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Water Conservation in the Age of AI

AI's impact on our planet, especially water resources, is a paradox we cannot ignore. AI proposes solutions to global challenges, yet its own sustainability is questioned due to significant water use for data processing and energy generation.
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2024 Junior Water Award: Water Pollution Control

Before the International Children's Day, twenty teams of 13-19-year-old young people convened in Ningbo of Zhejiang Province to share their inventions with experts and the public and to realize their innovative solutions to improve water and environment in and around their schools at the 2024 Junior Water Prize (JWP) Final.
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Nature-based ‘sponge’ solutions for climate resilience: New Horizon Europe ‘SpongeWorks’ project to enhance natural water retention at the landscape scale

GWP-Med is leading the "Maximising impact through communication, dissemination and exploitation" Work Package of the new Horizon2020 SpongeWorks project, coordinating activities that will boost the project's visibility and overall impact. SpongeWorks will implement 19 sponge measures in three demonstrator sites in France, Greece and a transboundary basin shared between the Netherlands and Germany aiming to enhance water retention and management while contributing to climate resilience and ecosystem health. Through effective communication and dissemination strategies, GWP-Med will ensure the project's results are widely shared with stakeholders, facilitating broader adoption and long-term sustainability of sponge measures.
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Building Climate Resilience: Regional Workshop on Drought Management and Integrated Water Resources Management in Southeast Asia

Bangkok, Thailand | April 9, 2025 - Southeast Asia is facing increasing water-related challenges as climate change intensifies. To address these risks, a regional workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand from 8 – 9 April 2025, brought together experts and leaders from Cambodia, Lao PDR, and beyond to strengthen water and drought risk management under a flagship Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Initiative.
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Building Capacity for Climate-Resilient River Water Quality Management in Malaysia

On 7–8 October 2025, water professionals and practitioners gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for a hands-on workshop aimed at strengthening national capacity in river water quality management. The two-day training was jointly organized by the Malaysian Water Partnership (MyWP), the Global Water Partnership Malaysia (MyGWP), and the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) Malaysia, with implementation support from the MyGWP Secretariat, DID Malaysia, and a hired consultant and trainer.
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Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) in Southeast Asia

The Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) program initiative is a financial mechanism to establish risk-informed early warning services and works directly with countries to increase the availability of, and access to, early warning systems.
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Turning SDG 6.5 Data into Action: Advancing IWRM in Asia-Pacific

Bangkok, Thailand | December 10, 2025 - Global Water Partnership Southeast Asia (GWP-SEA) underscored the importance of translating SDG monitoring into concrete action during the Pan-Asia Training on International Water Law, held at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP). The event brought together regional water and legal experts to assess progress on SDG Target 6.5, with a focus on integrated water resources management (IWRM) and transboundary cooperation
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South Asian Countries Advance Water Security Analysis for AWDO 2025

Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan have successfully completed their national assessments for the Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO) 2025, contributing to a thematic chapter that explores the continental-level relationship between water security and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).