Efficient water management requires new knowledge and implementable solutions, as well as synthesis of current experiences from different parts of the world.
The primary objective of the Centre is thus generation, synthesis and application of knowledge, and extensive global dissemination of the related information.
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Research & Policy Publications
Catchment-based approach and formalisation of artisanal and small-scale mining for sustainable mining management in the Philippines
By Justine Perry T. Domingo, Antonio P. Contreras, Cecilia Tortajada, Decibel V. Faustino-Eslava, Karen A. Hudson-Edwards, Richard D. Williams and Patrick Byrne, 2025. Article published...
Read MoreFrom discourses to systems—policymaking for adaptive management in the Brahmaputra River basin
By Navarun Varma, Ryan Tan, Robert J. Wasson, Cecilia Tortajada, Raghupratim Rakshit and Abhinandan Saikia, 2025. Article published in Environmental Research Letters, Volume 20, Number...
Read MoreThe State of Climate Change Adaptation Research in Bangladesh: A Systematic Literature Review
By Golam Morshed, Cecilia Tortajada and Md Sarwar Hossain, 2025. Article published in Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Volume 30, Issue 5.… Read...
Read MoreForever but not everywhere? Unexpected non-detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in major Philippines rivers
By Patrick Byrne, Emma Biles, Loucel Cui, Richard Williams, Decibel V. Faustino-Eslava, Laura Quick, Manilyn Casa, Francis Ian P. Gonzalvo, Maria Regina V. Regalado, Kim...
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Beijing leads global energy transition
While China's economic miracle is well-known, what is less recognized is its remarkable advance in many scientific and technological fields, especially in renewable energy, since...
Read MoreMore publications, more knowledge application
May 23, 2025 Human knowledge had doubled every century until about 1900. Doubling time reduced to 25 years by the end of World War II...
Read MoreQuo Vadis Indus Water Treaty?
May 22, 2025 As tensions rise between India and Pakistan and India suspends the Indus Waters Treaty, both countries have to completely reimagine how they...
Read MoreKey green finance policies to build China’s trillion-yuan water-savings industry
May 22, 2025 By 2027, China's water-saving industry scale is set to hit 1 trillion yuan. This article explore how the nation's innovative fusion of...
Read MoreBuilding Sustainability
The books of this series will be of direct interest to universities, research institutions, private and public sector institutions, international organisations and NGOs. In addition, all the books will be standard reference books for the water and the associated resource sectors.
This Series identify outstanding cases of truly successful sustainable development from different parts of the world and analyze enabling environments in depth to understand why they became so successful. The case studies will come from the works of public sector, private sector and/or civil society.
A new open access journal presenting the engineering and practical applications of river systems, in addition to research on traditional water-related areas.
River welcomes research spanning the following areas:
– Water resources, water environment, water ecology, water disaster, hydraulics, irrigation
– Geotechnical engineering and dam construction technique
– Estuarine and offshore engineering
– Water culture, policy, and security
The series aim at disseminating new knowledge on the policy and governance of water resources to a very broad and diverse readership all over the world. The series should be of direct interest to all policy makers, professionals and lay readers concerned with obtaining the latest perspectives on addressing the world’s many water issues.
One of the objectives of this webinar series is to discuss and assess the current and future water-related problems and their potential solutions from a multi-disciplinary, multisectoral and multi-issues basis. World’s leading academics working on water-related issues within the framework of sustainable development, senior policymakers from different parts of the world, heads of international and national organisations and senior officials from international institutions will be invited to this webinar series.
Information about the webinar series is available here.
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