World Water Day, on 22 March every year, was about taking action to tackle the water crisis. By 2017, there were over 663 million people living without a safe water supply close to home, spending countless hours queuing or trekking to distant sources, and coping with the health impacts of using contaminated water. This year's […]

The World Water Week in Stockholm is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. It is organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and located at the Stockholm City Conference Centre. This year, the theme was “Water and Waste – Reduce and Reuse”. With more than 200 sessions, topics covered it included […]

The International Baikal Ecological Forum served as a communication platform between representatives from government, business and society, for solving aquatic ecological issues relating to Lake Baikal, a UNESCO site. Key themes discussed included approaches for preservation of the lake, state policies, linking to international experience for the protection of natural resources as well as innovative […]

  These two major events for securing water resources in Asia occurred together in September, in Gyeongju, South Korea. As the second Korea International Water Week (KIWW), contained the theme of “Water Partnership for Sustainable Development”, through the sub-themes of global leadership for SDGs, implementation of solutions, economic/social value creation and knowledge sharing/ capacity building. […]

Organized by the Seine-Normandy water agency and French Development Agency, this was a workshop for discussions and presentations of ecological engineering solutions and best practices from around the world. The event included roundtables, projects, working groups and field visits. Its goal was to exchange information and perspectives on nature-based solutions to water-related risks by professionals […]