Groundwater is the regulator of the entire freshwater cycle, but its invisibility makes it difficult to manage and protect.
Good water governance is key to achieving water security, fairly allocating water resources, and avoiding disputes.
Water is a growing concern in many parts of the world. Countries can improve their water resilience through transboundary water cooperation over shared waters.
The climate crisis is essentially a water crisis. When we treat it as such, we get new tools to mitigate climate change and adapt to consequences that are unavoidable.
In 2015, the global community launched the 2030 Agenda, with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that should be reached by 2030. Some progress has been made, but for most of the goals, the world is not on track to meet the deadline. Water can help us do better.
Insufficient supply and inadequate infrastructure leaves millions of people in the world without water.
How to increase the productivity of agriculture around the world through better water management.
The global COVID-19 pandemic has pushed millions of people back into poverty and exposed unacceptable gaps between the rich and the poor. One in three people are still not able to wash their hands with soap and water at home.
Will future wars be fought over water? The answer is probably no, but water scarcity can contribute to conflicts.
Indigenous peoples are the custodians of many of the world’s most fragile and important ecosystems. They also possess invaluable knowledge about sustainability and resilience, so they have a vital role in protecting our environment.
The source-to-sea approach focuses on the strong connection between what happens on land, along waterways, and in the sea.
A growing number of people, societies and companies are discovering the power of resilient landscapes. It is still possible to shift to more sustainable practices that recharge water, restore soil health, sequester carbon, and strengthen biodiversity – but we need to make the transformation now.
More than two billion people in the world lack safely managed drinking water and twice as many lack safely managed sanitation, making WASH one of the most urgent development challenges.
While we all depend heavily on rivers for our survival, many rivers are under constant threat from unsustainable human activities
More and more young people offer important contributions to solving the growing water challenges they are inheriting.
Having access to water and sanitation has been recognized as a human right since 2010. But water is also essential to ensuring the fulfilment of many other rights.
To improve water governance, we need to take a close look at gender roles.
Meet SIWI’s international team of water experts, convenors, facilitators, trainers and communicators.
Adele is Human Resources manager.
Alejandro has worked for over 15 years on water governance around the world.
Alice is leading the knowledge management work at Water Governance Facility.
Ana is a Programme Officer with the Water & Sanitation Department at LAC
Andre is SIWI's legal advisor
Andreas handles all media relations for SIWI and World Water Week.
Ania is responsible for Stockholm Junior Water Prize, laureates and alumni.
Anna's works focuses on water for resilient landscapes and landscape governance.
Anna specializes in environmental management tools and strategies.
Annie works with the programme team at World Water Week.
Antoine provides expertise in technical assistance on WASH system strengthening.
Anton directs the Africa-based operations and project developments.
Bahram is SIWI's IT manager.
Brendan leads an advisory firm with focus on health and pharmaceutical sectors.
Cécile is an artist, feminist and communications specialist.
David has 15 years of experience in environmental planning and policy.
Dawn joined SIWI in 2022 to manage the digital aspects of World Water Week.
Elizabeth supports water diplomacy engagements in conflict sensitive basins.
Emma coordinates the administrative tasks for different projects at SWH.
Emma plans and coordinates all project communication for SIWI.
Emy has a strategic responsibility for all visual design aspects.
Everart is a happy Brazilian with a strong technical background.
Farjana coordinates the administrative tasks for different projects at SWH.
Florence is a researcher and data analyst in knowledge management
Gabriela is responsible for the implementation and delivery of World Water Week.
Georgette manages and produces digital content: text, image, graphic and video.
Goran makes sure the money coming in and out is being handled correctly.
Håkan is a leader on water governance with sustainable inclusive impact.
Hanan supports water and landscape governance in Ethiopia.
Works with logistics for World Water Week
Hawra manages Partnership programmes and outreach partnerships for WWW
Hélène provides support to SIWI's WASH governance activities.
Henning’s focus is on Accountability for Sustainability in WASH with UNICEF
Ingmarie manages relationships with some of SIWI's major funders.
Ingrid works in the programme team of World Water Week.
Iris is a chemical engineer specialized on wastewater treatment technologies.
Isabel is an expert in water governance and integrity tools in Latin America.
Isabelle contributes to the development and implementation of SIWI’s strategy.
Jakob specialises in climate change and the 2030 Agenda.
James is a water resource expert.
Jan Henrik is an experienced professional in accounting and business control.
Jan is expert in water, food & nutrition security, human behaviour & policy.
Jennifer manages global climate and 2030 agenda policies.
Jenny is expert in groundwater governance, sustainable textiles, human rights.
Johan supports the operational departments.
Jorji is a graphic designer and has worked within the sustainable energy market.
José supports the Source-to-Sea projects as well as the water and climate work.
Josephine is a political scientist specialised on water governance.
Josh coordinates SIWI’s work under several EU programmes.
Juanita supports the implementation of the UNICEF partnership in Latin America.
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