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Unlocking the irrigation potential in sub-Saharan Africa: are public-private partnerships the way forward?

Scheumann, Waltina / Annabelle Houdret / Michael Brüntrup (2017)
Briefing Paper 7/2017

Can public-private partnerships in irrigation improve food security in Africa? Our briefing paper argues that it is possible if partnerships go beyond irrigation, farmers are organized and supported, and governments secure stable conditions especially for land and water use and protect public goods.

Proceeding with River Basin Management: legal, financial and political dimensions in Mongolia

Rodríguez de Francisco, Jean Carlo / Annabelle Houdret / Ines Dombrowsky (2017)
Briefing Paper 6/2017

This policy brief analyses the challenges that Mongolia faces in the implementation of River Basin Management and provides suggestions on how to move its legal, financial and political implementation further.

Drought resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bonn, 06. April 2017

Drought is one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. It often has large-scale and serious consequences particularly in poor countries. It has accompanied humankind ever since, but is projected to increase with climate change. Yet, in our present time drought no longer needs to be a disaster, its consequences can be managed, though it is…

World Water Day: Why the recycling of treated waste water is no foregone conclusion

Scheumann, Waltina (2017)
The Current Column, 22. March 2017

In the 2017 World Water Development Report, the focus is no longer on the purification and disposal of waste water, but rather on reuse, recycling and resource recovery.

Ölpalmenanbau in Indonesien verändert Wasserkreisläufe: mehr Dürren und Überflutungen

Merten, Jennifer / Alexander Röll / Surya Tarigan / Dirk Hölscher / Jonas Hein (2017)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 1/2017

Ölpalmplantagen nehmen weltweit zu. In aktuellen Diskussionen über deren Umweltauswirkungen stehen die Abholzung von Regenwäldern, Treibhausgasemissionen sowie Biodiversitätsverlust im Vordergrund. Wenig Aufmerksamkeit wurde bisher den Auswirkungen auf lokale Wasserkreisläufe gewidmet.

Expanding oil palm cultivation in Indonesia: changing local water cycles raises risks of droughts and floods

Merten, Jennifer / Alexander Röll / Surya Tarigan / Dirk Hölscher / Jonas Hein (2017)
Briefing Paper 1/2017

Oil palm cultivation is expanding rapidly across the globe. Current discussions on ecological impacts focus on the destruction of forests, greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss. Little attention has been paid to concerns that oil palm expansion has severe impacts on local water resources.

Reshaping energy planning in developing countries

Bonn, 02. February 2017

Energy access is hallowed as an important component of the Paris Agreement on climate change. In addition, recognition of its fundamental role in achieving other global essentials, such as gender equality, economic empowerment, abolishment of indoor air pollution and deforestation, and water and food security, has led to universal energy…

Landwirtschaft und Wasser – Schlüssel zur Welternährung

Scheumann, Waltina / Michael Brüntrup (2017)
The Current Column, 24. January 2017

Die Verfügbarkeit und das Management von Wasser sind ganz zentral dafür, ob das Nachhaltigkeitsziel 2 der Agenda 2030 der Vereinten Nationen „Beendigung von Hunger, Erreichung von Ernährungssicherheit und verbesserter Ernährung und Förderung nachhaltiger Landwirtschaft“ erreicht werden kann.

Why data access matters: the NDC Explorer reveals new insights on national climate action plans

Pauw, Pieter / Kennedy Mbeva / Adis Dzebo (2017)
The Current Column, 16. January 2017

With the NDC Explorer, an online visualisation tool, we aim to create more transparency about countries’ ambitions and priorities.

Sustainability in the water-energy-food nexus

Anik Bhaduri / Claudia Ringler / Ines Dombrowsky / Rabi Mohtar / Waltina Scheumann (eds.) (2017)
Books

Women, wealth and waterborne disease: smallholders’ willingness to pay for a multiple-use Water Scheme in Ethiopia

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Martin Prowse (2018)
External Publications

Assessing agricultural systems vulnerability to climate change to inform adaptation planning: an application in Khorezm, Uzbekistan

Aleksandrova, Mariya / Animesh K. Gain / Carlo Giupponi (2016)
External Publications

Reconceptualising water management in Khorezm, Uzbekistan: recommendations towards IWRM

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Lisa Oberkircher / Bernhard Tischbein / Gunther Schorcht / Anik Bhaduri / Usman K. Awan / Ahmad M. Manschadi (2016)
External Publications

Capacity development for integrated water resources management: lessons learned from applied research projects

Ibisch, Ralf B. / Marco Leidel / Steffen Niemann / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Ruth Goedert (2016)
External Publications

Reconsidering counter-hegemonic dam projects: the case of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Tawfik, Rawia (2016)
External Publications

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: a benefit-sharing project in the Eastern Nile?

Tawfik, Rawia (2016)
External Publications

Changing hydropolitical relations in the Nile basin: a protracted transition

Tawfik, Rawia (2016)
External Publications

A critical review of the follow-the-innovation approach: stakeholder collaboration and agricultural innovation development

Amankwa, Kwadwo / Anastasiya Shtaltovna / Girma Kelboro / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2016)
External Publications

Urban sewage in Brazil: drivers of and obstacles to wastewater treatment and reuse; governing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Series

Stepping, Katharina M. K. (2016)
Discussion Paper 26/2016

Wastewater collection and treatment still largely struggles with overcoming barriers related to financial, institutional, political and socio-economic factors as well as limited capacity. The great potential for wastewater reuse has not yet been fully tapped, despite initial promising initiatives.

Private finance for climate-change adaptation: challenges and opportunities for Kenya

Pauw, Pieter / Adis Dzebo (2016)
Briefing Paper 22/2016

Private investments are important for countries to adapt to climate change. Yet how realistic is it to rely on the mobilisation of private investments in adaptation, in particular for less developed countries? This Policy Brief aims to answer this question in relation to Kenya