Against the backdrop of South Africa’s G20 Presidency, the first hosted by an African nation, 2,000 delegates will convene in Cape Town from 13-15 August 2025 for the inaugural AU-AIP Water Investment Summit, a strategic platform to drive water-related investments and reforms. Over 80 transformative water projects from across the continent will be showcased to potential funders & investors, through which possible deals will be signed.
On 26-27 November 2024, Bratislava welcomed youth leaders, water management experts, and key stakeholders for the DANUrely Roundtable: Empowering the Next Generation in Water Management. Hosted at the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMU), this two-day event united participants from across the Danube region to explore innovative solutions for water challenges and foster collaboration between generations.
The Conference of the Parties, at its sixteenth session held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2-13 December 2024), invited GWP to serve as a technical partner in the continuous development of existing Drought Monitoring and Early Warning Systems. This decision acknowledges GWP as a strong global player in drought management.
PRIMA NexusLabs kicks off with dynamic first plenary in Spain, paving the way for WEFE Nexus innovation. GWP-Med is leading the project's activities to disseminate best-practices across the Mediterranean.
On 2 April 2025, the first of a series of webinars under the DANURELY-WS (Danube Youth Leadership for Water Security) project took place. The online event, organized by the Water Research Institute (VÚVH, Slovakia) in collaboration with GWP CEE, focused on the topic of youth involvement in improving water quality in the Danube region.
On the sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris, France, on 12 February, OECD and IEEE are convening a session to explore the energy and water footprint of AI, drawing on GWP’s expertise in AI and water usage.
