WATER, CLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE
ENHANCED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT and more resilient water services are essential for adaptation to the adverse impacts of climate change, and for strengthening the resilience of communities, ecosystems and economies. Research is needed on scenarios for water management and allocation in agriculture and across sectors under future climates, policies and technologies for disaster preparedness and response, climatesmart strategies for water storage and the development of financial remediation schemes such as insurance.
Climate – IWMI research will: • integrate modeling, monitoring and scenario planning for surface and groundwater to help governments and partners to plan and operationalize climate change adaptation • use basin modeling tools to assess the hydrological impacts of plans for climate change mitigation through land-use change or changes in energy technologies • support effective water governance for climate change adaptation and mitigation • strengthen gender responsiveness implementation of climate-smart agriculture.
Disruption – IWMI research will:
• further develop and deploy flood and drought monitoring and forecasting technologies for improving disaster preparedness
• improve and scale up application of risk transfer products for smallholder and estate farming
• integrate data and analytical tools, research and knowledge on institutions, equality and inclusion, and facilitate capacity development and dialogue in programs for building river basin resilience • enhance knowledge of how water relates to social, economic and environmental drivers of migration, and promote the use of this evidence in policies on migration
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WATER, CLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE
ENHANCED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT and more resilient water services are essential for adaptation to the adverse impacts of climate change, and for strengthening the resilience of communities, ecosystems and economies. Research is needed on scenarios for water management and allocation in agriculture and across sectors under future climates, policies and technologies for disaster preparedness and response, climatesmart strategies for water storage and the development of financial remediation schemes such as insurance.
Climate – IWMI research will: • integrate modeling, monitoring and scenario planning for surface and groundwater to help governments and partners to plan and operationalize climate change adaptation • use basin modeling tools to assess the hydrological impacts of plans for climate change mitigation through land-use change or changes in energy technologies • support effective water governance for climate change adaptation and mitigation • strengthen gender responsiveness implementation of climate-smart agriculture.
Disruption – IWMI research will:
• further develop and deploy flood and drought monitoring and forecasting technologies for improving disaster preparedness
• improve and scale up application of risk transfer products for smallholder and estate farming
• integrate data and analytical tools, research and knowledge on institutions, equality and inclusion, and facilitate capacity development and dialogue in programs for building river basin resilience • enhance knowledge of how water relates to social, economic and environmental drivers of migration, and promote the use of this evidence in policies on migration
to read the full report please click on
/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/iwmi-strategy-2019-2023-summary.pdf
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