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GWP’s VISION is a water secure world. Our MISSION is to advance governance and management of water resources for sustainable and equitable development.

OUR UNIQUE VALUE: GWP mobilises action on the global water crisis through a unique combination of social capital, shared values, credibility within the global water community, bottom-up orientation, and expertise. A network of networks, we ensure the ‘voices of water’ can inﬂuence local, national, regional, and global development priorities. We are committed to our role as a neutral convener and respected for our focus on inclusiveness and sustainability.

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GWP creates and communicates information about integrated water resources management which contributes to improved water governance and, ultimately, water security.

Together with our Partners, we provide knowledge resources and capacity building activities for solving water problems.

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Institutional Partners are the basis of GWP's multi-stakeholder partnership. A strong, diverse partnership can bring about the changes needed to achieve a water secure world. In this section, learn about the benefits of being a Partner and meet a few who already are. We invite like-minded organisations to join us!

GWP Regions

This is where you can find links to the websites of our Regional Water Partnerships (RWPs). RWPs are closest to the countries where we work. They share knowledge and learning across national boundaries and are expected to have an open, inclusive, and gender-sensitive policies for bringing together as wide a group of stakeholders as possible to solve water problems.

11/30/2015 - 12/11/2015

GWP at COP21 – Urging Parties to Act on Water

GWP is participating in the UNFCCC COP21 conference taking place in Paris, France from 30 November until 11 December. Funding for water resources management and future financing mechanisms are two of the topics that GWP will speak up for at the gathering.

The Conference of the Parties (COP) is an annual meeting that brings together the 196 countries within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This year’s session, COP21, is crucial because the pressure is rising for a new global climate agreement.

Last year at COP20 in Lima, Peru, GWP promoted the importance of urban water management in a successful side event, and water management in the context of South-South cooperation was raised at another event. Promoting South-South collaboration continues to be one of GWP’s objectives at COP21.

This year GWP representatives urge governments to:

call for investments in water resources management by the Green Climate Fund
access innovative finance mechanisms for climate resilience and water security
fulfil the commitments to the Least Developed Countries Fund to ensure project implementation

GWP activities at the COP21 include an event around the so-called Lima-Paris Action Agenda. This consist of a half day on ‘Water and Adaptation to Climate Change’ under Resilience on Wednesday 2 December. "Water declarations” will be made by basins, business, civil society (youth commitment), and local governments.

On the same day there is also an climate finance and investment planning event for Africa, and a High Level Panel on Water and Climate Change in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Furthermore, the joint GWP/WMO Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP) team will participate in the event “Faire face aux grandes sécheresses liées au changement climatique”.

On Tuesday 8 December at 10 a.m. local time, GWP and partners hold a press conference for COP21 delegates. This event will be webcast live on the UNFCCC website and available later on demand - update 8 December: the recording of the live stream is available here.

Top photo: GWP Technical Committee Member Prof. Nicole Bernex meets Al Gore on the first day of COP21

Page last edited: 11/13/2015