SUCCESS STORIES

Women Plus Water increases the visibility of women in water and engages people to learn about the gendered impacts of water research, management, and decision-making.

On December 14, 2022, a resolution was unanimously adopted to declare the “International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation, 2025”, introduced by the Republic of Tajikistan.

BleuImpact is a unique impact   fund, investing in innovative water solutions. Our goal is clear; protect,   improve and conserve water supplies, one investment at the time. Our success   will benefit the environment, society and the economy.

Using revolutionary technology, Shift converts animal waste into reliable, inexpensive energy in developing countries.

The risk at that moment is that our society will lapse into some different but still functionally unaltered version of what we had before the pandemic which would be a disaster leading only to the next disasters. The world won’t be and shouldn’t be the same again. Our interests should reside in not re-creating the world we had, but the world we want. This initiative is an invitation for participants to imagine that world for themselves. The premise of this project is that while it will be critical to rebuild our societal structure once this pandemic passes, many are of the view that we should be using this hiatus to thoughtfully consider how we can restructure in ways that perpetuate our gains in carbon emissions reductions while at the same time making other critically needed changes to our economies and lifestyle expectations that will make us not just less vulnerable to pandemics in the future but bolster meaningful persistent action in achieving the goals of the UN’s 2030 Transforming Our World global sustainable development agenda in time to ensure we never come this close to crossing the threshold of societal collapse again.

A Partnership between the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment & Health The Gail O’Riordan Climate & the Arts Legacy Series Creatively United Centre.

Climate and Artist Webinars: https://creativelyunited.org/climate-artists-series/presentations/ 

Co-creating water research that integrates Western Science and Indigenous and Local Knowledges; developing tools and resources for enhanced resilience in Indigenous communities and youth empowerment; developing grass roots solutions for water secure futures. 

Let’s Talk Water Vodcast: https://www.ohneganos.com/lets-talk-water 

Sustainable Development Goal 6 Policy Support System (SDG-PSS) – a tool to assess data availability and national status of water-related sustainability targets including: human resources capacity; financial needs and capacity; policy and institutional needs and capacity; disaster risk reduction; gender mainstreaming; and, integrity.   

This Global Water Futures initiative aims to identify management solutions that address critical water quality issues such as Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) that arise from nutrient exports from agricultural regions, given nutrient legacies and a changing climate. The project focused on developing integrated watershed-lake models, coupled with hydroeconomic modelling to find solutions that minimize trade-offs between lake ecosystems, water uses, and economic growth. 

Successful protection of water-related ecosystems requires rapid detection of change, especially in response to pollution. Advancing eDNA methodology for characterising water quality has potential to be included into the in citizen science toolbelt; training with early adopters is underway with more systematic training a future opportunity. 

This Collaborative is a consortium of Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, local, provincial, and national governments, academia, and industry. It’s goal is to increase monitoring sites and variables within the Columbia River Basin to fill knowledge gaps, address stakeholder needs, support decision-making, and make data widely available.  

Recognised as one of Canada’s top water stewards, Living Lakes Canada collaborates with communities, researchers, and other non-governmental organisations to protect water and address climate change impacts. Programs include citizen science, mapping sensitive water habitats in Canada, and connecting Indigenous and western science around water.  

The Collaborative Leadership Initiative was established in 2019 and represents a collaborative approach between Indigenous and settler leaders and elected officials to develop strategic approaches to shared problems. This includes protecting water resources in the region. Shared learnings of histories and worldviews facilitate development of mutually beneficial decision-making processes. 

Video Resource: https://vimeo.com/365218387