Welcome to the Bonn Water Network

Water is life and a key resource for sustainable development and the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement. Many of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) depend on the availability of sufficient and clean water resources. From Bonn as a major hub for sustainable development, the Bonn Water Network contributes to strengthen the expertise needed in research, training and practice to implement water-related sustainable development goals around the world.

About the BWN

Learn more about the BWN Story, the Networks Mission, Purpose and Objectives

Activities

Past and upcoming events and other activities

Contact

Get in touch with the BWN member and partner organisations

Activities

Water and state governance: India, Kenya, Germany

The workshop examines the meaning of water and assemblages of practices that shapes actors and the artefacts which facilitates (disrupts) water supply systems in Germany, India and Kenya. July 19, 2024, 10:00 AM – 12:45 PM CEST

BonnWaterNetwork at the Panel discussion of the GIZ Sustainable Movie Night “The fight for water”

During the panel major challenges on water management and scarcity have been discussed. Initiatives and actions to tackle these challenges have been shared with the audience. Furthermore, the panel highlighted, how to learn from each other and mentioned solutions we all can contribute to.

The land-water nexus: improving science-policy interfaces to strengthen resilience

UNCCD Science Policy Interface (SPI)-Bonn Water Network (BWN) Joint Session 9:00-11:00 (CET), 22 March 2024 MET 2116, Langer Eugen Building, UN Campus, Bonn, Germany, and online webinar

Debate on urban resilience in the face of increasing extreme water events and especially floods

Together with the city of Bonn as a United Nations’ Making Cities Resilient 2030 hub, and ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability), the BonnWaterNetwork organized a lively debate on flood prevention and management. Participants highlighted the opportunities for cities to model flood and heavy rain scenarios and increase flood resilience through socio-political, physical, and environmental measures.

Further Activities

Katja Dörner, Mayor of the City of Bonn:

"Water is a cross-cutting topic in Bonn, both in global and in local terms. This year, Bonn is celebrating 25 years as a United Nations City. UN Bonn has evolved as the UN hub for sustainability, with land, nature, climate and water at its heart. Our research community has rallied with other partners in the Bonn Water Network, as a new platform fostering exchange and joint research. On this World Water Day, I commend all the key players for water in Bonn and thank them for their tireless efforts to shape a sustainable water future for all."

World Water Day 2021 | March 23rd 2021.

North of Bonn, Flood in 2021 at Rhine river and Sieg floodplain

Get to know the Bonn Water Network members

In the following videos the network members present their expertice and contribution to the Bonn Water Network.

Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)

Department of Geography (GIUB)

IDOS // German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

United Nations Human Settlement Programme/Global Water Operators' Partnerships Alliance (UN-Habitat/GWOPA)

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About the BWN

Learn more about the BWN Story, the Networks Mission, Purpose and Objectives

Contact

Get in touch with the BWN member and partner organisations