Tuesday
May 6
2025

Analysis: What Can We Learn From Cities About Water Innovation?

As global attention on water grows, cities are becoming critical arenas for innovation.

Cities focus on the challenges — such as scarcity, floods and ageing infrastructure – and the opportunities to test and scale emerging solutions. Unlike large-scale national strategies, cities can act fast, engage communities directly and serve as living labs for new technologies.

Photo courtesy of Linus Nylund.

Source: World Economic Forum (link opens in a new window)

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WASH
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blended finance, innovation, partnerships, public-private partnerships, scale, SDGs, urban development, water