IWRA organises and supports international water congresses and events related to advancing water resources knowledge, policy and management around the world. Since 1973, IWRA has held a World Water Congress every three years in various locations around the world.

The objective of the World Water Congress is to provide a meeting place to share experiences, promote discussion, and to present new knowledge, research results and new developments in the field of water sciences around the world. For almost four decades the World Water Congresses have been excellent events for the identification of...

Theme: Difficulties in Water Management and Climate Emergency:  Looking for the Necessary Changes.

ENEG is Portugal's largest conference and exhibition dedicated to the Water Sector, assuming a significant international dimension over past five editions.

It is organised every two years by World Water Council member APDA - Portuguese Association of Water and Wastewater Services, and will take place from November 23rd to 26th at Tivoli Marina Vilamoura - Centro de Congressos do Algarve.

This year's event will explore the theme of "Difficulties in Water Management and Climate Emergency...

The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to the UNFCCC, originally scheduled from 9-19 November 2020, in Glasgow, UK, will take place from 1-12 November 2021.

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The World Hydropower Congress brings together the planet's leading thought leaders, decision-makers and innovators for an historic virtual summit to determine priorities for hydropower development.  

Taking place over three weeks from 7-24 September, the event will showcase how sustainable hydropower is part of the solution to climate change. Influential speakers will set out how investment is urgently needed now to build the smart, resilient, clean energy infrastructure of the future.

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The 2021 World Hydropower Congress will be hosted under the patronage of...

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+...

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 .

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Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the ICOLD NEW DELHI 2020 Annual Meeting has been postponed to April 2023.

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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