Publications and guidance
Amita Bhakta, Paula Morcillo de Amuedo, and Mark Fletcher (2026) Enhancing inclusion in climate resilient urban sanitation services: A discussion paper by Arup London: Arup
Tanvir Ahmed, Sudipti Arora, Dhruv Bhavsar, Kirsty Carden, Arwa Bharmal, Aditi Dwivedi, Hasin Jahan, Rémi Kaupp, Aasim Mansuri, Kate Medlicott, Natasha Mumba, Abishek Narayan, Hezekiah Pireh, Patrick Ronoh, Juliet Willetts and Upasana Yadav (2025) Discussion Paper: Climate resilient urban sanitation: From ideas to action London: IWA Publishing
Arup, SIWI, The Resilience Shift, Venturi Innovation, and OECD (2019) The City Water Resilience Approach London: Arup
C40 Cities and World Resources Institute (2019) Inclusive Planning- Executive Guide- How to tackle climate change and inequality jointly: Practical resources and guidance for cities London: C40 Cities and WRI
Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) (2026) Climate-Resilient and Inclusive WASH Services: Lessons from the Implementation of Climate-Resilient Water Safety Planning
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (2020) Stop Floating, Start Swimming: water and climate change – interlinkages and prospects for future action Bonn: GIZ https://www.giz.de/en/downloads/giz2020-water-climate-report-2020.pdf
Global Water Partnership and UNICEF (2022) Strategic Framework for WASH Climate Resilient Development New York: GWP and UNICEF
Global Water Partnership and UNICEF (2022) WASH Climate-Resilient Development- Technical Brief: Climate resilient sanitation in practice New York: UNICEF
WaterAid (2024) Climate-resilient WASH: An integrated solution for climate action,sustainable agriculture and biodiversity London: WaterAid
WaterAid (2020) Living in a fragile world: the impact of climate change on the sanitation crisis London: WaterAid
Wilbur, J., Ruuska, D., Diba, S.A., Ul Alam, M., Upoma, TA., Akter, J., Nawaz, S. (2025) Advancing Equity: Principles for Climate-Resilient Disability Inclusive Water, sanitation and Hygiene. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17037/PUBS.04674714
Presentations
Jaiswal, J., and Patil, K. (2024) ‘Evaluating GHG emissions across non-sewered sanitation chain’ Presentation at Global South Academic Conclave on WASH and Climate linkages, CEPT University, 2nd- 4th February 2024, Ahmedabad
SNV, The University of Technology, Sydney – Institute for Sustainable Futures (UTS-ISF) and Water for Women (2025)Measuring what matters: Gender equality changes, WASH and climate resilience Webinar presentation, 20/01/2025
Websites
- Center for Water and Sanitation, CEPT University: Climate – CWAS | CRDF | CEPT
- The University of Technology, Sydney – Institute for Sustainable Futures (UTS-ISF): Resources for climate change and WASH
- Water for Women Fund: What Does Climate-Resilient Inclusive WASH Look Like? – Water for Women Fund
Courses
- Climate Resilient and Inclusive WASH MOOC
- WASH Systems Academy: Climate-resilient WASH services- IRC MOOC by IRC WASH
Resources from Riva
This accompanying blog by Digbijoy Dey (Riva) gives an explainer about the resources below.
Articles and blogs
Pay the price: what does Loss and Damage mean for WASH? (2022)
How to be smarter about climate finance (2024)
Cross-sector learning: Applying GESI in climate action- The Belém Gender Action Plan (GAP) 2026-2034 (2026)
Positioning WASH in climate policy: The role of NDCs and NAPs (2026)
Foundational WASH and Systems Thinking
Butterworth J., Latham, K., Naafs, A. (2021) Climate change, water resources and WASH systems The Hague, the Netherlands and Denver, CO, USA: IRC and Water for People – Working paper with 12 country case studies. Foundational IRC position paper linking climate change, water resources management and WASH systems.
Key messages: WASH systems strengthening is climate action; WASH should be core to climate finance and adaptation strategies.
Climate adaptation, resilience and vulnerable groups
Climate Resilient WASH – Learning Platform
IRC | Learning resource
Learning material covering climate change and WASH, WASH activities that drive climate change, impacts and mitigation/adaptation approaches.
Climate finance and WASH
Financing water and sanitation resilience contributes to climate mitigation and adaptation – so where is the money?
IRC | 2023 | Policy brief
Examines the mismatch between climate-finance architecture and WASH realities, including access barriers and financing structures.
Learning and knowledge development: Climate change and WASH
IRC / WASH SDG Consortium | 2023 | Learning collection
Collection covering climate change and WRM, sanitation and climate change, climate finance and WASH, advocacy/influencing and learning. Includes a Bangladesh climate-finance case.
Climate mitigation and sanitation
Action for climate change mitigation must support the human right to safe water and sanitation
IRC | 2023 | Policy brief
Connects WASH mitigation with the human right to water and sanitation, including attention to emissions across sanitation service chains.
Climate hotspots and resilient WASH
Climate hotspots in Bangladesh: data and assessment on WASH service delivery challenges
IRC | 2025 | Research/news feature
Summarises evidence from Bangladesh climate hotspots including coastal, floodplain, Haor and other areas, and implications for WASH service delivery.
A key response to climate change: local ownership Climate resilience starts with local ownership: Bangladesh communities creating lasting water and sanitation solutions.