Activities

Insights from the German Advisory Council on Global Change, IDOS and other experts.¹

Too little, too much, too dirty – water challenges in virtually all countries are increasing with climate change and due to overuse and lacking treatment of the precious resource. The mid-term review on the Sustainable Development Goal 6 on Clean Water and Sanitation shows that the world is not on track to achieve this goal by 2030.

Water and state governance: India, Kenya, Germany²

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

The land-water nexus: improving science-policy interfaces to strengthen resilience³

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

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Debate on urban resilience in the face of increasing extreme water events and especially floods⁴

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.

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BonnWaterNetwork at the Panel discussion of the GIZ Sustainable Movie Night “The fight for water”⁵

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.

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Excursion to Mehlem Creek as part of the GWOPA Congress in Bonn⁶

IDOS and the Bonn Water Network in cooperation with the City of Bonn organised two excursions for the participants of the GWOPA Congress

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Adapting Governance and Infrastructure for Water Resilience - GWOPA congress, 23.05.2023 / 18:30 - 20:00⁷

The debate focuses on water resilience as a comprehensive approach including infrastructure, governance and the environment.

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Integrity Talk: Enabling multi-sector partnerships for water resilience - WIN and BWN, April 12, 2023, online⁸

In this Integrity Talk, we will discuss what the WEFE Nexus approach means and how to make it work, with integrity. We will look at the inherent risks of complex cross-sector initiatives where competing interests, unequal power dynamics, and untested governance structures come together. We will then focus on how integrity builds strong foundations for collaboration for water resilience. Register here.

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