nd Workshop: Urban Water-Energy-Food (W-E-F) Nexus, 4 to 5 October 2017, India](https://water-future.org/events/2nd-workshop-india/) - In March 2017, the Technical University of Munich (TUM), in cooperation with the Indo-German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS), Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), held an “Urban Water-Energy-Food Nexus Workshop” in Chennai, India. The workshop was funded by a TUM Global Incentive Fund Grant and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). As a follow-up, a second Urban Water-Energy-Food
- [Special Session - 20th International Riversymposium, 19 September 2017, Brisbane Australia](https://water-future.org/events/special-session-riversymposium/) - The Sustainable Water Future Programme is a major partner of the 20th International Riversymposium and Environmental Flows Conference, which will be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, Australia, from the 18th-20th September 2017. Water Future will also be hosting one of the Special Sessions entitled "COMPASS: Navigating the Challenges of the 21st Century." COMPASS designed
- [Water Security and Climate Change Conference: 18-21 September 2017 Cologne Germany](https://water-future.org/events/water-security-and-climate-change-conference-18-21-september-2017/) - The renowned society of water experts will come together once more for the second international Water Security and Climate Change Conference, in Cologne Germany. Academics and practitioners from various sectors to discuss the diverse facets of water security in dynamic environments and its relation to climate variability and change. Achieving water security is one of the major challenges faced by
- [20th International Riversymposium: 18-20 September 2017 Brisbane Australia](https://water-future.org/events/riversymposium-2017/) - The Sustainable Water Future Programme is a major partner of the 20th International Riversymposium and Environmental Flows conference, which will be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, Australia, from the 18th-20th September 2017. This will mark ten years since the 10th International Riversymposium and Environmental Flows conference was held in Brisbane and it is
- [Water Quality: a new challenge for global scale modelling, 18-21 September 2017, The Netherlands](https://water-future.org/events/water-quality-netherlands/) - About The Workshop We are very excited to announce that we will be organising a workshop sponsored by the OECD’s Co-operative Research Programme on Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems (OECD-CRP) entitled “Water Quality: a new challenge for global scale modelling”. This workshop will take place in Wageningen from the 18th to the 21st of September 2017. The objective of the workshop
- [International Water Conference: 10-13 September 2017](https://water-future.org/events/int-water-conf/) - The Role of Water Technology Innovation in the Blue Economy 4th Water Research Conference In association with The International Water Association and The Water Institute – University of Waterloo Scope and Aims: Planet Earth faces increasingly imminent water resource scarcity challenges due to population growth, wealth accumulation, climate change and society’s increasing demand for cleaner
- [Workshop: Water Challenges and Solutions in India with a focus on Urban Water, 31 July - 1 August 2017](https://water-future.org/events/workshop-india/) - Water Solution Lab in India Currently, many water initiatives exist in India and address water challenges from multiple perspectives. Despite these various efforts, it is beyond any doubt that water related sustainable development requires further accelerated technological, social and institutional innovation. The increasing demand for the drastic reduction of environmental burdens and the footprints
- [World Water Week: Stockholm 27 August - 1 September 2017](https://water-future.org/events/world-water-week-stockholm/) - Theme: "Water and Waste - Reduce and Reuse" About World Water Week World Water Week is a gathering of scientists and policy makers, together with the private sector and civil society to network and potentially inspire the exchange of innovative ideas and collaborative action around water-related challenges. Events, sessions, lunches and coffee breaks are held in both
- [Workshop: Social and Ecohydrological Science Connections for Environmental Flows 20-23 June, Maryland USA](https://water-future.org/events/envflows-workshop/) - Rivers are lifelines for communities, centres of cultural and biological diversity, and stores of precious natural capital. As water insecurity and the pace of water infrastructure development intensifies, the flow needs of these socio-ecological systems have become a pivotal element of sustainable water resources management. Environmental Flows describes the quantity, timing and quality of water
- [XVI World Water Congress Special Session:  Cancun Mexico 29 May to 3 June 2017](https://water-future.org/events/cancun-special-session/) - Sustainable watersheds: emerging economic instruments for water security The XVIth World Water Congress “Bridging Science and Policy” to be held in Cancun, Mexico, is jointly organized by the International Water Resources Association (IWRA), the National Water Commission of Mexico (CONAGUA) and the National Association of Water and Sanitation Utilities (ANEAS). One of the special sessions
- [Workshop Update: "Anthropology of the Anthropocene: Structures, Theories, Practices" 17-20 May 2017 Indianapolis USA](https://water-future.org/events/aoa-workshop-update/) - "Anthropology of the Anthropocene: Structures, Theories, Practices" is designed to bring together anthropologists who have been tackling the sociocultural frameworks and experiences of the Anthropocene and to place these scholars in conversation with leading thinkers in policy, theory, philosophy, science, art, humanities, urban planning, and law. The goal is to tackle large multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary questions
- [Workshop: "Anthropology of the Anthropocene: Structures, Theories, Practices" 17-20 May 2017 Indianapolis USA](https://water-future.org/events/aoa-workshop/) - Applications are currently being sought from scholars (including PhD candidates) from across the disciplines to participate in the workshop Anthropology of the Anthropocene: Structures, Theories, Practices, which will take place at the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute (IAHI) on May 17-20, 2017. This workshop is supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation and Indiana University’s New Frontiers
- [World Water Day 22 March: World Science Festival Brisbane 2017](https://water-future.org/events/world-water-day-science-festival/) - Given over 600 million people are without access to a clean, safe water supply, World Water Day - the 22nd March, is designated as an action-day, to learn, recognise and help reduce this global water crisis. In honour of this, one of the most celebrated annual science festivals, the World Science Festival, is being held in
- [Workshop: Global Water Knowledge Synthesis and Assessment: 20 to 21 March 2017 Brisbane, Australia](https://water-future.org/events/brisbane-workshop/) - Despite more than a decade of substantial water-related research outcomes and assessment, we have no formal compendium of integrated and distilled knowledge—a synthesis of water research-- to date that would comprehensively allow member states to rally around water issues, as they have around climate. However, with the emergence of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and
- [Water Futures - Asia Pacific Knowledge Exchange and Transdisciplinary Laboratory: 23-25 February 2017 Melbourne Australia](https://water-future.org/events/water-futures-23-25-february-2017-melbourne-australia/) - Water Futures - A First of its Kind! An international, interdisciplinary event involving participants from Australia and the Asia Pacific, including artists, scientists, indigenous elders, economists, activists, politicians, diplomats and business people. 100 Experts: One hundred extraordinary and carefully curated multidisciplinary experts will gather for three days to discuss, share information, plan and take action
- [Workshop: Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus: 15 to 17 March 2017 Chennai, India](https://water-future.org/events/workshop-wef-nexus-india/) - Prof. Jörg E. Drewes and Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar, as the Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering at the Technical University of Munich, are conducting a research project on the Urban Water-Energy-Food (W-E-F) Nexus. ​A WEF Nexus workshop will be held at IIT Madras, in Chennai, India ​from 15th to 17th March, 2017. The workshop is
- [Workshop on Water Assessments: Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Mapping W-E-F Stressors, 12-13 January 2017](https://water-future.org/events/workshop-on-water-assessments-water-energy-food-nexus-and-mapping-w-e-f-stressors-12-13-january-2017/) - The Sustainable Water Future Programme and the Future Earth Water-Energy-Food (W-E-F) Cluster Project are holding a workshop in the public access seminar room of the NOAA lab in College Park, Maryland on January 12 and 13, 2017. The purpose of the workshop will be to: Consolidate inputs and perspectives from the Earth Observations community for the
- [Budapest Water Summit & Side Event: 28-30 November 2016](https://water-future.org/events/budapest-water-summit/) - 'Water Connects' will be hosted by the Hungarian Government in cooperation with the World Water Council, under the patronage of János Áder, President of Hungary in November. The mission of the summit is to position water, not as a source of conflict and global risk, but as a source of cooperation, peace and development for all the countries committed
- [South Africa Workshop: Water-Energy-Food Nexus and its Linkages to the Implementation of the SDGs: 21-23 November 2016](https://water-future.org/events/workshop-sth-africa/) - The Future Earth Water-Energy- Food Cluster study, the South African Water Research Commission, and the University of KwaZulu-Natal are organising a workshop on the Water-Energy- Food (W-E- F) Nexus. The workshop, entitled “The Water-Energy- Food Nexus and its linkages to the implementation of the SDGs,” will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Hilton, Pietermaritzburg,

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- [What Can the World Learn from Lake Biwa?](https://water-future.org/blog/what-can-the-world-learn-from-lake-biwa/) - Across the world, lakes, rivers, and freshwater systems are coming under growing pressure from climate change, urbanisation, nutrient pollution, biodiversity loss, and rapidly changing patterns of water use. Many water governance systems remain fragmented, reactive, and heavily dependent on short-term technical interventions that often struggle to keep pace with accelerating environmental uncertainty. The challenge facing
- [Water Story: WASTE NOT](https://water-future.org/blog/wastenot/) - WASTEWATER. It’s common enough in a bustling city such as Bangalore and yet one man’s waste holds untapped potential for another. In the small town of Vijayapura, nestled on the edge of the city, water scarcity and distribution are a daily struggle. The farmers of this vibrant little town have been among the first to feel
- [Water Story: Digging Deep](https://water-future.org/blog/digging-deep/) - THE BHOVI have long been shapers of Bengaluru’s landscape, digging into the once arid Deccan Plateau to create one of India’s largest hydraulic civilizations. They were the first to dig the iconic lakes of Bangalore connected with a network of intricate waterways. But today, it is their centuries-old practice of well-digging that is bringing them back
- [Why are so many freshwater fish threatened with extinction?](https://water-future.org/blog/freshwater-fish-blog/) - Our local plants and animals help define who we are as a culture and make our cities and towns unique. For instance, one of us was recently working in Fiji. Locals were extremely proud to talk about how they were protecting the Lekutu goby (a stream fish, Redigobius lekutu), which only occurs in a few
- [How can communities adapt to climate change and manage water?](https://water-future.org/blog/ghana-story/) - A Story From Northern Ghana... We live in a world dotted with uncertainty: political instability ushering in conflict, economic growth fuelling inequalities, technological changes connecting but also dividing people, societies and people modifying their patterns of consumption. Moreover, our climate is changing, as we can see in the increased number of disasters - deadly droughts,
- [Water Ethics: A Cure for Climate Change](https://water-future.org/blog/water-ethics/) - The subtitle of my 2013 book on Water Ethics is "A values approach to solving the water crisis." There are lots of ways that more attention to values and ethics would improve water policies and practices. But the challenge of addressing the world's water crisis seems almost insignificant compared to the existential threat of global climatic
- [River Basin Planning: An Imaginary Bureaucratic Territory?](https://water-future.org/blog/river-basin-planning/) - Since the late 1990s, river basin planning has become a central idea in water resources management and a mainstream approach supported by international donors through their water programs globally. With the introduction of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) concept globally, water resources management policies in both developed and developing countries have been geared towards river
- [Agriculture and water: To whom much is given, much will be required](https://water-future.org/blog/agriculture-and-water/) - The 2017 Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA), taking place Jan. 19-21 in Berlin, has chosen this highly appropriate and timely motto: “Agriculture and Water—Key to Feeding the World.” The sustainable use of water is one of the key global challenges of the 21st century, while agriculture is the largest global water user now and will
- [SDGs are everybody’s business](https://water-future.org/blog/sdgs-everybodys-business/) - 2015 saw a big step-up in ambition for the global community in it’s commitment to foster Earth’s stewardship. Among other important agreements, the UN General Assembly adopted a seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and emphasised the importance of water as an integral part of human development and ecosystem health. The SDGs are much broader in

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