03. März 2025

Addressing the global water crisis in a challenging political environment: recommendations and debate Addressing the global water crisis in a challenging political environment: recommendations and debate

We need international cooperation to sustainably manage water – but the current political environment marked by the rise of geopolitics, nationalism and competition for water is challenging.

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.

Rhine river © Annabelle Houdret

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Prof. Dr. Anna-Katharina Hornidge¹, director of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and co-chair of the German Advisory Council on Global Change, will present the key findings of the report Water in a heated world².

Dr. habil. Johannes Cullmann³, head of unit International Collaboration at the German Federal Institute of Hydrology and former Vice-Chair of UN-Water, will reflect on recent developments in and future perspectives for global water governance

Prof. Dr Ines Dombrowsky⁴, head of the Department ‘Environmental Governance’ at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), introduces the recommendations of the paper “Empowering global water governance: taking the 2023 UN Water Conference outcomes forward to address the current water crises⁵”.

Prof. Dr. Anindita Sarkar⁶, Senior Researcher at Department of Ecology and Natural Resources Management at Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, will discuss the local implementation of global concerns in the field of groundwater governance

Dr. Annabelle Houdret⁷, senior researcher at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and speaker of the Bonn Water Network, will moderate the event.

The event is taking place on 10th of March 2025. For registration, please click here⁸.

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