Transboundary water management – policy tools from around the world
In collaboration with the Canton of Geneva’s Water Office, the Geneva Water Hub explored the Greater Geneva region as a ‘living lab’ on the practical challenges and opportunities of transboundary water management. A transboundary territory sharing surface and groundwater, Switzerland and France have a long history of cooperation, and have developed as many as 40 different policy tools – many of which are innovative and bespoke to the region – in order to manage shared rivers, lakes and aquifers.
Based on this research, the Geneva Water Hub is exploring policy tools and mechanisms for water management in other basins, initiating a cross-cutting and comparative discussion with other regions internationally. Work is in currently underway with partners in West Africa and in Australia.