Author(s): Multiple authors

Linked Author(s): Amparo López Jiménez, Douglas N. Graham, Gabriele Freni, Henrik Madsen, José Gilberto Dalfré Filho

Keywords: Digital accelerators; Internet of Things; Digitalisation; Artificial Intelligence; Advanced Modelling; Digital Twins

Abstract:

IAHR is committed to serving as the global hub for knowledge and innovation across the entire water cycle. Water engineering underpins and impacts almost every aspect of our lives. It gives rise to options and solutions for improved policy settings, economic growth, as well as physical, social and environmental well-being. To advance the solutions for today and into the future, IAHR thematic priority areas for action are: Climate change adaptation and mitigation; Energy transition, food security and nature; Resilient societies against water hazards and disasters; and the Digital Transformation that powers progress across all of these áreas to enable decision making, operation, practice, consulting and research.

The UN Water Accelerator Framework identifies both Innovation and Data as essential to the realisation of SDG6 that seeks to ensure availability and sustainable management of wáter and anitation for all. So, how do we accelerate these accelerators? This is the inaugural report of the IAHR Global Water Institutes Report series. The report identifies and discusses the five “Digital Accelerators” that will transform the future of wáter management. It does so by bringing together the voice of the world’s water institutions via a survey involving 127 respondents over 41 countries in all regions of the world; and two global online consultations held in March 2025 gathering a total of 128 participants. Expert perspectives have been mobilised to guide and produce this report to which we welcome constructive feedback and debate.

DOI: 10.3850/IAHR-GWIR2025-001

Year: 2025