About

GWP’s VISION is a water secure world. Our MISSION is to advance governance and management of water resources for sustainable and equitable development.

OUR UNIQUE VALUE: GWP mobilises action on the global water crisis through a unique combination of social capital, shared values, credibility within the global water community, bottom-up orientation, and expertise. A network of networks, we ensure the ‘voices of water’ can inﬂuence local, national, regional, and global development priorities. We are committed to our role as a neutral convener and respected for our focus on inclusiveness and sustainability.

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GWP creates and communicates information about integrated water resources management which contributes to improved water governance and, ultimately, water security.

Together with our Partners, we provide knowledge resources and capacity building activities for solving water problems.

Partner

Institutional Partners are the basis of GWP's multi-stakeholder partnership. A strong, diverse partnership can bring about the changes needed to achieve a water secure world. In this section, learn about the benefits of being a Partner and meet a few who already are. We invite like-minded organisations to join us!

GWP Regions

This is where you can find links to the websites of our Regional Water Partnerships (RWPs). RWPs are closest to the countries where we work. They share knowledge and learning across national boundaries and are expected to have an open, inclusive, and gender-sensitive policies for bringing together as wide a group of stakeholders as possible to solve water problems.

Global Climate

6/5/2023 - 6/16/2023

UNFCCC SB 58 sessions at the Bonn Climate Change Conference 2023

The SB 58 sessions guide and support Parties in completing the technical work mandated for the June sessions to help deliver robust outcomes at the twenty-eighth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) taking place in November and December this year.

The SB 58 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) subsidiary bodies sessions will take place at the Bonn Climate Change Conference in June this year.

The sessions guide and support Parties in completing the technical work mandated for the June sessions to help deliver robust outcomes at the twenty-eighth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) taking place in November and December this year.

For brief reflections on COP 27 and a look ahead to COP 28, check out the SB 58: Expectations and approach Joint scenario note by Harry Vreuls (SBSTA Chair) and Nabeel Munir (SBI Chair). SBSTA and SBI are the two permanent subsidiary bodies of the UNFCCC, the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI).

The Bonn Climate Change Conference takes place at the World Conference Center in Bonn, Germany on 5-15 June 2023.

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