About

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.

Water and Climate Change

Climate change has long-since ceased to be a scientific curiosity, and is no longer just one of the many environmental and regulatory concerns. It is the major, overriding environmental challenge of this time facing decision makers, planners and regulators.

Climate change is a growing crisis with economic, health and safety, food production and other dimensions. In the midst of climate change is water which play a central role. Water is the primary medium through which climate impacts are felt.

Climate change manifests itself largely through its impact on water resources i.e. floods and droughts which are increasingly apparent in many parts of the world. Floods and droughts undermine farm yields and national harvests reducing household and national food availability, and agricultural income derived from crop sales. Their impacts on other sectors of a nation’s economy can also be devastating.

Risks of both floods and droughts threatening lives and national development: The challenges climate change pose inform of floods and drought make the need for effective adaptation through water extremely urgent.
Harnessing water’s productive potential and limiting its destructive potential: Reducing the risk of water-related shocks and damages, increasing the reliability of water services for production and reducing other negative impacts.

Understanding the dynamics of current variability and future climate change as they affect water supply and demand across all water-using sectors. It also requires development of robust institutions that can enhance the capacities of countries to respond to these dynamics through better water resources management.

All in all, adaptation to increase resilience to climate change is vital in order to reduce its impacts that are happening now and in the future. Actions need to be taken to help communities and ecosystems to cope with the changing rainfall patterns and other extreme weather events. Improved water resources management is definitely a critical part of the solution to climate change.

Page last edited: 7/25/2013