OpinionJanuary 31, 2023
How Water Finally Became a Climate Change Priority
A collaboration helped convince policy makers at COP27 to finally prioritize water as a critical resource affected by climate change. It was a win long in the making
Stories by Vidhisha Samarasekara
Vidhisha Samarasekara is a strategic program director at the International Water Management Institute. She leads the institute's Water, Climate Change and Resilience program, guiding multidisciplinary teams to address issues in climate change adaptation, climate-smart agriculture, water risk management, disaster risk reduction and resilience to water-related drivers of fragility and societal disruption.