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.
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?
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?
El Niño and the global water crisis
Published on: 20/02/2016
Extreme temperatures, severe droughts and massive rainfall are affecting millions of people.
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.
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.
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...
Effective WASH sector adaptation to climate change through improved governance
The most effective approach to adaptation is to strengthen governance of the WASH sector, for example by adopting principles of adaptive management...
Climate change: why universal WASH services are crucial to adaptation
Published on: 26/03/2014
Climate change is a double whammy which will impact on both the supply and demand sides of WASH services. But taking steps now could make a real difference.
WASH and climate change adaptation: Training of trainers workshop Nigeria 26 - 30 November 2012
Published on: 09/11/2012
This workshop is part of an initiative to promote the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in the WASH sector through building the capacity of WASH sector professionals. The effort ultimately aims to influence the way that the WASH sector addresses the challenges posed by climate change...
Adaptation of WASH services delivery to climate change, and other sources of risk and uncertainty
This paper recommends a range of practical and well-proven methods and tools for managing risk and uncertainty linked to climate change and other...
Climate change adaptation: murky waters of political capture and collusion
Published on: 18/03/2010
Climate change is at risk of becoming a market and a sector with new opportunities for political capture, and for misuse of influence in directing investments to serve the interest of the few. Adaptation measures to cope with climate change might end up being largely ineffective due to corrupt...