Learn more Happy New Year 2022! 19 January 2022 CorporateEvents Discovering, understanding, sharing, committing: this is what we wish you for this new year. And the rivers have many things to tell you… So, are you ready to listen to the voices of the rivers? Stay tuned in 2022!
Learn more Interview with Johannes Cullman, Director of the Climate and Water Department at the WMO and of the Secretariat to the Water and Climate Coalition 7 December 2021 EventsInternational monitoringInterview Johannes Cullmann is the Director of the Climate and Water Department at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). He is also the Director of the Secretariat to the Water and Climate Coalition (WCC), a multi-stakeholder initiative under the SDG 6 Accelerator framework that IFGR joined in 2021. We interviewed him after he attended COP26 in Glasgow […]
Learn more A successful 10th international session in Switzerland for IFGR ! 12 October 2021 EventEventsInstitutionnel Rhone The 10th international session of Initiatives for the Future of Great Rivers devoted to the relationship of cities with their rivers and lakes took place in Switzerland between September 27th and October 1st. The 9th international session of the association was held in China in October 2019 on the theme “River and Biodiversity”. Two years […]
Learn more Sediment management on the Rhone : a fine example of cross-border cooperation 9 June 2021 EventsInternational monitoring Rhone Last May, on the occasion of the operation to manage sediments on the Upper Rhone, French Swiss cooperation acted in the field to perform a mission that brought together the authorities and industrial operators of both countries.
Learn more Enroll now for the MOOC on Port Cities 29 April 2021 AgendaEventsOur actions Monday 26th May sees the start of the free 5 week on-line course “(Re)imagining port cities: understanding space, society and culture” developed by the PortCityFutures team at the University of Delft (Netherlands). IFGR has been asked to contribute to this project, bringing its multi-disciplinary approach and the experiences of its experts. The PortCityFutures team […]
Learn more The international water and climate coalition has been launched 30 March 2021 CorporateEventsInternational monitoringOur actions Whereas water resources are strongly affected by environmental degradation, climate change and human activities, an original coalition is aiming to better orchestrate policies at the international scale and speed up the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals relating to water, via a multi-actor approach. IFGR is associated with this initiative coordinated by the World Meteorological Organisation.