Adaptation & financing key at COP22

GWP steering committee - taking stock globally

In our interview series marking GWP’s 20 Years, we talk to GWP Steering Committee (SC) member Dr. Gunilla Björklund. Her ties to the network run back to its founding days, and over the years she has been involved in GWP project evaluations as a consultant. She says the main challenge as a SC member is to have a global overview while still maintaining an understanding of the details. Read more >>

WACDEP: a unifying force in Ghana

GWP's Water, Climate and Development Programme (WACDEP) promotes water security and climate resilient development as a key component of socio-economic transformation in a number of countries. As part of the project implementation, a demonstration project is being implemented in the Upper East Region in the White Volta Basin in Ghana.
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GWP in the news
Inauguration of greywater recycling system (The Malta Independent)

Working on the interface of women and water (Solutions Magazine)

Botswana: Biodiversity under threat - expert (AllAfrica.com)

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Up-coming events
19 November, World Toilet Day

28-30 November, Budapest Water Summit, Budapest, Hungary

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New resources
Global framework for action to cope with water scarcity in agriculture in the context of climate change (FAO)

The world’s water quality: A pre-study for a worldwide assessment (UNEP)

New urban agenda (Habitat III)

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Calls
GWP Mediterranean needs support for several projects with deadlines in November

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Youth water network born in South America

85 Latin American youngsters participated in the first South American Water Youth Meeting “Together for Water Security”, held in Lima 14-16 October. This is where the South American Youth Water Network was born –  Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela are the countries currently represented in the network. Read more >>

Pathways of water accounting explored

A recent session on “Development of water accounting and its policy uses in Africa” stimulated a dialogue on how water accounts at different levels - national, transboundary, regional and Pan-African - can be used for economic purposes. The workshop was co-convened by GWP Southern Africa and the Centre for Applied Research (CAR). Read more >>

From drought monitoring to legislation in Slovenia

A national consultation dialogue on drought took place for a third time on 10 October in Slovenia. The event was organised by the Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO) and GWP Slovenia in the framework of the Integrated Drought Management Programme in Central and Eastern Europe (IDMP CEE).
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