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The mission of the IUCN Global Water Programme is to be a trusted partner for evidence-based and adaptive change in water resource management that benefits nature and people.
Our main areas of work are:
- Implementing IWRM using an ecosystems approach
- Good governance of water and dialogue to build transboundary cooperation and effective national and local water resource management
- Promoting sustainable and inclusive growth to improve water and food security and climate resilience
- Demonstrating natural infrastructure solutions for climate change adaptation
- Building partnerships for water infrastructure innovation in the Water-Energy-Food security Nexus
- Increasing social, ecological, and agricultural resilience of ecosystems in the face of climate change
- Supporting corporate strategies with an aim to recognise, map, and reduce water risks for wider multi-stakeholder benefits at river basin scale
Major programmatic areas:
- Water Governance
- Implementing Sustainable Basin Management for Ecosystem Conservation
- Investing in Natural Infrastructure
