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AUSTRALIAN WATER PARTNERSHIP NEWS
- August 2022 -

Why we need to talk about climate when we talk about water

AWP’s vision to enhance sustainable water management in the Indo-Pacific and beyond has expanded to explicitly consider climate resilience. AWP is collecting Water and Climate stories to showcase how the Australian water sector is taking climate action in Australia and the Indo-Pacific region. Read more
Climate change readiness of Pacific Island Water and Sanitation Utilities
The Pacific Water and Wastewater Association is working with AWP to assess the climate change readiness of Pacific Island Water Supply and Sanitation utilities in partnership with Hunter H2O and the World Bank. Read more

Coordinating flows in the Mekong

In support of the Lao National Mekong Committee Secretariat (LNMCS) to adopt Mekong River Commission (MRC) guidance on the coordination of flows in the Lao PDR portion of the Mekong, the Australian Water Partnership (AWP) is providing support to develop national technical guidelines for flows coordination, with pilot application design for the Nam Ngum River Basin. Read more

Reducing disaster risk in the Pacific

A partnership between the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Australian Water Partnership (AWP) is working towards a climate-resilient Pacific by increasing surface water hydrology capacity with a focus on flash flood early warning systems.
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Pumped Storage Hydropower – an electricity storage solution

With renewable-based electricity generation costs now lower than fossil fuel-based generation, and greater awareness of the need to reduce carbon emissions, the issue of electrical energy storage is increasingly important. Pumped Storage Hydropower provides a low-impact storage option utilising water. Read more

Blog: Reflections on climate action – power through collaboration

AWP’s Lucía Gamarra reflects on the recent Climate Action Network Australia conference including how human rights and Indigenous People’s rights need to be front and centre. Action is happening across Australia and the Indo-Pacific and can be accelerated by working together, showing there is power through collaboration. Read more

UPCOMING EVENTS

SIWI World Water Week
23 Aug - 1 Sept | Sessions & Exhibitor

Water & Climate Dialogue Series
From 25 August | Webinars

IWA World Water Congress
11 - 15 Sept | Sessions

Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
19 - 22 Sept | Ignite session

INNOVATION SPACE

Weir is a new project by AWP Partner, Tracey Benson from Treecreate which will be presented at the Aotearoa Digital Arts Symposium in Nelson, New Zealand from 23-25 September.
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