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Global Crisis in Water Management: Can a Second UN Water Conference help?

March 27, 2023 by TW Centre

By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, 2023. Editorial pubished in River. … Read More

Goals, Progress and Priorities from Mar del Plata in 1977 to New York in 2023

March 23, 2023 by TW Centre

By R. Quentin Grafton, Asit K. Biswas, Hilmer Bosch, Safa Fanaian, Joyeeta Gupta, Aromar Revi, Neha Sami and Cecilia Tortajada, 2023. Article published in Nature Water, Volume 1, pages 230-240.… Read More

Communications & Media

Climate action to build a shared future

March 23, 2023 by TW Centre

March 20, 2023
Countries across the world are facing major problems which are too complex for any single country, no matter how powerful, to solve them alone. So all countries, big and small, should first agree to a common solution and then endeavour to achieve it and collectively contribute to realizing common prosperity.… Read More

Communications & Media

India’s unsustainable urban water management

March 22, 2023 by TW Centre

March 22, 2023
Providing safe water supply and proper wastewater management to the urban dwellers of India is not rocket science. India had enough water, investment funds, management and engineering expertise and technology to provide clean water and proper wastewater management since 1980. … Read More

Communications & Media

World Water Day, 2023

March 21, 2023 by TW Centre

Hydro Nation International Centre – World Water Day, 22nd March 2023, Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), with live stream.… Read More

Research & Policy Publications

Digitalization and Hydroinformatics

March 15, 2023 by TW Centre

By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, 2023. Article published in River, Volume 2, Issue 1, pages 1-4… Read More

Communications & Media

How long does it take to fix a world water crisis (46 years and counting…)?

March 14, 2023 by TW Centre

March 14, 2023
Harold Wilson, a former British Prime Minister, once remarked that ‘a week is a long time in politics’. If this is true for politics, then it has been an eternity since the first UN Water Conference. It took place in 1977 over 11 days in Mar del Plata, Argentina while the second UN water Conference is scheduled 46 years later, over three days in March 2023, in New York City.… Read More