SLWP Core Programme
Primary programme funded by GWP focusses on interventions and promoting dialogues on IWRM related water policies , More »
SLWP Programmes with AWPs
Water related activities channeled through GWP by the UN system including APAN, UNWATER and any external donor. More »
Water and Climate Resilience Programme
A dedicated Water and Climate Resilience Programme (WACREP) for South Asia on Climate Change Adaptation initiated in 2013 and financed through a GWP/Donor funding arrangement. More »
Joint Corporate Activities with Private Sector
Activities undertaken in joint collaboration with corporates under their CSR programmes or with Private Sector. (NDB,HNB, Janashakthi, UNDP, IWMI, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce/ Sampath Bank and other partner agencies). More »
Joint Corporate Activities with Private Sector
Activities undertaken in joint collaboration with corporates under their CSR programmes or with Private Sector. (NDB, Janashakthi, UNDP, IWMI, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce/ Sampath Bank and other partner agencies). More »
Engaging communities and building flood resilience
Source : https://www.worldwildlife.org/
Article by : Ms. Kusum Athukorala – Regional Chair, GWP SAS
As climate change intensifies, flooding is increasingly threatening communities, livelihoods, and economies. Has this shifted your perspective on floods?
Dramatically. My native home is very close to a major river in Sri Lanka. Flooding was an annual event. But now, places that used to get inundated mildly are inundated heavily. All this increased flooding has gone hand in hand with the filling in of wetlands. Pair that with climate change, and we are having “100-year floods” sometimes twice a year. Read full article
4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit (APWS)
Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF) is organizing the 4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit (APWS) on 23-24 April 2022.
The objective of the 4th APWS is to share forward-looking solutions and practices to Heads of State and Government and support their policy decisions to accelerate actions to conduct quality growth toward a resilient, inclusive, and sustainable society by resolving various water-related issues in the recovery of COVID-19 pandemic in the region. Organisers aim to discuss how to provide practical actions and solutions in the light of science and technologies, governance, and finance.
