Stockholm world water week 2025
The world’s water sector convenes in Stockholm between 25th and 28th August under the theme of Water for Climate Security.
Water Witness is again hosting multiple events to drive forward effective responses to the water and climate crises. You can register for in person attendance, or access free online tickets, at www.worldwaterweek.org/tickets
Food security in a changing climate: embedding Fair Water Footprints
🗓 Wednesday, 27 August
🕘 09:00–10:30
📍 WWW Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre, Room A4, Level 6 (in person and online)
Explore how fair water use in global food production is key to addressing climate resilience and rising hunger. With case studies from Peru, Morocco, and Malawi, the session showcases how collective action is embedding water security into agriculture.
Speakers include:
Sareen Malik, Executive Director, African Civil Society Network for Water and Sanitation
Maria Isabel Cruz Gutierrez, Senior Manager - Water Security, CDP
Laura Kelly, Director, Shaping Sustainable Markets, iied
Celine O’Donovan, Senior Associate Solicitor, Leigh Day
Dr Nick Hepworth, CEO, Water Witness International
Dr Charles Wight, Director of Research and Policy, Water Witness International
Richard King, Senior Research Fellow, Environment and Society Centre, Chatham House
Just transitions: climate secure futures built on water secure foundations
🗓 Wednesday, 27 August
🕚 11:00–12:30
📍 WWW Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre, Room C1, Level 2 (in person and online)
Discover how the Just Transition for Water Security programme, of which FWF is an integral part, is embedding water into climate plans and scaling solutions across five countries. Hear from partners on financing, policy tools, and collective action that make climate resilience a reality.
Speakers include:
Darshini Ravindranath, Research Group Leader – Climate Policies, Finance and Processes (CPFP), IWMI and Water Resilience Tracker
Andrew Roby, Senior Water Security Adviser at Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Idrees Malyar, Director, Water Resilience Tracker
Joe Ray, Head of Water, CDP and Fair Water Footprints (FWF)
Ella Lazarte, Chief Executive Officer, Resilient Water Accelerator (RWA)
Lexi Parfitt, Director of Public and Political Engagement, Water Witness and FWF
Climate Shark: Real world examples of climate resilience through water security
🗓 Thursday, 28 August
🕑 14:00–15:00
📍 Online (Event ID 12217)
Water is at the front line of climate impacts. Join this session to hear how civil society, media, and legal tools are driving water and climate justice across Africa. Featuring real-world cases from Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Speakers include:
Esayas Samuel, Fair Water Action Fund, Water Witness
Walter Chinangwa, Climate Just Communities (Malawi), Water Witness
Lexi Parfitt, Director of Public and Political Engagement, Water Witness
