The thesis paper “Seven Sins against Local Water Management” was published for GRoW by the Institute of Environmental Engineering and Management at the Witten/Herdecke University (IEEM gGmbH).  Drawing on extensive empirical research, the authors identify seven starting points to secure water

On February 12, 2021, the former members of the UN Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB) met to discuss current challenges in the water and sanitation sector. Prof. Dr. Harald Kunstmann, coordinator of the GRoW project SaWaM, participated in the meeting. Representing the research

On November 3rd and 4th, 2020, the final workshop of the GRoW project GlobeDrought took place, organized by the Institute for Environment and Human Security of the United Nations University (UNU-EHS). At the virtual event, 74 participants addressed questions relating to the characterization

The GRoW joint project STEER has published six Policy Briefs dealing with complex and cross-sectoral challenges of water governance in six different case studies. The authors present findings from Mongolia, Iran, South Africa, Southern Spain and Germany and translate them into recommendations for

The GRoW Video “Water as a Global Resource – Voices from the research initiative GRoW” is now available. GRoW researchers talk about challenges related to the global water crisis, GRoW solutions to overcome these and needed actions from policy and decision makers. A stronger connection of science

Hamideh Nouri (GlobeDrought) and Markus Berger (WELLE) of the GRoW cross-cutting group “water footprint” will lead a session on water footprint and water productivity at the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) taking place virtually from April 19 to 30, 2020. Researchers are

TU Berlin published a press release on the GRoW joint project MedWater. In particular, it highlights the relevance of the research results for reducing the potential for conflict over water resources in Israel and the Palestinian autonomous regions.

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Two weeks after the closing of the hybrid GRoW final conference, the interesting and diverse presentations are available in the relive program now and until December 4. Use this opportunity to revisit the entire conference or to watch single, particularly interesting contributions.

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The GRoW - Water as a Global Resource - final conference live event came to a glorious end with an exciting high-level panel discussion yesterday. Thank you to the almost 400 participants for their interesting presentations and lively inputs during discussions - most of them online from all around