
SDG 6.5.1 IWRM Action Planning Course – 2025 edition
Do you want to learn how to design and implement a successful government endorsed IWRM action plan? Sign up to this free online course for a clear, step-by-step guide.

Do you want to learn how to design and implement a successful government endorsed IWRM action plan? Sign up to this free online course for a clear, step-by-step guide.

DHI is seeking a full-time Policy Advisor to join the UNEP-DHI team and support global wetland preservation efforts. The role involves engaging with climate and biodiversity experts, identifying policy needs, and leading project management tasks. The application deadline is April 30th, 2025.

Stakeholder Consultations were held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, between 13-14th of March 2025 by UNEP and UNEP-DHI with a focus to develop a Hydrological Decision Support System (HDSS) for the Lac Tele-Lac Tumba landscape.

The 2025 Policy Note on Mainstreaming Gender in Water Resources Management serves as a call to action for practitioners in water management and gender mainstreaming. With only five years left to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 on gender equality and SDG 6 on water and sanitation, urgent action is needed to scale up efforts and accelerate joint progress.

The 2025 Policy Note on Mainstreaming Gender in Water Resources Management serves as a call to action for practitioners in water management and gender mainstreaming. With only five years left to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 on gender equality and SDG 6 on water and sanitation, urgent action is needed to scale up efforts and accelerate joint progress.

A new Technical Note highlights the progress made and the challenges that remain in achieving sustainable water management across the African continent. It focuses on the status and direction of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Climate resilience, and financing for infrastructure based on SDG 6.5.1 data (2023).

This Technical Note highlights the progress made and the challenges that remain in achieving sustainable water management across the African continent. It focuses on the status and direction of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Climate resilience, and financing for infrastructure based on SDG 6.5.1 data (2023).

DHI is looking for a part time Student Assistant to support operation and maintenance for their large-scale hydrological model, DHI-GHM. The application deadline is 17 January 2025.

Gender and Integrated Water Resources Management, developed in partnership with UNEP -DHI, Cap-Net UNDP, Gender Water Alliance (GWA) and Global water Partnership (GWP), is an online, free and self-paced course that offers six modules designed to help practitioners integrate gender in all aspects of sustainable water management.

The Caspian Sea’s water levels are declining. While the science of Caspian Sea fluctuations is complex, there is growing evidence that substantial further declines will occur in the next 50 years, with impacts on the environment, economies, infrastructure and sustainable development.

Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) needs to be part of the discussion for the climate change adaptation agenda at UNFCCC COP 29. With the conference running in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11th to 22nd, it’s an opportune moment to assess the coordination between water resources management and climate actions.

The world has mismanaged its freshwater reserves for decades, hampering progress towards the SDGs. Some 50 per cent of countries globally have one or more types of freshwater-related ecosystems – rivers, lakes, wetlands or aquifers – in a state of degradation, finds a recent report from UNEP.
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