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A SWA briefing note on climate change adaptation and mitigation

Published on: 24/08/2020
Adapting to climate change and fostering a low carbon water and sanitation sector.

People fetching water at a tanker in Afar, Ethiopia

Strong WASH systems are climate resilient systems

Published on: 12/08/2020
The same capacities that help us adapt to COVID-19 can be used to face climate change.

World Water Week at Home 2020

World Water Week At Home, 24-28 Aug 2020

Published on: 03/08/2020
Join IRC and partners sessions for WWWeek At Home This year, Stockholm World Water Week will focus on the theme of water solutions to accelerate action on climate change. sessions are IRC (co-)convened sessions.

Climate change threatens one of the world's largest mangrove forests, the Sundarbans in West Bengal, India

Message in a red bottle – sending out an SOS

Published on: 03/07/2020
Report of a WASH Debate on climate adaptation.

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) instructions for chlorine disinfection in Kabarole, Uganda. Photo M. Watsisi/IRC Uganda

What legacy of COVID-19 do we want for the WASH sector?

Published on: 24/06/2020
Our strategic systems responses to the pandemic and climate change.

USAID-funded water point in Afar, Ethiopia

Can right-sized digital solutions help the vulnerable?

Published on: 18/05/2020
Water supply for all: How can digital solutions help increase access for vulnerable populations? Lessons from Tanzania and Ethiopia.

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WASH Debate: Climate adaptation in the WASH sector: distraction or necessity?, 15:00-16:30 CEST, 17 June 2020

Published on: 13/02/2020
Join us for this first virtual edition in our series of WASH Debates. We will present two seemingly conflicting perspectives on how the WASH sector should approach climate change.

Upturned tree caused by flooding in Ethiopia

Poor sanitation is the shittiest consequence of climate change

Published on: 14/11/2019
Why sanitation matters in the climate discourse.

Sanitation and hygiene sector trends

Unsafely managed sanitation, especially in rural areas, remains a challenge in developing countries as a result of population growth, climate change...
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Why hygiene matters in the climate change discourse

Published on: 14/10/2019
Hygiene is both the first and the last defence against diseases due to climate change.

Mayor of Bogura and IRC Associate Ton de Wilde

IRC starts innovative waste-to-energy collaboration in Bangladesh

Published on: 08/11/2018
On 20 September 2018 the municipality of Bogura and IRC signed a groundbreaking MoU.

Emotional wellbeing as a proxy indicator for water security among pastoralists in Afar, Ethiopia (WEDC paper)

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Capacity building for civil society organisations : reflections from Watershed Uganda work package

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Rural utilities for water supply in Ethiopia

Published on: 19/04/2018
A new guideline seeks to professionalise the management of multi-village water supplies in Ethiopia

Nature-based solutions for water. Illustration for World Water Development Report 2018

Leveraging nature-based solutions for cost-effective water management

Published on: 14/03/2018
World Water Day WASH Talk podcast with IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty.

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Taking lessons from Mother Nature

Published on: 22/12/2017
"If you do not yield to anyone's advice, the world will teach you the lessons it wants you to learn," my mother always said. Often, this was a cautionary tale and it usually came after realizing that no matter what she said or did, you would not yield to her advice. Somehow, this is the same...

Integrated water resources management and WASH

How are IWRM and WASH related, what are the steps already taken and what is still needed for integration?
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WASH Based Climate Adaptation Strategies in Ghana - National Level Learning Alliance Platform (NLLAP)

Published on: 27/10/2016
Ghana Youth Environment Network (GYEM), in collaboration with WaterAid Ghana and the Resource Centre Network (RCN) invites you to the learning and sharing meeting on the above theme. GYEM will lead the discussion with support from WaterAid Ghana under the advocacy for WASH Based Climate Adaptation...

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An anxious beginning?

Published on: 05/09/2016
Can service delivery approaches help deal with the interrelated threats of climate change, water security and disease outbreak?

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden

Water will underpin progress on all SDGs

Published on: 30/08/2016
Stockholm's story exemplifies the typical issues surrounding water and underscores the argument that water is key to development, most especially to the SDGs.

The Kenya Arid Lands Disaster Risk Reduction (KALDRR) WASH project. Photo: Mélanie Carrasco/IRC

El Niño and the global water crisis

Published on: 20/02/2016
Extreme temperatures, severe droughts and massive rainfall are affecting millions of people.

Working in a rice field in West Bengal, India

7 basic questions on Climate Change and WASH

Published on: 15/01/2016
A new year with fresh resolutions. One of 2015 big highlights was the Climate Top in Paris. Now that 196 countries have come to an agreement, what happens next? How will countries follow up on their promises? And how is this related to WASH? Some of the basics in one overview.

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Financing for sustainability in the Kenya Arid Lands

Published on: 19/12/2014
Who is responsible for improving the resilience of local population in the Kenya Arid lands against natural disasters and impact of climate change? And who pays the bills for sustainable water services? This was one of the questions that came up during workshops held in Kenya in October 2014.

WASH & climate change adaptation training module

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Water and sanitation services delivery should be at the heart of climate change adaptation

Published on: 15/05/2014
In this article John Butterworth explains why better access to water and sanitation will pay dividends in helping the most vulnerable people adapt to climate change. He argues that providing water and sanitation services for everyone builds resilience, and should be key part of the climate change...

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