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Pot-COP Activists Connect

Register now for the event: Post-COP activists connect

Published on: 19/01/2022
Are you a passionate activist? An expert in climate and water? A person who is impatient for change? Then join us.

Post COP activists connect

Register now for the Post-COP activists connect event

Published on: 18/01/2022
Are you a passionate activist? An expert in climate and water? A person who is impatient for change? Then join us.

Spandan team along with community women paint the Integrated Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) system, Puri, Odisha, India

Climate-resilient community wastewater management

Published on: 11/01/2022
A prize winning solution for vulnerable urban communities in India.

Water and emotion : testing a new approach for monitoring water security among Afar pastoralists in Ethiopia

Research found a strong relationship between variation in seasonal water access and reported emotional response. Water security improvement could be...
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Man running backwards in a marathon

Running a marathon backwards – reflections on sanitation at COP26

Published on: 17/11/2021
While we see more focus on methane mitigation and increased recognition of sanitation in national climate plans, we all need to face the same way, particularly regarding finance.

Participant at the CR WASH learning platform in Adam, Ethiopia, asking a question

Climate resilient WASH discussions in Ethiopia

Published on: 15/11/2021
A climate resilient WASH learning platform has been established in Ziway-Shalla sub-basin in Ethiopia.

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Hope for a watershed moment

Published on: 29/10/2021
What colour smoke will emerge from this year's COP26?

Meeting proceedings Climate Resilient WASH - Learning Platform second workshop

Reflections and presentations from the workshop on climate resilient WASH in Ethiopia's Amhara and Oromia regions.
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Workshop with learning alliance in Kabarole, incl. District Councillor, District Engineer, Health Officer, NGO representative

Terminating the problem of unsafe water and sanitation services

Published on: 19/10/2021
Recently I listened to a speech by Arnold Schwarzenegger on how the climate movement is stuck and needs to reset. I think our approach to solving the water and sanitation crisis could help.

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Water Climate Discussion [19 October]

Published on: 18/10/2021
Water Climate Discussion Conference. Add your voice to the Water Climate Call to Action and meet with water professionals with shared climate interests across three days of discussions in October.

Contributor photos: Lemessa, Digbojoy, Fabrizio,Sára, Jeske, Vera, Patrick, Stef, Angela, Tettje

Solutions galore, but political will and finance still lacking

Published on: 10/09/2021
Sustainable, resilient WASH systems for all. Reflections from IRC on World Water Week 2021.

42nd WEDC International Conference

Published on: 30/08/2021
Due to the global coronavirus pandemic, the WEDC conference in 2021 will take place entirely online.

Hurricane damage in Honduras - photo Water For People

Changing the climate discourse and walking the talk

Published on: 17/08/2021
IRC and Water For People reframe the climate discussions from a WASH systems perspective.

Climate change, water resources and WASH systems

WASH system strengthening is climate action and WASH must be a core component of climate financing and adaptation strategies.
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Join IRC and Partners at World Water Week 2021 Online

Published on: 13/07/2021
See what we have planned with partners during the virtual Stockholm World Water Week 2021 from 23-27 August. This year's theme is "Building Resilience Faster". Also, visit us at the Netherlands pavilion

Improving WASH service delivery in small towns : systems approach implemented in Ethiopia

Systems approaches are ongoing processes which take time and require multiple levels of action, both at local as well as at regional and national...
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[Webinar] Climate finance for WASH (English, Spanish and Portuguese)

Published on: 19/04/2021
Thursday 29 April at 3 pm London | 4 pm CET, Latin America and the Caribbean | Africa | Europe, English-Spanish-Portuguese interpretation SWA together with GWP, UNICEF and WaterAid are co-convening a webinar series to strengthen partners' knowledge of and capacity to integrate water, sanitation and...

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[Webinar]Practical integration of climate resilience into WASH strategies and plans

Published on: 19/04/2021
SWA together with GWP, UNICEF and WaterAid are co-convening a webinar series to strengthen partners' knowledge of and capacity to integrate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and climate policies, plans, action, and financing. The second webinar of this series will focus on "Practical integration...

A guide to addressing Integrated Water Resource Management in implementation of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs WASH strategy 2016-2030

Conceptual frameworks and guiding questions that help identify opportunities to strengthen links between water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and...
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Marking World Water Day in Kabarole district in Uganda

Published on: 22/03/2021
IRC Uganda and its partners supported and participated in the series of Uganda Water and Environment Week 2021 activities in Kabarole to raise awareness about the sustainable use of water resources.

HE Ms Cora van Nieuwehuizen

90% of climate disasters are water related

Published on: 27/01/2021
Building resilience is not a "nice to have"- it is essential, says Ban Ki Moon.

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Climate Adaptation Summit 2021

Published on: 30/12/2020
The online international Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021 on 25 and 26 January, hosted by the Netherlands, convenes global leaders and local stakeholders. Listen to the Adapting to climate change, why and how - Climate adaption video by Ikenna

Rural community sanitary complex in Amethi, Rajasthan

Better maintenance for rural community sanitation in India

Published on: 08/12/2020
Providing inputs for a ministerial task force supporting Swachh Bharat Mission Phase II.

Celebrating World Toilet Dat again - a toilet in Bangladesh

Another year, another World Toilet Day

Published on: 18/11/2020
Climate won the vote for the theme of this year's World Toilet Day.

Honduras Hurricane Eta

Orkaan Eta werpt gemeentes in Honduras 10 jaar terug in de tijd

Published on: 11/11/2020
In de nasleep van orkaan Eta steunen IRC en Water For People de oproep van de Hondurese overheid aan de internationale gemeenschap en roepen ze op tot onmiddellijke actie voor de wederopbouw van talloze water en sanitaire voorzieningen die door de oorkaan verwoest zijn.

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