COP29, the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference, will take place from 11–22 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. With a focus on driving global climate action, COP29 will highlight adaptation, resilience, and nature-based solutions and will mark the launch of the Baku Dialogue on Water for Climate Action.
On October 29, 2024, the 2024 Hebei Water Expo, marking its second edition, commenced at the Shijiazhuang International Convention and Exhibition Center. With the theme of "Cultivating New Productive Forces and Scripting Hebei's Water Conservancy Construction in the Chinese Path to Modernization," the exposition represents a pivotal event.
Global Water Partnership Southeast Asia (GWP SEA) was invited by WMO Regional Office Asia to attend The ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) – WMO Regional Forum held in Singapore 4-6 September 2024.
On 25 October 2024, the Swedish Minister of Development Aid, Benjamin Dousa, announced in an interview published in the Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) that Sweden would be initiating action to end the Host Country Agreement with GWPO and withdraw formally from the Organisation.
On the occasion of the 10th Meeting of the Parties (MOP 10) to the Water Convention from 23 to 25 October 2024 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the Global Water Partnership in West Africa (GWP-WA), the West African Economic and Monetary Union Commission (WAEMU), the Pôle Eau Dakar, Secretariat of the Water Convention and the United Nations Environment Programme - DHI Centre (UNEP-DHI), FAO co-organised a side event on the theme of ‘Implementing the Convention and promoting integrated water resources management through national and regional action’.
From 30 September to 2 October 2024, Global Water Partnership Southeast Asia (GWP SEA), represented by our Interim Regional Coordinator, Mrs Louise Desrainy Maryonoputri, received a sponsorship to participate in the Drought Resilience +10 Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, at the WMO Headquarters.
The Mediterranean WEFE Nexus Community of Practice (CoP) was officially launched during a landmark event in Larnaca, Cyprus. By fostering partnerships, facilitating knowledge exchange, and leveraging its network of demonstration sites as living laboratories, the CoP aims to promote sustainable solutions across sectors and regions.
The recent article in Svenska Dagbladet on 19 October, reporting on GWP’s finances, presents a biased and incorrect picture of the organisation. The article fails to take into account the major shift in development aid financing generally that has also affected GWP, and it does not report on the extensive development of programme and project financing that GWP has secured in recent years.
