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Water governance and water resource management strategies to mitigate the risk of floods and drought and improve water conservation and water quality.

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Cover and source: Peace Research Institute Oslo
Documents and publications

This policy brief examines conflict- and climate-related challenges to water governance and explores how multi-level collaboration can bridge the gap between global policies and lived realities.

Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Research briefs

A combination of water management practices has contributed to notable groundwater gains in Central Arizona despite the region dealing with long-term water stress, according to a study.

The University of Texas at Austin
Woman with an umbrella walking through a flooded street in city of Salvador, Brazil in 2015
Update

Dying glaciers, record-breaking hurricanes and wildfires, debilitating drought and deadly floods scarred the socio-economic landscape of Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024, according to WMO.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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Documents and publications

The WMO State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2024 report provides the status of key climate indicators and information on climate-related impacts and risks.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Picture of the Mount Kilimanjaro with bright blue skies over serene Lake Amboseli, flamingos and safari trails at Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Update

Africa’s glaciers hold the future of water for millions and we must act this World Water Day before they vanish.

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Update

What happens when a glacier dies? Community members know that climate change is affecting the apu, or mountain god, but they say that transforming a Quechua ritual will help them protect it and restore the snow.

Mongabay
The city of Santiago in Chile, with the Andes in the background
Update

Scientists from the University of Sheffield will warn policymakers that the shrinking glaciers of the Andes threaten the water supply of 90 million people on the South American continent at the first-ever World Day for Glaciers hosted by UNESCO.

University of Sheffield
Update

Iran warns of water rationing as drought causes dam levels to plummet; experts blame mismanagement and climate change.

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