By Priyanka Gurung, Purnima Banjade | 5 Mar 2023 Water has been an essential aspect of human life throughout history, and the looming global water crisis is one of the most pressing issues humanity faces today. Despite access to clean water being recognised as a...
Episode III – Declining springs in Nepal Report summarising the event proceedings and outcomes Overview The Himalayan Spring Water Policy Lab (HS – WPL) forum explored the ongoing situation of drying springs and the possible approaches to address it...
Episode II – Focus on India A Report summarising the event proceedings and outcomes Overview The Himalayan Spring Water Policy Lab (HS – WPL) forum explored the possible approaches to find solutions to the devastating situation of drying springs particularly in the...
The first meeting of the Water Policy Lab (WPL) Consortium was held on 16 March, 2022 which covered a general overview of the WPL approach and how it can be used to solve specific water related problems. Currently, the core team members of Himalayan Spring WPL include...
Period: January 2021 – December 2023 Funder/client: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Australian Water Partnership (AWP) Project overview: The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region spans 3,500 kms from Afghanistan to Myanmar and sustains...
Period: August 2019 – March 2021 Funder/client: Australian Water Partnership (AWP) In the Asia-Pacific region, water insecurity is looming under changing climate, rapid urbanisation, and intensifying competition between human use of water and environmental flows. In...
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Messages for Action Recognise the urgency of addressing losses and damages and expedite the pace of action. Look no further than the events of 2022 and 2023 to recognise the urgency. For example, the 2022 Pakistan floods displaced 7 million people and caused around...
Key Messages Mitigation and adaptation are at the center of global climate negotiations. However, as climate change impacts become more frequent and more severe, these two well-accepted pillars of climate policy are not sufficient. Burgeoning damage and loss from...
On 19 December 2024, a virtual knowledge sharing and feedback session was organised by IFSD for the awardees of grants from the Strengthening Loss and Damage Response Capacity in the Global South (STRENGTH) project. In this project funded by IDRC and...
Events
The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024. IFSD, in collaboration with its partners, including the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), the International Development Research...
The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28) was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30th November 2023 to 12th December 2023. IFSD along with our partners International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), International Development Research...