Climate adaptation: top priority, or just one of many?
'We also cannot simply ignore the projected climate impacts, as some of the current ‘best practice’ in water management may actually lead to increased vulnerability to climate impacts.'
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The political economy of local adaptation planning: exploring barriers to Flexible and Forward-looking Decision Making in three districts in Ethiopia, Uganda and Mozambique
Lindsey Jones, Eva Ludi, Aklilu Amsalu, Luis Artur, Matthew Bunce, Shirley Matheson, William Muhumuza and Daniel ZacariasThis paper explores key institutional barriers in preventing effective Flexible and Forward-looking Decision Making (FFDM) within development policy and programming. More specifically, it explores the influence of various institutional and sociopolitical drivers on the ability of district governance processes to adapt to change and uncertainty. -
New approaches to promoting Flexible and Forward-looking Decision Making: insights from complexity science, climate change adaptation and ‘serious gaming’
Lindsey Jones, Eva Ludi, Patrick Beautement, Christine Broenner and Carina BachofenDrawing on insights from complexity science, this paper describes what processes are needed to promote Flexible and Forward-looking Decision Making (FFDM) and trials three game-and reflection approaches to engage local decision in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Uganda. -
To achieve water security, we must see its human face
‘I am telling you, I am torn between my work and water.’
‘I cannot save water for myself while knowing that my neighbour has no water. I should give it to my neighbour.’
‘I cannot transport water on my own. However I can rely on others who have donkeys.’ -
Orke Otta walks with a jerrycan full of clean water, Abba Roba, Konso, Ethiopia
License: ODI given rights
Credit: WaterAid/Anna Kari
Source: WaterAidAchieving water security: global concerns and local realities
Why does water security remain an elusive goal for many countries? What factors make it difficult to sustain services and manage resources effectively at scale? How do rural households experience water insecurity, and are current policy responses adequate? This launch event, seminar and photo exhibition held in partnership with WaterAid and the International Water and Sanitation Centre will launch two major research outputs which examine these questions using detailed field level evidence.
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Voices from the source: struggles with local water security in Ethiopia
Mengistu Dessalegn, Likimyelesh Nigussie, Wondwosen Michago, Josephine Tucker, Alan Nicol and Roger CalowWhat are the physical, social, economic and political drivers of water insecurity in different locations in Ethiopia? How have different communities responded to situations of water stress? What should be the public policy and institutional priorities to improve resilience to water stress at a local level, and reduce the negative impacts on communities? This assessment explores local water security in two very different sites in rural Ethiopia – a pastoral district in the eastern Somali region (Shinile), and a somewhat remote agricultural district in the south (Konso). -
Vegetable farmer with his watering cans in Ghana
A vegetable farmer with his watering cans in Ghana's Upper West Region, which has suffered failed rains and rising temperatures.
License: Creative Commons
Credit: Neil Palmer (CIAT)
Source: FlickrGroundwater resources in the Indo-Gangetic basin
The overall objective of this work is to provide an authoritative overview of the occurrence and status of groundwater resources in the Indo-Gangetic Basin (IGB) and to strengthen the evidence base linking groundwater, climate population and abstraction – collating and systemising existing data for policy and national planning and future research programmes. -
Uncertain frontiers: mapping new corporate engagement in water security
New forms of engagement by large multinational corporations around water appear to stray into the historically public-sector domain of water resources management. This ODI Working Paper takes a critical look at these initiatives, and reviews both the opportunities and challenges in terms of transparency, equity, accountability and sustainability. -
Achieving water security: lessons from research in water supply, sanitation and hygiene in Ethiopia
Achieving water security remains an elusive goal across swathes of sub-Saharan Africa. This book asks why, and draws on extensive field research and institutional analysis in Ethiopia to offer insights for policy and practice which are relevant across the continent. -
The politics of progress on water and sanitation in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Claire Mcloughlin and Daniel HarrisThis study explores the politics of urban water supply and sanitation delivery in the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka, where improvements in coverage have been achieved within a national context characterised by almost three decades of civil war.
