In our interview series marking GWP 20 Years, we talk to GWP Steering Committee (SC) member Dr. Gunilla Björklund. Her ties to the network run back all the way to its founding days, and over the years she has been involved in GWP project evaluations as a consult. She says the main challenge as a SC member is to have a global overview while still maintaining an understanding of the details.
The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) works to support Caribbean countries in the sustainable development and management of their water resources. Since being established in 2004, the regional organisation has been hosted by its long-standing Partner, the National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (NIHERST), in Trinidad.
Water is the source of life and indispensable substance in all lives. Although aware of it, and you might have envisaged the possibility of making, working or contributing something facilitated sustainability of water or other natural resources.
La Conférence régionale « Financement des projets d’adaptation liés à l’eau pour la mise en œuvre des CDN et des ODD : défis, perspectives et opportunités » sera organisée le 24 et le 25 Avril 2018 à Nouakchott- Mauritanie.
GWP delegates are taking part in the UN Climate Change Conference COP22, 7-18 November in Marrakech, Morocco. The objective is to promote support for the implementation of the Paris Agreement, in connection to water and climate change adaptation. The Paris Agreement entered into force on 4 November 2016.