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Past Events

50 events

Mar 23, 2026

One Column Image – Thriving Urban Forests in Dry Climates: Innovative Water Management for Resilience

Mar 18, 2026

Test Event – Thriving Urban Forests in Dry Climates: Innovative Water Management for Resilience

Webinar.Mar 8, 2026

Webinarium 19e mars: Vatten som affärsfråga – från risk till konkurrenskraft

Seminar.Nov 6, 2025

The Road Ahead for the Neighbourhood: Uniting Cities, Water and Infrastructure for a Resilient Future

Seminar.Nov 6, 2025

Midway Momentum: Advancing the Mutirão for Cities, Water and Infrastructure

Seminar.Nov 6, 2025

Neighbourhood of the Mutirão: Water as the Connector for Cities, Infrastructure, and Cooling Systems

Seminar.Nov 6, 2025

From Global Mutirão to Bairro Mutirão: Building Resilience for Cities, Buildings, Cooling, Infrastructure and Water

Seminar.Nov 6, 2025

Neighbourhood of the Mutirão for Cities, Buildings, Water and Infrastructure: Opening of the Neighbourhood

Seminar.Nov 6, 2025

Inauguration of the Water for Climate Pavilion

Nov 6, 2025

From Commitments to Action: Progressing Water in NDCs 3.0 and NAPs

Seminar.Nov 6, 2025

Implementing NAPs and NDCs: Sectoral and regional insights

Seminar.Nov 6, 2025

From Targets and Indicators to Action on the Ground: Implementing the UAE Global Framework for Transformational Climate Resilience

Nov 6, 2025

Indicators for Water and Sanitation under the Global Goal on Adaptation: Getting It Right Beyond COP30

Nov 6, 2025

Implementing GGA indicators: Global South NbS-Led Water Resilience

Seminar.Nov 6, 2025

Stability and peacebuilding – a role for water diplomacy and climate action?

Seminar.Nov 6, 2025

Building Resilience through Multi-Stakeholder Collective action

Seminar.Nov 6, 2025

Tracking and Building Urban Water Resilience: From Cities to National Climate Commitments

Seminar.Nov 5, 2025

High-Level Ministerial Event: Waters of Change – Shaping Resilient and Sustainable Pathways

Seminar.Nov 5, 2025

Showcase of Highlighted Results & Solutions: Water Resilience – From Local Actions to Global Impact

Seminar.Nov 4, 2025

High-level Event on the Baku Dialogue on Water for Climate Action

Aug 22, 2025

Sunrise Swim for Lakes – Join us on World Lake Day! Share

SIWI's Acting Director Karin Gardes, President of World Water Week's Scientific Committee Jon Lane and Host Arati Davis standing on Centre Stage at World Water Week 2023, with large audience sitting in the foreground.

Jul 7, 2025

World Water Week 24 – 28 August 2025

Conference.May 23, 2025

SIWI at COP30

Seminar.Apr 22, 2025

Thriving Urban Forests in Dry Climates: Innovative Water Management for Resilience

Discover how cities in dry climates are using innovative water strategies to support urban forests. On 24 April, join SIWI’s James Leten and our partner from Ouagadougou in a UNECE webinar showcasing water-smart forest restoration through the LoCoFoRest programme. Learn from success stories in Cuenca, Ouagadougou, and beyond as experts share practical solutions for building resilient, green cities.

Seminar.Apr 14, 2025

Water as enabler for climate action and the future society of our lives

Join global experts and leaders in Tokyo for a high-level seminar exploring water’s critical role in climate action and sustainable development. Hosted by the Embassy of Sweden and SIWI, this Swedish-Japanese dialogue highlights cross-sector solutions and innovative approaches to building resilient societies — in the presence of His Majesty the King of Sweden.

Seminar.Feb 17, 2025

Nya lösningar för nya situationer: Vatten och biologisk mångfald för klimatet

Årets seminarium på Världsvattendagen fokuserar på att både beskriva situationen och ge konkreta exempel på åtgärder för att bygga motståndskraft, beredskap och livskraftiga samhällen.

Nov 15, 2024

Managing Shocks and Stressors: Water-based Adaptation for Economic Resilience

Nov 15, 2024

High level policy dialogue on Water Transversality for Climate Adaptation and Resilience via MSPs

Nov 15, 2024

Bridging Ocean and freshwater challenges through collective science, industry and policy action

Oct 31, 2024

Celebrating Water’s Lifeline for Climate, Nature, and People

Panel discussion.Oct 30, 2024

Strengthening Drought Resilience in Vulnerable Regions: Groundwater Monitoring for Climate Change Adaptation

Plenary.Oct 30, 2024

Applying systems strengthening for water and climate resilience

Conference.Oct 30, 2024

Official Side Event: Water resilience for equitable and effective mitigation

Conference.Oct 30, 2024

MPGCA Water Action Event: Water Solutions for Climate Action

Conference.Oct 22, 2024

SIWI at COP29

Aerial view of land meeting sea

Oct 11, 2024

Strengthening transboundary cooperation through holistic source-to-sea management

Conference.Jul 30, 2024

Real-world experiences: mobilizing alternative funding for African rainfed farmers

Webinar.Jul 16, 2024

Strengthening the evidence base for risk-informed WASH decision making

This session will showcase tools developed by UNICEF and SIWI to strengthen the evidence base for multiple risk-informed decision making. The first tool, the Global WASH Sector Resilience Index, raises awareness and enhances knowledge about multiple risks. The second, the conflict-informed approach to climate resilience, provides actionable results for priority setting.

Talkshow.Jul 16, 2024

Upscaling Blended Finance for NbS Investments within the SIDS Region

This session aims to boost investments in Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) across Small Island Developing States (SIDS) by leveraging blended finance models. Using the source-to-sea approach, we will explore regional partnerships and barriers for NbS, collaborative opportunities, policies, and avenues for the private sector to enable sustainable development in the region.

Seminar.Jul 16, 2024

A Changing Climate from Source to Sea: Nature-based Solutions in transitional waters

Areas bridging fresh and marine waters, whether natural or artificial, are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Nature-based solutions are essential to water management in estuaries, as these integrated solutions can help safeguard biodiversity and store greenhouse-gases, while providing a multitude of benefits to society, like protection against coastal erosion.

Seminar.Jul 16, 2024

Words or numbers: Reversing the decline in global river health

Rivers divide and connect, providing billions with water, food and energy. So the global river health crisis has profound implications. This debate will explore how best to stimulate attention and action to address the crisis. Specifically, we’ll explore whether better river health metrics or better communication will be most impactful.

Seminar.Jul 16, 2024

Global water governance after the UN Water Conference: What’s next?

Water governance has long been a slippery subject at the international level. The recent UN Water Conference may usher a new era of cooperation for the achievement of water-related SDGs. One year in, what initiatives are clearing a new way forward for sustainable and peaceful water governance?

Seminar.Jul 16, 2024

Bridging Divides: A New Era of Transboundary Basin Management

This session will focus on the opportunities and challenges to strengthen regional coordination and effective transboundary water management for healthy and resilient transboundary basins in the Americas. Experts will explore how source-to-sea management, stakeholder engagement, behavioral change and resilient water allocation targets can contribute to more effective transboundary action.

Seminar.Jul 16, 2024

Collaborative actions for peace & conflict preventation in shared waters

People who seek a common understanding and engaging discussion around the role of the international community in relation to shared water resources in regions prone to political tensions and armed violence, with examples from Somalia, Uganda and Iraq.

Workshop.Jul 16, 2024

Standing their ground: Deltas as connectors from source to sea

Deltas bridge land, freshwater, and the ocean; successful delta management depends on these linkages. IPDC and S2S Platform join forces in a discussion on how the source-to-sea approach unlocks pathways for cooperation on climate resilience and sustainable development. This interactive workshop will discuss concrete cases from deltas around the world.

Seminar.Jul 16, 2024

From Source to Sea: advancing plastic pollution international policy

This session will assess the impact, challenges, and opportunities to reduce plastic pollution in water flows, from source to sea. It will provide good practice examples and identify gaps to feed the process for an ambitious Global Plastics Treaty that seriously tackles plastic flows from land via water and wetlands.

Seminar.Jul 16, 2024

Cities to Sea: Transforming urban challenges into coastal opportunities

Urban areas are struggling under the growing weight of interconnected environmental challenges such as climate change, water security, waste management, and pollution. To address these challenges, cities must increase coordination and planning. This session will highlight how cities can participate in source to sea management for resilient economies and societies.

Seminar.Jul 16, 2024

Water quality cooperation for building peace from source-to-sea

This session explains how transboundary water quality cooperation can be developed and maintained to peacefully address concerns from source-to-sea.

Seminar.Jul 16, 2024

From COP28 to COP29: Building progress for Water & Climate Action

This public mobilization session will re-convene the COP28 Presidency and leading organizations for the three water outcomes to present current progress and next steps. This will also include the upcoming COP29 Presidency to create a shared understanding of how previous commitments can be accommodated and new priorities will be supported.

Seminar.Jul 16, 2024

High-Level Panel on Water’s Pathway in the Global Process

The High-Level Panel on Water’s pathway in the Global Processes is a platform for stocktake and dialogue on how we can best harness the political momentum for collective action through the ongoing water related processes at the UN level and highlight and explore the importance of intersectoral cooperation and partnerships in meeting the goals of SDG 6 and achieving a peaceful and sustainable future.

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