World Water Week

A massive thank you to our brilliant Volunteer Assistants, from 35 countries around the world!! 🌎🌍🌏 We couldn't be more grateful for their dedication and amazing efforts during #WWWeek 💙

Thank you to all of our amazing partners for supporting World Water Week! 💧 Grundfos Foundation | PDJF 💧 Government of the Netherlands 💧 Walton Family Foundation 💧 Australian Government 💧 Australian Aid 💧 Australian Water Partnership 💧 Canada Water Agency 💧 Arup 💧 IBM 💧 The Helmsley Charitable Trust 💧 Bentley Systems World Water Week wouldn't be possible without you 💙 #WWWeek #WaterForClimateAction

The team that makes World Water Week happen ⭐ Christian Björklund, Jose Pablo Murillo, Mini (Alkmini) Neufeld, Hannah Benaim, Abigail Huertas, Erik Freudenthal, Dawn Nordenblank, Katarina Liljegren Swahn, Farjana Bilkis, Susanne Halling Duffy, Sze Jigstedt, Guilherme Dos Santos Monteiro, Annie Strand, Ingrid Stangberg-Rice, Lynne Myers, Sintia Khania, 👩🦰 Fenna Wenselaar. ...now off to have a well-deserved break. #WWWeek

“Cooperation between different sectors has been a key message throughout the conference. Public - private investments, supported by regulation and legislation, are essential to scale nature-based solutions.” Thank you, Agustín, for sharing your #WWWeek highlights as a young water professional!

𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟯𝟬 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 World Water Week 2025 closed with a clear message: water is no longer on the sidelines—it is central to climate action. From Porto Alegre’s devastating floods to more than 600 extreme weather events recorded last year, the urgency could not be clearer. At this year’s Week, leaders from governments, business, civil society, and Indigenous Peoples emphasized that the road to COP30 in Belém and the UN 2026 Water Conference must be built on 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. The COP30 Action Agenda launched by Brazil shows how water flows through every priority—from resilient cities and ecosystems to food systems, finance, and governance. 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗹𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗺 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 👉 29 August August at 8:00 AM Brasilia Time (03:00 PM AZT) (01:00 PM GMT+2). https://lnkd.in/dWMaG2Yf We encourage everyone interested to register and take part in the Climate High-Level Champions webinar, COP30: Join the Climate Action Agenda – Journey to Belém, Looking ahead to Belém and beyond, this is the moment to turn alignment into action. Read more: https://lnkd.in/db5CYDpM #WWWeek #WaterForClimate #COP30 #ClimateAction #WaterResilience

Big news! The theme for World Water Week 2026 is here: Water for People and Progress️ 💧 #WWWeek #2026

“World Water Week 2025 reminds us that water lies at the heart of climate change, and that global cooperation is more vital than ever.” Thank you, Simal, for sharing your #WWWeek highlights as a young water professional!

🚰 At the current rates of progress, 3 billion people will still be living without safe toilets, 2 billion without safe drinking water, and 1.4 billion without basic hygiene services in 2030. Want to learn more? Search “WASH” in the programme and explore 50+ sessions: https://bit.ly/4maMAiB Get your FREE online ticket and start learning: https://lnkd.in/gQ9Y7bN #WWWeek #WaterForClimateAction

〰️ “Art can make you feel the facts.” How do we tell stories that move us and create change? This was the question of the third and final Water in Communications session yesterday. Panellists explored why leading with rationality isn’t always the solution and advocated for art, emotion, and creative thinking to become key tools in water and climate action. 〰️ “Facts aren’t great fuel for imagination. Fantasy is. Real solutions need you to think outside the box,” said artist Belinda Retourné from Changency Sweden. Tania Vachon, Senior Director of Programs at ONE DROP, emphasized the importance of fun and joy in creating behavourial change on the ground: 〰️ “In the water sector, we have a tendency to speak to the rational brain. But it has been proven that information alone cannot bring about long and lasting behavioural change. We need to speak to the heart.” Photographer Monica Aguilar, Espíritu de Río (River Spirit), joined online and shared her experiences of using therapeutic photography to unlock memory and wisdom of the land: 〰️ “Art has the potential to channel not only emotion, but perspectives, and it has the power to change world views. That’s what I do with my photography.” ✨ Did you miss this powerful conversation? Register now for a free online ticket to watch the recording and the Water in Communications series. Watch now: https://lnkd.in/dVb6y2zF Water in Communications is a Partnership Programme supported by Grundfos Foundation | PDJF. #WWWeek #WaterForClimateAction

It's the final day, but the momentum doesn't stop here. Join us on-site in Stockholm and online today at 16:00 CEST for the Closing of World Water Week 2025, where we'll be reflecting on the past week and looking ahead to what's next. 🥁 We'll also be revealing the theme for World Water Week 2026! Featuring speakers: Helena Thybell, Susanne Halling Duffy, Dr Mark Fletcher FREng, Aurora Mija, Keziah Theresee Gerosano, Jon Lane, Kate Harawa, Stefan Uhlenbrook, Pasang Dolma Sherpa, Sara Dia, Elyse B., Tom Panella. And special shoutout to our Centre Stage moderator: Arati Davis. 📆 Thursday, 28 August at 16:00 CEST. 📍 Centre stage & online. Register to watch it online for FREE: https://lnkd.in/gQ9Y7bN #WWWeek #WaterForClimateAction