World Water Week 2020 at Home

http://sdg.iisd.org/events/world-water-week-2020/

https://www.worldwaterweek.org/

The most influential conference on water

For nearly 30 years, SIWI has organized World Water Week. Today it is the world’s most influential movement focused on transforming global water challenges.

World Water Week assembles over 500 co-convening organizations and 4,000 participants from more than 130 countries in Stockholm every year. The 30th edition of World Water Week, which is organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and partners, was expected to focus on the theme, “Water and Climate Change: Accelerating Action”.

Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a Stockholm-based policy institute that generates knowledge and guides decision-making towards water wise decisions. Founded in 1991, SIWI performs research, builds institutional capacity and provides advisory services in five thematic areas: water governance, transboundary water management, water and climate change, the water-energy-food nexus, and water economics.

Monday 24 August

| 10:00-10:45

 

Accelerating Water and Climate Action at COP26

Water and climate is high on the UK’s agenda. In our showcase, we will discuss how water and climate issues are addressed in the UK, the outcomes of the Water and Climate Summit in March, and the actions and commitments needed before and at COP26.
 

Her Britannic Majesty´s Embassy, Stockholm Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development Programme

UK Department For International Development

 

Strengthening Resilience in Humanitarian Aid through Systematic Behaviour Change

This session targets Humanitarian Aid Agencies and Actors working in Behaviour Change. It will acquaint participants with a proven Behaviour change approach in WASH. Attendees will get a detailed introduction to the RANAS approach, experience reports by UNICEF, and plenary discussions on the approach.

RanasMosler GmbH Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

United Nations Children’s Fund

 

Water Dowsing with Science | Introduction

Today, in many developing countries, you have maybe only a 30-40 per cent chance of success when you’re drilling for water. To help increase the odds, researchers from Aarhus University have teamed up with the Grundfos Foundation (Poul Due Jensen Foundation) to create a lightweight tool to map the underground in great detail. The project combines scientific research with hands-on product development and field campaigns in Subsaharan Africa. The session is a 25-minute introduction followed by an interactive Q&A session.

GeoScience - Aarhus University

Grundfos Foundation

Monday 24 August

| 10:15-17:15

 

WW4D - Climate Resilience starts with Water

Join us for a virtual five-day conference hosted by the German development cooperation, which takes place in collaborative partnership with SIWI, featured by WWWeeek@Home. Five thematic days will tackle a multitude of water issues from COVID-19 to climate change. In more than 25 diverse sessions, GIZ collaborates with more than 60 convenors to present and discuss recent findings, publications as well as best practices from the field.
Visit www.everydrop-counts.org for information. Registration opens in early August - stay tuned!

adelphi Alliance for Global Water Adaptation Asian Development Bank Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH Hamburg Wasser

International Water Association Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Stockholm Environment Institute Viva con Agua WaterWorX Wetlands International

Monday 24 August

| 11:00-11:45

 

Freshwater for Food and Nutrition Security in SIDS

The remotely located Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face a raft of challenges to sustain their Food Security. SIDS fragilities come to the fore during the Covid-19 pandemic when transport lines are blocked, tourist revenues drop to nil and expected remittances are delayed. Islands’ resilience is tested in the coming decades when extreme weather events might create great difficulties. Self-sufficiency in healthy foods is widely advocated by international organizations and SIDS governments. Yet, timely delivery of fresh water for crop cultivation cannot be taken for granted. In a multidisciplinary study FAO and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, answer the question ‘How can fresh water management serve Food and Nutrition Security on SIDS?’ An empirical reconnaissance contextualized the study objective while a water governance component capitalized on lessons learned. A synthesis of findings constitutes the basis for a road map on water governance that ensures FNS for SIDS.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

 

Measuring our impact

The international community has made a massive effort to provide rural communities with sustainable access to sufficient, safe water supplies. But, how do we know if these efforts are having real effects on the health, wellbeing, and livelihoods of those in the communities they are meant to benefit?

Register here

*We will be also live streaming the event on 3ie's You Tube channel

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation

Monday 24 August

| 12:00-12:45

 

Critical events: Increasing water supply resilience in megacities

Water supply systems may face stress conditions for different reasons. The case of the current pandemic poses a significant challenge in a mega city like the Metropolitan Region of Sao Paulo (MRSP), Brazil. To supply water for all to allow adequate hygiene to the entire region is extremely important due to its harsh effects on the poor populations. Megacities also face challenging tasks during droughts. This showcase session will discuss how SABESP, Sao Paulo State water supply and sanitation utility, dealt with these critical situations by using traditional and innovative approaches.

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo Inter-American Development Bank

World Bank Group

 

Potential of decentralized solutions to address climate change

Providing safe drinking water to billions of people in the face of climate change related disruptions is a key challenge facing governments, development actors, and the private sector. The objective of the session is to showcase a methodology to assess the climate resilience of the decentralized Safe Water Enterprise (SWE) model and highlight key strategies that can enhance their climate resilience. The SWE model, due to its inherent flexibility, modularity, and sustainability, can represent an important option in the toolkit of stakeholders looking to ensure safe water provision to a growing human population in the face of climate change.

1001 Fontaines Aqua for All Dalberg Advisors Danone

Osprey Foundation The Stone Family Foundation VOx Impuls foundation

Monday 24 August

| 13:00-13:45

 

Achieving water, climate, and energy goals while maintaining freshwater systems

Accomplishing our climate and energy goals will require a rapid decarbonization of electric power systems and badly planned hydropower could lead to high impact on people and nature. The event will spur discussion on how to secure a climate and nature resilient energy transition.

The Stimson Center University of California at Berkeley

World Wide Fund for Nature

 

Empowering Indian women to build community resilience in water-stressed regions

We will convey the successful actions that businesses, public and non-profit partners can take to promote scalable climate-friendly solutions that help address the climate crisis and contribute to SDG achievement, using the Women+Water Alliance in India as a model where we are placing women's leadership at the center of our solutions and actions. Our multi-sectoral partners will describe our implementation to-date, including achievements and challenges.

CARE GAP Inc. Institute for Development Impact

Water.org WaterAid

 

Water diplomacy, a tool for climate action?

In this event, experts from the diplomacy, development, security, climate change and water communities will discuss the conditions under which specific diplomatic tools can be used by riparian and non-riparian countries to shape regional cooperation to address climate, ad other security and development challenges, such as migration.

adelphi

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

Monday 24 August

| 14:00-14:45

 

WWWeekAtHome Opening: Meet the Ministers

Welcome to the Opening of World Water Week at Home 2020 and Meet the Ministers!

Stockholm International Water Institute

Monday 24 August

| 15:00-15:45

 

How to finance climate change adaptation in transboundary basins?

Many transboundary basins struggle in accessing funds for climate change adaptation. The showcase will illustrate through recommendations, approaches and good practices how to access such funds. It will also demonstrate how legal and institutional frameworks for cooperation, such as the Water Convention and River Basin Organizations, can facilitate climate investments. Register here.

African Development Bank Government of the Netherlands Inter-American Development Bank

International Network of Basin Organizations Switzerland Government United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

 

Water Dowsing with Science | Technology Session

New technologies to revolutionise hydrology! Learn more about how Transient ElectroMagnetics (TEM) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) technologies are used to map the underground and how the research team from Aarhus University works to make the technology accessible and widely available. The session is a 20-minute introduction to the "hardware" side of the project followed by a Q&A-session.

GeoScience - Aarhus University

Grundfos Foundation

 

Water in a climate crisis – Capacitating resilient solutions

Disruptive Solutions for Resilient Transitions|Zoom ID 943 8830 6671 | Passcode: 017422| In our session, we will discuss what we, as a climate and water community, can do to grasp the window of opportunity for systemic change now open and drive a process of disruptive innovation that nurtures a new status quo. The session focuses on opportunities for systemic change as people are faced with the need for urgency and highlights the need to capacitate the informal sector- specifically regarding the digital economy and accessibility. Using keynote speakers and a panel discussion to share experiences and insights on how knowledge, organisations and finance play a role in the solution space for capacitating resilience.

Deltares International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

OneWorld Stockholm International Water Institute

Monday 24 August

| 16:00-16:45

 

Adapt our World: climate adaptation through water action

Water is the solutions broker and the entry point for all climate adaptation possibilities; from nature based solutions and resilient cities to agriculture and energy. Water is an enabler. How can we convey within the water sector and to other sectors that water and all themes are inextricably linked? The goal of the WAT is to accelerate and scale up climate adaptation using water and the water sector as an essential enabler and connector to safeguard a sustainable and resilient future for all everywhere. What should the role of the GCA’s Water Action Track be? And what can partners in and outside the water sector offer?

Global Center on Adaptation Government of the Netherlands

World Resources Institute

 

Facing the climate emergency: effectively leveraging science, governance and diplomacy

As climate variability impacts become more frequent and intense, States are urged to adopt innovative approaches to protect society and nature. In transboundary waters, the adoption of such approaches require cooperation and dialogue. This online session will present science, governance and diplomacy based tools to ensure effective climate action.

Geneva Water Hub Global Environment Facility

International Union for Conservation of Nature Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Monday 24 August

| 17:00-17:45

 

50L Homes and the Future of Urban Water & Energy

This session is a call to action to the global water community to engage in the 50L Home Coalition, a multi-stakeholder collaboration launched later in 2020. The session will introduce the rationale and objectives of the Coaltion and identify key areas for collaboration that lead to water and energy efficiency in the home.

2030 Water Resources Group World Business Council for Sustainable Development

World Economic Forum

 

Aligning Measurement and Metrics for Basin Resilience

Creating resilience requires coordination, transparency, and alignment of common goals between all basin stakeholders. To achieve this, alignment of measurement and metrics across sectors to support understanding and communication around water is needed. Here we'll discuss and gather input on ongoing work to address this need to achieve water resilience.

Alliance for Global Water Adaptation Global Commission on Adaptation International Water Management Institute

The CEO Water Mandate Water Research Institute

 

Enhancing the NDCs: An Opportunity for Addressing Water Interactions

Water management is critical for adapting to and mitigating climate change. This event discusses water interactions, implementation and financing in the process of enhancing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement. How can countries improve the coordination of their water and climate work? NDC Focal Points share their experience and insights.

Alliance for Global Water Adaptation Global Water Partnership Stockholm International Water Institute

United Nations Development Programme World Resources Institute

Monday 24 August

| 18:00-18:45

 

A coordinated response under CoViD: feasible and worth the effort?

The COVID-19 crisis has affected all countries in varying degrees. Implementing the response measures require political commitment at the highest level and the participation of a variety of stakeholders. The extent of this pandemic touches many sectors of society (e.g. Health, Education, WASH, Social Policy) and requires important coordination efforts. The seminar, organized by the Research and Learning constituency of the Sanitation and Water for All Partnership, is aimed at showcasing both challenges and opportunities arising from increased and improved coordination between different sectors, in the context of the pandemic. Through different case studies and expert opinion, the discussion will revolve around new forms of collaboration, main coordination obstacles, drivers, as well as the expected outcomes. It will also analyse how coordination mechanisms and processes have evolved during the COVID-19 outbreak, and what is needed to sustain the improvements seen after the crisis.

Sanitation and Water for All

Stockholm International Water Institute

 

It doesn’t help people if we don’t deploy it!

Meet the 2020 Urban Water Challenge Finalists accelerating water sustainability through innovation deployments

Imagine H2O

Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor

 

Water dowsing with Science | Data session

TEM (Transient ElectroMagnetics) technology can be used to map the underground in three dimensions and in great detail. The technology enables 3D mapping and smart management of scarce water resources. The session is a 20-minute introduction to the "data management" side of the project followed by a Q&A-session.

Grundfos Foundation

Monday 24 August

| 19:00-19:45

 

Building resilience at all levels – from local to national

With a largely urbanized population, Brazil faces unresolved historical social and infrastructure deficits, resulting in precarious urbanization territories. Especially in big cities, old challenges, as insufficient fresh water reserves, incomplete water distribution and sewage treatment, pollution of water sources, are aggravated by climate change, demanding new policies towards water security.

2030 Water Resources Group Global Compact Network Brazil

Sanasa The CEO Water Mandate

Tuesday 25 August

| 09:00-09:45

 

Operationalising FSM at Scale: Approaches and Learnings from Tamil Nadu

The Government of Tamil Nadu, India has committed to scaling Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) in 663 towns and cities through initiatives in infrastructure, service delivery, behaviour change communication and governance. This showcase will highlight the key challenges and lessons learnt, and demonstrate the adaptation potential of FSM implemented at scale.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Government of Tamil Nadu

INDIAN INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

Tuesday 25 August

| 10:00-10:45

 

Water Resources Protection with Knowledge and Monitoring: Niger River case

This showcase is about the four years technical assistance of ANTEA France to the Ministry of Energy and Water in Mali – National Department of Hydraulic in the framework of the KFW financed project ‘’Protection of the Niger River: Support to knowledge and monitoring of water resources’’.

 

Antea Group

Tuesday 25 August

| 10:15-15:30

 

WW4D - Finance and Governance

Join us for a virtual five-day conference hosted by the German development cooperation, which takes place in collaborative partnership with SIWI, featured by WWWeeek@Home. Five thematic days will tackle a multitude of water issues from COVID-19 to climate change. In more than 25 diverse sessions, GIZ collaborates with more than 60 convenors to present and discuss recent findings, publications as well as best practices from the field.
Visit www.everydrop-counts.org for information. Registration opens in early August - stay tuned!

Caritas Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH Directorate-General for International Cooperation, The Netherlands End Water Poverty FundiFix IRC Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company Sanitation and Water for All

UDUMA University of Oxford Uptime Water For Good Water Integrity Network Water Mission Whave World Bank Group

Tuesday 25 August

| 11:00-11:45

 

Building Resilient WASH systems in Fragile Contexts: This Decade’s Challenge

Both humanitarian and development actors strive to provide crucial water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services to save lives and improve livelihoods. Historically, they have done so playing to their strengths, but often with limited collaboration. In the face of increased climate volatility, competing demands for depleting resources, and now a global health crisis—the complexity and interconnected nature of our challenges calls for a more integrated approach.

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation IRC

The Netherlands Red Cross Water For Good

 

Sustainable Oases Initiative

The event will present the progress of the Sustainable Oases Initiative, launched by Morocco in COP 22, and the best practices being promoted for the sustainable management of oases ecosystems. Water management will be central in the discussion for the combined achievement of rural development, food security and poverty reduction. 

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Ministry of Agriculture, Morocco

Ministry of Environment of Morocco The National Agency for the Development of the Oasian Areas and the Argan

Tuesday 25 August

| 12:00-12:45

 

Convergence of sanitation and climate crises: Disruptive actions and solutions

Sanitation and climate change represent critical crises of our time. Poor progress on sanitation requires a step-change, made harder with climate change. This virtual event shares evidence and practical solutions to disrupt the status quo, unlock climate finance and achieve climate resilient inclusive sanitation services that reduce emissions and increase adaptation.

SNV Netherlands Development Organisation UK Department For International Development United Nations Children’s Fund University of Bristol University of Leeds

University of Technology Sydney Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council WaterAid World Health Organization

 

The Internet of Water – Intelligent Water Management System

The new generation of water management tools is building on the Internet of Things - innovations in sensor technology, big data and artificial intelligence. This session brings together frontrunners and young thinkers from the South to learn from existing initiatives across the globe and to explore possibilities for uptake in the South.

Antea Group Enabel

Join For Water VITO

 

Water and politics for climate impact

All life on earth relies on sufficient and clean water. Floods, droughts, and pollution aggravated by rapid urbanization, loss of aquatic ecosystems, growing demand for food and energy, migration, and climate change lead to ever more complex interactions and trade-offs. The novel pandemic has reinforced the importance of water security. Climate change and global pandemics are disastrously interlinked and both hit the most vulnerable people, reinforcing existing inequalities. Improving resilience to climate change and pandemics is key to achieving a sustainable recovery. Through its knowledge and ways of working, the water community can help drive the necessary changes to address these water challenges and enable to achieve all the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, and other internationally-agreed frameworks. Yet, water practitioners often merely view themselves as implementers. This seminar will focus on clear, actionable examples of the role the water community can play to help the world achieve the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement with COVID-19 response.

Both ENDS Government of the Netherlands South Africa Department of Water and Sanitation

Stockholm International Water Institute World Meteorological Organization World Resources Institute

Tuesday 25 August

| 13:00-13:45

 

Action for Change: Practical Lessons in Valuing Water

The Valuing Water Initiative promotes better decisions impacting water through the UN Valuing Water Principles. In this session, leading companies who actively value water in their activities will share their insights into what this can mean in practice. An expert panel will help identify key learnings from the showcases.

Government of the Netherlands

 

Breaking Silos – Across Sectors and Boundaries

Responding to Climate Change and COVID-19 - This webinar discusses how climate change and water are inextricably linked across sectors and boundaries. When responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly during the ‘build back better’ phase, non-silo approaches are also critical for increasing the resilience of society. Therefore, several synergies in the necessary responses to COVID-19 and climate change can be identified. Embracing multiple water values to different groups to guide decision making is critical to develop effective solutions to the global pandemic amid current and future climate and water-related challenges incl. in transboundary basins.

International Water Management Institute Stockholm International Water Institute

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe World Bank Group

 

Sewers for Resilient Sanitation in the 21st Century

Sewers are critical elements of most urban sanitation systems. There is a spectrum of historic and emerging approaches to sewer design and implementation, which all have the overarching objectives of protecting the environment and public health: what do sewers for resilient sanitation in the 21st Century look like?

Programme Solidarité Eau University College London University of Leeds

Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor World Bank Group

Tuesday 25 August

| 14:00-14:45

 

Stockholm Junior Water Prize Ceremony

The winners of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2020 will be announced during this royal award ceremony. The Prize’s Patron, H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, will present the Prize to the winning team.

 

Stockholm International Water Institute

Tuesday 25 August

| 15:00-15:45

 

How do Businesses Manage Short-term Shocks and Long-term Water Resilience?

The world’s economy is crucially dependent on water. Agriculture (70 per cent) and industry (20 per cent) constitute most uses of the world’s freshwater consumption. Climate change introduces uncertainties into the water cycle that require businesses to adapt and innovate in order to endure and thrive. The current pandemic has made the situation more critical as water supply and wastewater services are essential in ensuring proper handwashing and disinfection as part of the COVID response. Businesses of all sectors must approach climate change and other crisis systemically, changing their overall business strategy to better understand, anticipate and navigate new risks and opportunities. Such an approach will need to be inclusive and consider broader dynamics under different scenarios and timeframes. Much more needs to be done to mainstream resilience planning and integrate the value of water across sectors and value chains.

Stockholm International Water Institute The CEO Water Mandate

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

 

Urban Housing, Water and Climate Resilience in the post-COVID World

This 45-minute virtual session investigates new solutions and ways forward for improving urban climate and water resilience, with a particular focus on the transformative role and potential of housing and urban planning. It does so through an interactive dialogue between leading organisations in this space – Reall (an innovator and investor in affordable housing), Sida, and the World Bank Global Program for Resilient Housing.

Reall Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

World Bank Global Program for Resilient Housing

 

Water Tenure Approaches for Securing Rights and Advancing Climate Resilience

Secure and equitable frameworks governing water tenure—relationships between water users at all levels—are a fundamental component of sustainable and climate-resilient water management. This event will showcase efforts by FAO, RRI, and ELI to define and assess water tenure around the world, drawing on country-level experiences.
 

Environmental Law Institute Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Germany Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Government of Rwanda

Government of Senegal Government of Sri Lanka Rights and Resources Initiative

Tuesday 25 August

| 16:00-16:45

 

AMCOW’s Pan-Africa Groundwater Program – A Roadmap to Resilience

Groundwater is key to safe water supply and climate resilience. This event showcases the African Ministers’ Council on Water’s (AMCOW) recent commitment to focus, through its Pan Africa Groundwater Program (APAGRoP), on groundwater to secure water for Africa in an insecure future setting of climate change and population growth. Register below.

African Development Bank African Ministers' Council On Water British Geological Survey Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany Global Environment Facility

International Water Management Institute Rural Water Supply Network SADC Groundwater Management Institute Stockholm International Water Institute UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme

 

Climate-Sensitive Sanitation Planning: Innovative Tools and Approaches

Building climate resilient urban sanitation systems is for improving services and ensuring service continuity, particularly for the poorest. Panelists will discuss emerging approaches to assess the climate resilience of services and infrastructure, invest in preserving and expanding services for the poorest in the context of climate change, and build the capacities and data systems necessary to integrate climate change into planning processes.

Athena Infonomics Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Eastern and Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Regulators Association

 

No Amazonia, no water: climate change in the rainforest

The crisis in the Amazon Basin opens an opportunity to shift to sustainable development and avoid what scientists refer to as tipping points, whereby the basin and its ecosystem would no longer sustain itself. This session will bring in solutions to water and environment related issues in this vital region. 

Inter-American Development Bank Organizacion del Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica Organization of American States

RTI International United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Tuesday 25 August

| 17:00-17:45

 

Adaptation Fund: Innovation for Adaptation to Climate Change

The Adaptation Fund finances concrete interventions that help vulnerable communities in developing countries adapt to climate change, based on country needs, views and priorities. One of the ways in which the Fund supports pioneering work in adaptation is through its Innovation Facility, which was established to support innovation in adaptation using different modalities (including direct access), types of grants, as well as by engaging a broader set of actors. This includes a recently launched partnership with UNDP and UNEP to serve as Aggregators for innovation, which in turn are about to launch calls for innovation grant proposals across the world.

 

Adaptation Fund

 

Global Groundwater Sustainability Statement – Call to Action for Resilience

Groundwater underpins water security and climate resilience. Yet, groundwater is under threat from climate change itself and from anthropogenic impacts, undermining this safeguard. This session will highlight latest global initiatives and partnerships to enhance groundwater sustainability as one of the most important ballasts in future human and environmental resilience. Register below.

Global Environment Facility International Association of Hydrogeologists International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis International Water Management Institute

Michigan State University UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme University of Saskatchewan University of Victoria

 

In abundance of scarcity: securing water in times of drought

The frequency and severity of droughts is growing due to climate change, increasing water demand, rapid urbanization and environmental degradation, resulting in water insecurity of cities and populations around the world. Cases from Latin American region will illustrate the use of new planning and investment design tools to combat droughts. 

Inter-American Development Bank National Water Commission, Mexico

RTI International Water For People

Tuesday 25 August

| 18:00-18:45

 

Climate Change Impacts on Small Water Enterprises Financial Sustainability

A changing climate is both a challenge and an opportunity for the financial sustainability of SWEs – small, or safe, water enterprises. Climate adaptations such as solar power, automatic water dispensers, and smart meters are driving efficiencies to improve the financial proposition and potential to attract climate financing to the sector.

Safe Water Network Untapped Water For Good

Water For People Water Mission Water4

 

The Climate Needs Women Innovating for Water, Sanitation and FSM

Innovation is key for the  sector to become a meaningful player in climate mitigation and adaptation. At the same time women are underrepresented in innovation leadership and sector decision making, but are disproportionately affected by the climate and water crisis. Linking different disciplines creates opportunity for greater innovation by women.  

African Women Sanitation Professionals Network Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH FSM Alliance Sustainable Sanitation Alliance

University of Technology Sydney Women Engage for a Common Future Women for Water Partnership Women in Innovation Women in Water and Sanitation Network

Tuesday 25 August

| 19:00-19:45

 

Cities Leading on Green Infrastructure for Water and Social Equity

A powerful network of city leaders—convened through Cities4Forests and the Global Commission on Adaptation—are using natural infrastructure to enhance water security and mitigate floods while addressing climate change and promoting social equity. At this event, municipal leaders representing cities across 3 continents will demonstrate how implementing nature-based solutions at the city level can simultaneously contribute to cities’ adaptive capacity to climate change and advance social equity goals.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of United Kingdom FEMSA Foundation Global Commission on Adaptation

Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative World Resources Institute

 

Nature-based solutions to address water scarcity due to climate change

The session will enable the dialogue around the central role that NBS plays to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS), highlighting the social, economic and environmental co-benefits. It will be discussed the contributions of NBS to improve water security and create resilience in a future scenario of water scarcity.

 

2030 Water Resources Group Global Compact Network Brazil Sanasa

The CEO Water Mandate United Nations Global Compact

 

Scaling-up sustainable Climate Resilience WASH programmes

Sharing UNICEF’s experiences of scaling-up Climate Resilient WASH interventions and the impact of these on the resilience of adjacent communities. The interventions include Climate Resilient WASH Services in communities, schools, healthcare facilities, as well as water conservation, reuse and behaviour change projects.

 

Please join at https://unicef.zoom.us/j/97965644406 Password: 485238

United Nations Children’s Fund

Tuesday 25 August

| 20:00-20:45

 

Swedish Fish Tank - A Shark Tank Inspired Startup Pitch

Rapid fire pitches from promising water startups focused on coastal resilience and a panel discussion with the “swedish fish” (i.e. investors and experts that are slightly softer and chewier than sharks) who ask pointed questions about the businesses. The audience will vote on which entrepreneur “in the tank” came out on top.

 

 

11th Hour Racing

Imagine H2O

Wednesday 26 August

| 08:00-08:45

 

Achieving Water Security and Resilience in Asia Pacific: AWDO 2020

ADB’s Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO) is an analytical and policy tool rigorously quantifying water security with a national composite index for 49 ADB member countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The session will share the 2020 water security findings from AWDO and discuss water-related climate risks to inform better investments.

Asian Development Bank Asia-Pacific Water Forum Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australian Water Partnership

International Water Centre International Water Management Institute Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

Wednesday 26 August

| 10:00-10:45

 

Mainstreaming Resilience and Nature-Based Solutions for Business, Finance, and Infrastructure

This session will tease out the unique opportunity in light of COVID-19 that corporates, governments and other stakeholders have to bring a new narrative into their organizations: that NBS are a viable alternative to grey infrastructure, and that investing in NBS at landscape level at scale is not only a viable opportunity, but a primordial step to truly build resilient business and economies.

Alliance for Global Water Adaptation Global Resilience Partnership International Union for Conservation of Nature

South Pole World Wide Fund for Nature

 

Sinking, shrinking, saltier deltas; How to deal with these issues?

Many populous deltas world-wide experience increased anthropogenic-induced pressures: accelerating land subsidence sinking deltas up to an order of magnitude faster than climate change-driven sea-level rise, salinization of surface water and groundwater, channel deepening and erosion. Solutions lie in sustainable management of groundwater and sediment within deltas and at basin scale.

Delta Alliance Deltares

Global Center on Adaptation World Wide Fund for Nature

 

Water Quality and Climate Change – The Overlooked Variable

Multiple interlinkages between water quality and climate change are not yet fully understood. The World Water Quality Alliance examines the resilience of human-natural water systems from a nexus perspective. This event will provide the latest evidence and present a way forward for mainstreaming water quality into the climate change debate.

European Commission - Joint Research Centre Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, CEH Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology UN Environment World Meteorological Organization

Wednesday 26 August

| 10:15-16:30

 

WW4D - Nexus, IWRM and Biodiversity

Join us for a virtual five-day conference hosted by the German development cooperation, which takes place in collaborative partnership with SIWI, featured by WWWeeek@Home. Five thematic days will tackle a multitude of water issues from COVID-19 to climate change. In more than 25 diverse sessions, GIZ collaborates with more than 60 convenors to present and discuss recent findings, publications as well as best practices from the field.
Visit www.everydrop-counts.org for information. Registration opens in early August - stay tuned!

Alliance for Water Stewardship Deltares Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH Global Water Partnership

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education United Nations Economic Commission for Europe World Resources Institute

Wednesday 26 August

| 11:00-11:45

 

Building climate resilience and incentivizing African farmers

Exploring the potential of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) to reward farmers for effective water and soil management and the protection of watersheds across Africa. Various PES approaches will be assessed alongside good practice examples before an open discussion around risks and opportunities and recommendations for future action.

International Fund for Agriculture Development Stockholm International Water Institute

World Agroforestry Centre

 

Groundwater to the Rescue! Climate Adaptation from the underground

Groundwater is the water source for a third of humanity. Due to its buffering quality, it can be an excellent tool for climate adaptation. During this session, experts and practitioners from the local, basin and international level present groundwater-based adaptation measures and discuss conclusions for governance and cooperation.

African Ministers' Council On Water Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany Global Environment Facility

International Network of Basin Organizations Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme

 

NEWAVE: Innovative Training Network for water governance paradigm shifts

The newly EU-funded “NEWAVE – Next Water Governance” Innovative Training Network aims to point the way forward in the global water governance debate, by equipping a new generation of future water governance leaders with transdisciplinary skills to tackle water challenges, seeking to bridge research with policy and practice.

NEWAVE Next Water Governance

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Wednesday 26 August

| 12:00-12:45

 

It Can Be Done! Achieving Universal Access to Sanitation

How are countries seizing the moment to raise their ambition and provide universal access to sanitation? This session will explore what it takes to deliver national sanitation programs, highlighting key strategies and lessons.

Government of India Government of Indonesia Government of Vietnam

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine World Bank Group

 

The invisible link: dignity, safety and health for sanitation workers

The session focusses on the workforce operating the sanitation chain - those who empty septic tanks and latrines or maintain sewers. Sanitation workers are critical to achieve safely managed sanitation, but oftentimes face terrible working conditions and stigma. We will discuss global practical experiences to protect workers dignity, health and safety.

Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH Faecal Sludge Management Alliance International Labour Organization SNV Netherlands Development Organisation

Sustainable Sanitation Alliance Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor WaterAid World Bank Group World Health Organization

 

WASH investments in cholera hotspots: ending inequality and disease

To achieve SDG 6 and Ending Cholera Roadmap, the WASH sector needs to strategically invest in cholera hotspot as the priority targeting criteria. This showcase will present Cholera Investment Cases providing health, economic and environmental cost-benefit analysis and the costed WASH tool.

 

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies United Nations Children’s Fund

United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Wednesday 26 August

| 13:00-13:45

 

Metropolitan & Household Water Insecurity: Novel Tools for Achieving SDG6

We present simple tools to guide water security planning and investments at metropolitan and household levels. We introduce two city-level instruments for water security assessment, as well as the first globally-validated household-level indicator. We conclude by discussing how these tools can be used to advance policy and programmatic priorities.

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH Household Water Insecurity Experiences Research Collaborative Network International Water Security Network International Water Stewardship Program KWR Watercycle Research Institute

Northwestern University Oxfam UK Department For International Development UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme

 

Solving the Water-Climate-Puzzle by connecting youth stories and decision-makers

This session will explore ways to solve and make connections that build into the Water-Climate-Puzzle by using youth stories as a dynamic narrative and to connect them with decision-makers to bridge the gap between science, policy and generations.

 

 

 

Central Asia Youth 4 Water Global Water Partnership International Secretariat for Water Netherlands Water Partnership

Stockholm International Water Institute Swiss Water Partnership World Youth Parliament for Water

Wednesday 26 August

| 14:00-14:45

 

2021 World Water Day: Valuing Water

In this event, participants will get a chance to understand the scope of the 2021 World Water Day on the theme of ‘Valuing Water’ and get an overview of the development of the United Nations World Water Development Report on the same theme. 

United Nations

 

Communicating for Impact – How to Engage with Non-Water Audiences

Water has been in the World Economic Forum’s top five global risks for years; yet many decision-makers outside the water community still do not realize that water stress is real, urgent and material. We must communicate better to reach those beyond our sector whose decisions have an impact on water.

Government of the Netherlands Water Youth Network

World Wide Fund for Nature

 

Unpacking South Africa’s changing water law for transformative justice

This session will showcase South Africa’s evolving regulatory system for water use – one that reflects the need to accelerate action for transformative justice to address current and future water and climate change challenges, and will unpack the key elements to achieving a truly hybrid legal system.

Inkomati Usuthu Catchment Management Agency International Water Management Institute

South Africa Department of Water and Sanitation Water Research Commission

Wednesday 26 August

| 15:00-15:45

 

How digitization unlocks significant sustainability opportunities

While solving Water, Water industries are at the same time a cure, and a disease: we have not been able to decouple solving water from emission growth.

We show-case how Digital sustainability can realize this decoupling and how our Product sustainability signature goals are grounded in digital innovation.

 

 

Xylem

 

Innovative finance for scaling effective SDG 6 solutions

The session provides insights from selected financial innovations that have the potential for scaling market-based solutions addressing SDG 6. It focuses on financial innovations and blended finance solutions that ensure inclusion, sustainability & climate resilience.

Aqua for All Danone Grand Challenges Canada Roots of Impact

Take-a-Stake Fund WASTE Water.org

 

Tools to support climate-smart sanitation decision-making for the urban poor

New tools enable tracking of waterborne pathogens through the sanitation chain, mapping of emissions, fecal exposure assessment, and examination of climate-resilient infrastructure. Users can run scenarios to visualize pathogen loading, allowing engineers and planners to examine the impact of infrastructure interventions and control measures on exposure and disease.

 

Agroknow Emory University Kampala Capital City Authority Michigan State University Ministry of Water and Environment of Uganda

National Water and Sewerage Cooperation San Diego State University Temple University University of Leeds Wageningen University & Research

Wednesday 26 August

| 16:00-16:45

 

Climate change and water scarcity: how can urban utilities respond?

As the demand for water increases, and climate change places stress on water availability, finding ways to effectively manage urban water systems has never been more urgent. This session will explore how utilities can transform their operations to improve water resource management and mitigate the impacts of water scarcity. 

Overseas Development Institute Southern Water & Sewerage Company The Nature Conservancy

UK Department For International Development Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor World Health Organization

 

Decision support tool: Decrease Micropollutant Discharges into Sewerage Systems

The innovative decision support tool assists in ranking pollution sources and urban watersheds, based on potential local emissions and the sensibility of the receiving water bodies. Coupled to a database describing solutions for emission reduction for different pollution sources (substitution, treatment, education, etc.), it allows elaborating optimized action plans.

 

Antea Group

 

Progressive realization of the human rights to water and sanitation

How can the concepts of 'progressive realization', 'maximum of available resources' and 'minimum core obligations' be applied to the water and sanitation sector and be translated in the context of the human rights ?  This session with the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights to Water and Sanitation will explore it 

Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation Stockholm International Water Institute United Nations Children’s Fund

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights WASH United WaterAid

Wednesday 26 August

| 17:00-17:45

 

Driven by data: Targeting WASH interventions for enteric disease prevention

In an effort to break silos and build bridges, this event will explore what water and sanitation service providers and the public health sector can learn from one another as they seek to improve water and sanitation systems and prevent and control waterborne diseases in low-resource, urban environments.

 

Coalition against Typhoid

World Bank Group

 

Operationalizing farmer-led irrigation: implementers dialogue

The session explores the development of farmer-led irrigation towards a resilient, sustainable and inclusive future. Implementers - including practitioners, government representatives, private sector actors, and donors, will engage in a dialogue to identify key actions at different scales to take sustainable and inclusive farmer led irrigation development forward.

Global Water Partnership International Water Management Institute Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska

Water Youth Network World Bank Group

 

Tech to wet: HydroBID digital innovation for water security

HydroBID is a suite of models that utilizes hydrological and climatic data to estimate water balances at regional scales, at the basin and sub-basin levels; of approximately 300 thousand basins in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as predict flood pattern and support the design of resilient infrastructure.

Fundación Chile Hydronia Inter-American Development Bank

Municipalidad de Santa Fé PepsiCo Foundation RTI International

Wednesday 26 August

| 18:00-18:45

 

Advancing climate and water resilience for cotton and textile industry

A panel of international experts will discuss the importance of sustainable cotton cultivation to the textile industry’s growth. Focusing on cotton growing communities in India, they will analyze climate change impacts and share actionable approaches to advance water and climate resilience in cotton cultivation, emphasizing challenges and opportunities for women.

GAP Inc. Institute for Sustainable Communities

International Center for Research on Women World Resources Institute

 

Water and sanitation regulation in the climate change era

Climate change negatively impacts drinking water quality and quantity and the performance of water, sanitation and wastewater services. However, there are limited governance mechanisms and tools for climate-proofing service provision. In this context, adequate and appropriate regulation of water and sanitation that integrates climate change mitigation and adaptation is crucial.

Eastern and Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Regulators Association Stockholm International Water Institute

United Nations Children’s Fund World Health Organization

 

Water Reuse: An Integrated Approach to Building Water Resilience

The event showcases U.S. strategies and technologies for national, state, and local water reuse. Federal agencies and a panel of private sector and local experts will discuss reuse approaches and challenges in municipal, industrial and agricultural applications, providing an interactive opportunity for audience participants to explore and reconcile reuse policy. 

United States Department of Energy United States Department of State

United States Environmental Protection Agency