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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.

Partner

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.

8/11/2021

Time to Act in Unison on the Climate Emergency

The recent IPCC report paints a grim picture of the future of our planet. A red code for humanity. We pushed the climate into unprecedented territory, and now is the time to act, says GWP Executive Secretary Darío Soto-Abril in a statement responding to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. He stresses that to succeed in the battle against climate disaster, we need to work in unison.

The IPCC Report contains many references to water – highlighting how climate change disrupts the water cycle, bringing about more intense rainfall and associated flooding, as well as more intense drought in many regions. The consequences can be devastating for people and nature.

In the IPCC press release, six references are made to “multiple different changes in different regions” – every one of which is related to water. GWP, and other water organisations, have been sounding the alarm on the water-climate link for years, including at the UNFCCC climate conferences (the latest in 2019).

Most recently, in June 2021, as part of marking its 25^th anniversary, GWP published for the global development community a compendium of 25 stories from around the globe to help solve climate change challenges to water security: “Mobilising Change: 10 years of climate resilient water investments.”

Organisations that work on climate, water, and environmental issues will not be surprised at the latest IPCC’s statements. Our hope is that now climate negotiators will pay more attention to what the water community has been saying: don’t just focus on emissions and mitigation, it’s past due to also focus on resilience and adaptation.

That is why the global GWP Strategy includes climate-resilient development as a key goal, stressing the need for national adaptation planning, access to climate finance, and integrated resilience planning, including in water resources managment.

This is a strategic priority for us – at the country and regional level as much as the global level – and we are lucky to have found like-minded partners like the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the CEO Water Mandate, the 2030 Water Resources Group, the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), the Sustainable Markets Initiative, and many more with whom we are articulating a cohesive and collective response to water and climate challenges. By working together we will have more impact in supporting governments finding and implementing tangible solutions for the climate and water crisis.

While the IPCC Report presents a harsh reality check, it also states that human actions still have the potential to determine the future course of climate.

GWP’s regional and country teams are working 24/7 to support and scale up water-climate solutions coming from communities, governments, and businesses that are impacted by the imminent threat of climate change. We invite the global development community to join us!

Page last edited: 8/11/2021