The climate data for 2021 is now mostly in, and it has proved to be another noteworthy year across the oceans, atmosphere, cryosphere and surface temperature of...
The COVID-19 pandemic has put the brakes on human mobility, with a particularly severe impact on those who depend on migration as a way to cope with economic...
The first-ever ‘Handbook on Water Allocation in a Transboundary Context’ explains the various phases, benefits and challenges of transboundary water allocation...
This study by UNDP, the Climate Security Mechanism and the Nataij Group focuses on: (i) Trends in access to climate finance in conflict-affected and fragile...
The 2020/2021 Reality of Aid Report sets out a narrative in support of a transformative shift in the international aid system taking stock of persisting global...
Connected and healthy rivers deliver many important benefits, but if all currently proposed hydropower dams are built, over 260,000 km of rivers will lose free...
With growing competition for water resources, foreign policy should engage with political realities rather than technical solutions alone, argue Benjamin Pohl...
Justice has long been a central element of the international community’s approach to climate change, including with regard to financial support for adaptation...
The 2021 World Water Development Report on “Valuing Water” assesses the current status of, and challenges to, the valuation of water across different sectors...
After Hurricanes Eta and Iota swept through Nicaragua in November 2020, approximately half a million were left without access to clean water, hygiene, and...
Climate change is changing the world we live in. It affects every aspect of life in and represents a central obstacle to peace and to achieving the UN...
That future wars will be fought over water, rather than oil, has become something of a truism, particularly with regard to the Middle East. It’s also one that...
This report explores the main impacts of climate change on the water cycle and water-dependent sectors, and develops recommendations for how the water sector...
On the 15th of December 2020, the High-level Panel on Green Alliance underlined the commitment of Caribbean states and the European Union (EU) to ambitious...
In his address on this year’s World Cities Day, UN-Secretary General António Guterres recognised that “cities have borne the brunt of the pandemic” and called...
Though focused on climate change, National Adaptation Plans offer important assessments of the risks a country faces and can be valuable in devising...
As part of this year’s online World Water Week at Home, adelphi and IHE Delft convened the workshop "Water diplomacy: a tool for climate action?". The workshop...
Conflicts connected to water-security are often related to climate change issues. However, the link between water-scarcity-related risks and security challenges...