The 8th meeting of the Roundtable on Financing Water is a thematic meeting focused on Climate Action. Mobilising finance and investment is central to accelerating the transition to net zero carbon emissions and to strengthening climate resilience. The Paris Agreement recognises that reaching these goals depends on “making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions (and climate-resilient) development” (Article 2.1c). Investments that contribute to water security can make key contributions to climate action by supporting adaptation and resilience as well as...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the French government have agreed to hold the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2020 from 3 to 11 September 2021 in Marseille. The different Congress components will take place on the following dates: • The Forum will take place from 4 to 7 September • The Exhibition will be held from 4 to 9 September • The IUCN Members’ Assembly will meet from 8 to 10 September • The Nature Generation Areas, or “Espaces Générations Nature”, will be running from 4 to 11 September” During the IUCN World Conservation Congress, IUCN’s 1300+ government...

The 24th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage and the 71st International Executive Council meeting is being organised by the Irrigation Australia’s Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IACID) on the theme ‘Innovation and Research and In Agricultural Water Management to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals’ at the International Convention Centre (ICC), Sydney, Australia. ICID triennial Congresses focus on the upcoming issues that need to be addressed in irrigation, drainage and flood management. The Congresses also provide a platform for reviewing a number of contentious issues...

The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), established in 1950 is a leading scientific, technical, and professional not-for-profit international organization working in the field of irrigation, drainage, and flood management. The main mission is to promote ‘Sustainable agriculture water management’ to achieve ‘A water secure world free of poverty and hunger through sustainable rural development’. The membership of the Commission consists 78 countries organized under the departments responsible for irrigation, drainage or agricultural water management <www.icid.org>. ICID...

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the ICOLD NEW DELHI 2020 Annual Meeting has been postponed to April 2023. Register now The Indian National Committee on Large Dams (INCOLD) will however organise the Symposium on "Sustainable Development of Dams and River Basins" in New Delhi as a hybrid event (both physical and virtual) from 24-27 February 2021.

"In order to mobilize forces and act in the interests of biodiversity, France will organize on 11 January 2021 a One Planet Summit in Marseille, during the IUCN World Conservation Congress," Macron wrote on Twitter. The One Planet movement was founded by France, the World Bank and the United Nations, and aims to speed up the implementation of international climate agreements by supporting specific projects at the local leve