MedWater develops management tools for efficient and sustainable water use of scarce groundwater resources for vulnerable karst aquifers within the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. MedWater recently applied their tools in the Western Aquifer in Israel, aiming at developing a model-based

The Joint Programming Initiative „Water Challenges for a Changing World“ (Water JPI) issued the 2017 Joint Call on „Water resource management in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals“. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) engages in this Initiative by co

UN-Water launched its SDG 6 Data Portal at the World Water Week in August 2019. This is one of the outcomes of the UN-Water’s Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6. The portal compiles data on all SDG 6 global indicators and other key social, economic and environmental parameters. Through maps

The UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) supports the consideration of water as a key cross-cutting issue to achieve the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. To this aim, the WWAP recently published regional policy papers evaluating the links between SDG 6 “Ensure access to water and

Christian D. León, coordinator of the GRoW-project TRUST, participated in a seminar in Lima as a panelist, talking about the nexus between water, health and climate change.

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In spring 2019, the GRoW-project TRUST signed an agreement on future cooperation with the newly elected municipality of San Andrés de Tupicocha.

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Project coordinator Prof. Dr. Irina Engelhardt of the Berlin Technical University spoke with the newspaper “Tagesspiegel” about GRoW Project MedWater.

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A video by DIE GEWÄSSER-EXPERTEN! shows aerial photographs and 3D models generated during various field trips in South Africa.

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At this year's General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) in Montréal, Prof. Dr. Harald Kunstmann, coordinator of the GRoW project SaWaM, moderated a session on decision-based forecasting for sub-seasonal and seasonal forecasts.

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