- Titel
- Resilient by Design - Integrating Water and Climate in Higher Education for a Sustainable Future
- Untertitel
- Policy Brief November 2025
- Zitierfähige Url:
- https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-1002800
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 2025
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25368/2025.407
- Abstract (EN)
- Integrating climate adaptation strategies into water resources management is critical to safeguarding human well-being, ecological stability, and socio-economic development. As the impacts of climate change become increasingly pronounced, water systems are subject to heightened vulnerabilities such as flooding, drought, and infrastructural failure. At the same time, higher education institutions (HEIs) hold a unique potential to bridge the persistent gap between scientific knowledge and practical policy application. By leveraging their capacity for innovation, research, and capacity building, HEIs can drive forward sustainable water governance and climate resilience. This policy brief explores key challenges, outlines a multi-layered adaptation strategy, and provides recommendations for embedding climate-responsive water policies into national and international frameworks. It further presents an expanded vision for cross-sectoral cooperation, identifies implementation bottlenecks, and proposes pathways for HEI’s engagement in policymaking, digital innovation, and public transformation. With the escalating urgency of water-related climate impacts, the role of adaptive knowledge infrastructures becomes not only strategic but indispensable.
- Verweis
- Integrating Climate Change Adaptation and Water Resource Management: A Critical Overview
DOI: 10.3390/standards5010004 - Leveraging Postgraduate Education for Sustainable Development—The Resource Nexus and Environmental Management in Global South Partnerships
DOI: 10.25368/2024.26 - Water security and climate change adaptation as local challenges with global importance – addressing the gap between knowledge generation and best practice application
DOI: 10.25368/2023.117 - Freie Schlagwörter (DE)
- Anpassungsorientierte Steuerung, Kompetenzaufbau, Wissensentwicklung, Naturbasierte Lösungen, Transdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit
- Freie Schlagwörter (EN)
- Adaptive Governance, Capacity Building, Knowledge Co-Creation, Nature-Based Solutions, Transdisciplinary Collaboration
- Klassifikation (DDC)
- 333
- Klassifikation (RVK)
- RB 10345
- Herausgeber (Institution)
- United Nations University Hub on Climate Resilience and Sustainable Technologies (UNU Hub CREST)
- Global Water and Climate Adaptation Centre (ABCD-Centre)
- Förder- / Projektangaben
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Global Centres for Climate and Environment
Global Water and Climate Adaptation Centre
(ABCD-Centre) - Sonstige beteiligte Institution
- Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden
- United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources, Dresden
- Version / Begutachtungsstatus
- angenommene Version / Postprint / Autorenversion
- URN Qucosa
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-1002800
- Veröffentlichungsdatum Qucosa
- 11.11.2025
- Dokumenttyp
- Bericht
- Sprache des Dokumentes
- Englisch
- Lizenz / Rechtehinweis
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0- Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary Integrated Challenges and Opportunities in Climate-Water Governance Strategic Adaptation Pathways for Resilient Water Systems Cross-Sectoral Synergies and Nexus Approaches Digital Transformation and Data-Driven Resilience Institutional Barriers and Implementation Bottlenecks Policy Recommendations: Toward Transformative Adaptation Conclusion: A Call to Collective Action References Note