RésEAU Updates June 2025

News to read

• The new RésEAU Brief no. 8 on water in urban areas focuses on ways to ensure services, managing risks and retributing to nature in the context of a rapidly growing urban population across the globe.
• The United Nations World Water Development Report 2025: Mountains and glaciers - Water towers provides an overview of the current state of play and recommends what needs to change in terms of meltwater management.
• The five maps on Climate Change, Water and Energy in the Middle East produced by Zoï Environment Network visualize in detail the interplay of the Water-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus in the Middle East.
  The research on “Inclusive policy development from the ground up: Insights from the household water-energy-food nexus” reveals how daily practices, socio-economic realities, and gender roles shape sustainable behavior — and highlight the need for equity-focused, bottom-up policy design
• The discussion paper Indicators, measures and methods for monitoring climate-resilient WASH elaborated by the World Health Organization summarizes key concepts used in the WASH and WASH-adjacent sectors when framing climate resilience for the purposes of monitoring and reflects on the implications of the above for development of new indicators for the WASH sector.
• The newly published Compendium of Solid Waste Management (SWM) in Humanitarian Contexts developed by the German WASH Network, eawag and IFRC is a comprehensive compilation of the most relevant and sector-reviewed SWM technologies, planning aspects and cross-cutting issues.
• The United Nations Security Council recently convened an Arria-formula meeting on “Protecting Water in Armed Conflict”, signaling a pivotal moment in recognizing water security as integral to global peace and security. The event recording can be found here.
• Water Aid's Learning Brief on  Strengthening water resource  management for climate  resilience and water security in  semi-arid areas of West Africa shares lessons learnt on implementing the  Securing Water Resources Approach (SWRA) in their past 15 years of operation in the region.
• The latest issue of Water International Journal features an article exploring tangible points connecting climate governance with water issues at transboundary level: Where climate meets water in transboundary systems: breaking boundaries through law.
• The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has released a new report on “Mainstreaming gender in national drought plans, national action plans and national policies” complemented by a 60-minute online course addressing the gendered impacts of drought.

E-workshops and webinars to attend

• 10 June 2025 – RWSN Early Webinar Series 2025: Sharing Lessons from the Nepal Multiple-Use Water Services Network by Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN), 14:00 CEST
• 12 June 2025 - Webinar 3 of the Learning Journey on Groundwater: Transboundary Groundwater Governance by RésEAU focuses on multiple levels of and solutions for sustainable and cooperative management of border-crossing aquifers,13:00-15:00 CEST
• 17 June 2025 – RWSN Early Webinar Series 2025: Making Data Work for Climate Financing by Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN), 14:00 CEST
• 24 June 2025 – RWSN Early Webinar Series 2025: Policy and Regulatory Responses to Self-Supply by Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN), 09:00 CEST
• Available online - UN-Habitat Masterclass: The global challenge of sanitation and wastewater management in urban contexts by Eawag-Sandec and WSUP, self-paced

Conferences and events to join

• 11 June 2025 – Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) and 60 years of Water Sciences at UNESCO by UNESCO, to be held in Paris, France
• 16–17 June 2025 – Global Workshop on Ecosystems Conservation and Restoration in Transboundary Basins by UNECE, to be held in Salle XXVI, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
• 17–18 June 2025 – Symposium on WASH interventions in healthcare facilities and schools by the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland and the Swiss Water and Sanitation Consortium to be held in Muttenz, Switzerland
• 18 June 2025 – 9th Meeting of the Task Force on the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus by UNECE, to be held in Salle XXVI, Geneva, Switzerland
• 23–24 June 2025 – 26th Meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Protocol on Water and Health by UNECE, to be held in Geneva, Switzerland
• 23–25 June 2025 – Singapore International Water Week on Flood Resilient Cities – Adapting to Climate Change by Singapore International Water Week, to be held in Singapore
• 23–26 June 2025 – 7th IWA International Conference on eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment by International Water Association (IWA), to be held in Stockholm, Sweden
• 30 June – 3 July 2025– 4th International Conference on Financing for Development by United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs, to be held in Sevilla, Spain
• 02–04 July 2025 – 7th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity for the Water Sector – Empowering a New Generation by IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, to be held in Delft, The Netherlands
• 22 July 2025 – SDG 6 Water Action Agenda Special Event at the High-level Political Forum 2025 by UN-Water, to be held in UN Headquarters, New York, USA

Opportunities to apply for

• 29 September - 3 October 2025 - Training: Law, Policy and Science in Environmental Peacebuilding  organized by the Geneva Water Hub - apply by 15 June 2025
• June 2025 - February 2026 - ETH's Center for Global Cooperation and Sustainable Development NADEL offers a range of online and on-site courses for professionals in development cooperation. Find the course overview here and apply as soon as possible.

Please consider sharing your news with all other RésEAU members by sending an email to ResEAU@dgroups.org.

Best regards,

Dr. Daniel Maselli, RésEAU Focal Point, SDC

Delphine Magara, RésEAU Backstopper, Skat Consulting Ltd.