This is one in a series of four reports that examine how the diverse values placed on water have shaped the development and management of water resources in the Murray Darling River Basin.
This Story of Change presents the SafePani model in Bangladesh which aims to reform existing institutional design and move towards a professional water service delivery model, with timely and independently verified performance metrics unlocking results-based funding, with a focus on schools and healthcare centres.
City Water Resilience Approach (CWRA) enables cities, regions and water companies to take a holistic view of their water systems, inform decision-makers of a strategy to take forward and collaboratively build resilience to local water challenges. It provides a detailed step-wise methodology coupled with tools and resources that guide cities to bring a wide range of stakeholders together to share their perspectives; diagnosing what helps and hinders the water system to function when faced with shocks and stresses, and collaboratively develop and implement a water resilience action plan.
As part of its mission to collaboratively advance climate change adaptation, the Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA) developed free, in-person technical training and guidance for water utility engineers and decision makers to plan, communicate, and implement climate-resilient strategies within their organizations.
This document aims to guide the design, implementation, and use of studies to value the benefits and costs of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for climate resilience projects. Reliable quantification of the costs and benefits of NBS for climate resilience can facilitate further mainstreaming of these interventions by articulating the value proposition of NBS across sectors, improve impact evaluation, and for identifying additional funding and financing for projects.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is collaborating with IRC’s WASH Systems Academy team to create an ADB-specific training module to strengthen capacities of ADB staff, Implementing Agencies (IAs) and Executing Agencies (EAs) in the field of WASH and Health, seeking to promote the understanding and use of systems approaches and developing WASH systems champions.
The training will support ADB’s executing and implementing agencies and staff to understand, apply and scale up WASH system strengthening towards ensuring sustainable WASH services for everyone.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Water Sector Group, in collaboration with IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, is launching an online training course entitled “Water-Energy-Food Nexus Short Course: A roadmap towards a greener, more circular and less carbon intensive agriculture production” .