The official kick-off meeting for the GRoW follow-up project SPS-Blue Nile takes place virtually on 11 May 2023!

SPS-Blue Nile develops a meteorological-hydrological forecasting system for the Blue Nile. It uses variables such as precipitation, water inflow or sediment transport, to predict

The first workshop within the OUTLAST project took place in Göttingen on the 27th and 28th of February 2023! 

Project partners from different universities and institutes participated both in person and virtually. The hybrid two-day workshop focused on the design of a forecasting system. On the

The OUTLAST and SPS-Blue Nile research projects were launched this month. Both projects are funded by the BMBF and will run for 3 years.

The OUTLAST project aims to develop the first global, multi-sectoral and operational drought forecasting system to quantify drought hazards and implement it as a

In many parts of the world, including here in Germany, water resources and especially groundwater reserves are becoming increasingly scarce. This is the focus of this year's United Nations World Water Day. The Ukraine war is exacerbating the problem. An accelerated energy transition requires even

As part of the GRoW webinar series, GRoW partners from ViWA, GlobeDrought and MedWater will share applied knowledge on remote sensing for food security in the second webinar "Remote Sensing for Efficient Water Management in Agriculture". The webinar will take place on 19 November 2021 from 11am to

GRoW researchers Prof. Dr. Claudia Pahl-Wostl (Institute for Environmental Systems Research at University of Osnabrück) and Prof. Dr. Harald Kunstmann (Institute for Regional Climate and Hydrology at University of Augsburg), together with Kersten Reich (educationalist and cultural theorist), formed

In autumn 2021, GRoW will host a webinar series in which project partners will present their products. The first webinar in the series will take place on 23 September 2021 on the topic of “Managing reservoirs and surface water: water quality and sediment”.

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The Rüdiger Kurt Bode-Stiftung has awarded the 2021 Water Resource Prize to GRoW researcher Prof Dr. Harald Kunstmann as a “bridge builder between research and practice”. With this award, the foundation honors Harald Kunstmann’s contribution to regional water resource management in sub-Saharan

The “Science & Research Forum – Water Dialogues for Results I Towards Bonn 2021”, which took place on 18 May 2021, provided space to discuss the role of science in enabling decision-making and accelerating cross-sectoral implementation of SDG 6. The recently published outcome document highlights the