Climate change impacts water resources first and foremost and water should be perceived as a connector offering solutions both to climate change adaptation and mitigation. In recent years, the World Water Council has strived for recognition of the role of water within climate discussion. Following the success of the first International Conference on Water and Climate "Water Security for Climate Justice" held in Rabat in July 2016, the World Water Council, with the support of the CoP22 Chair as represented by the State Secretariat for Water of the Kingdom of Morocco, and with the collaboration...

The second meeting of the Roundtable on Financing Water, a joint initiative of the OECD, the World Water Council and the Government of the Netherlands, will be held in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 13th, in the context of WATEC. It will provide an opportunity to update participants on on-going analytical work under the several themes in the roadmap for future work. It will also provide an opportunity for participants to engage in discussion and share their views on key issues, including innovation, blended finance and the role regulation in stimulating, or hindering, investment in water...

Faced with significant challenges, mjot cities are key stakrholders in local and global issues. Under the theme ”Global Challenges: Major Cities in Action”,the XII Metropolis World Congress – World Association of the Major Metropolises – will unite decision-makers from major cities around the world as well as public, institutional, private, community and academic stakeholders in order to: Promote key political messages and declarations from the community of mayors worldwide; Showcase and acknowledge good urban practices from across the globe; Enrich the debate among the various urban...