World Water Week is a leading international conference on global water issues, organized annually by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). It aims to facilitate dialogue, collaboration, and action among diverse stakeholders to address water-related challenges. The event brings together experts from NGOs, academia, businesses, and governments to develop solutions for issues like food security, health, and biodiversity, with a particular focus on the climate crisis. The event covered various aspects of the water cycle, focusing on ecosystem protection, fairness, and climate justice. In addition to the main conference in Stockholm, World Water Week also had accessible online seminars and activities, allowing for wider participation. The event covered a range of topics, including the mitigation of climate impacts through ecosystem resilience, nature-based solutions for water security, and solar-powered water solutions for climate-resilient agriculture.

Many of the world’s greatest challenges are inextricably linked to water, its use and management. Water-related solutions are thus key to delivering the sustainable development goals by 2030 for a sustainable future. World Water Week is an impact-oriented conference that’s committed to making a real difference. It’s a meeting place for water action that welcomes diverse voices and champions cross-sector collaboration.

World Water Week has evolved, post-pandemic, into a hybrid event, which has positively impacted participation and inclusion: In 2024, the conference attracted ca. 15,000 registered participants from 198 countries and territories. World Water Week is also an important meeting place for policymakers and institutions to accelerate progress in international processes related to water, development, and climate.

The World Water Week programme is co-created with leading international organizations to give access to the latest trends and insights from many different fields.

World Water Week 2025 was held from August 24 to 28 in Stockholm, Sweden, and online. The theme for this year is "Water for Climate Action", emphasizing the critical role of water in addressing climate change.

• Sessions on a broad range of topics. For the most part, these are curated by SIWI but convened by leading organizations from around the world.
• SIWI Seminar Series, arranged by the Scientific Programme Committee (SPC). As the thematic core of World Water Week, the topics of the seminars are chosen to delve deeper into different aspects of the year’s theme.
• Partnership Programmes, which are capacity-building programmes co-created with partner organizations. Currently, the focus is on communication and business, two perspectives of crucial importance to accelerate the shift to more sustainable societies.
• Prize ceremonies. The world’s most prestigious water award, the Stockholm Water Prize, is presented in a royal award ceremony during World Water Week.

Celebrations by DHAN Collective

As the international community celebrates, World water week, It is proposed to have week-long celebrations cross all DHAN Collective institutions on the theme of “Water for Climate Action” focusing on water, climate change its basics, challenges, causes, impact and adaptation measures, etc.

DHAN Celebrated the world water week through following events

• Participation and Exhibition at the conference at Stockholm.
• Online Event workshop on “Building Climate Resilient People and Institutions in India’s Ephemeral River Basins.”
• DHAN Collective Locations has celebrated Water Week at Grassroots level through the following events. The events celebrated by the locations are compiled and shared as a compendium:
  • Awareness campaigns for the students.
  • Shramadan in water commons by the members.
  • Mass campaign reflecting Environment Protection.
  • Water Literacy events.

DHAN has also done an Exhibition at Stockholm. DHAN has showcased their efforts and interventions in the water thematic areas and interacted with he event participants.

Exhibition

Online Event

Online Event workshop on “Building Climate Resilient People and Institutions in India’s Ephemeral River Basins”

The online workshop on “Building Climate-Resilient People and Institutions in India’s Ephemeral River Basins” was organized by DHAN Foundation on August 28, 2025. Around 233 participants of various stakeholders and countries attended the event including direct participants and virtual participants. The session began with a welcome and context brief by Mr. V. Venkatesan, Chief Executive, DHAN Vayalagam (Tank) Foundation, who set the stage for discussions on the role of communities and institutions in fostering climate resilience. Ms. Dhruvi Shah, Executive Trustee and CEO of Axis Bank Foundation, shared insights on the co-creative partnership journey between the Foundation and DHAN in empowering rural communities for sustainable climate adaptation. Ms. S. Ahila Devi, Chief Executive of People Mutuals, along with Mr. B. Muthukumarasamy, Programme Leader, DHAN Foundation, presented the “Resilience Centre for Water and Climate Action” and its tangible impacts among farming communities.

Ms. Annette Houtekamer, Co-Founder of Ibisa, Luxembourg, broadened the discussion with a perspective on aligning global focus with local actions in resilience-building. Mr. V. Durairaj, President of the Vayalagam Mutual Movement, shared a success story highlighting community-led climate action from the field. The session concluded with reflections and resolutions led by Mr. J. Mohan, COO, DHAN Vayalagam (Tank) Foundation, followed by a closing message from Mr. M. P. Vasimalai, Executive Director, DHAN Foundation, who emphasized collaborative action for scaling resilience initiatives.Mr S Praveen Kumar, Water Knowledge Centre, DHAN Vayalagam (Tank) Foundation, delivered the vote of thanks, marking the end of an insightful and action-oriented workshop.

The event video is given below: