13 November 2014
SIWI Hosts Water Adaptation Network
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The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) now hosts the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA).

The AGWA Secretariat will: uphold and build the members network; hold regular steering committee and annual meetings; and prepare agendas and circulate information.

AGWA is an informal network of 50 organizations that work in the field of water resources adaptation to climate change.

SIWI7 November 2014: The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) now hosts the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA). The AGWA Secretariat will: uphold and build the members network; hold regular steering committee and annual meetings; and prepare agendas and circulate information.

Together with the World Bank, SIWI chairs the AGWA steering committee. AGWA is an informal network of 50 organizations that work in the field of water resources adaptation to climate change. AGWA is actively engaged at meetings under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). [SIWI Press Release] [AGWA website]