GIWEH brings water to the climate agenda at COP29

Water and the climate nexus

Water scarcity sits at the heart of the climate crisis, yet it is often absent from climate negotiations. Ahead of COP29 in Baku, GIWEH prepared a report setting out how physical and economic water scarcity interact with climate change across agriculture, energy, health and ecosystems, and why water security has become a central question for environmental governance.

Recommendations for negotiators

The report calls for integrated water resource management, greater investment in water infrastructure, climate-resilient agriculture, water-energy nexus solutions, stronger transboundary cooperation over shared waters, and better water data and monitoring to inform policy.

GIWEH at the UNFCCC

As an organisation in consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council since 2017 and an observer to the UNFCCC, GIWEH works to keep water visible in global climate policy and to connect it with the communities most exposed to drought, flooding and conflict over scarce resources.