Name Description The OECD Principles on Water GovernanceA set of guidelines designed to promote effective, efficient and inclusive water governance at national, regional and local levels. These principles aim to enhance decision-making, foster sustainable management of water resources and ensure equitable access to water for all. UN Development Programme (UNDP): What Works in Water and Ocean GovernanceThis report provides examples of successful water and ocean governance case studies from UNDP’s water & ocean governance portfolio. Arup: City Water Resilience ApproachArup presents a framework for building water resilience in urban settings, comprising five key steps from stakeholder engagement and baseline assessment to action and implementation planning.Existing tools and frameworks that could support Pathway #4 TABLE 4 Inspiring examples of collaborative action See Appendix for these case studies.Partnership for integrated water governance and climate adaptation – a collaboration between Xylem and the South Bend water utility, Indiana, US. Arup’s innovative approach to facilitate decision-making in urban water management – a collaboration between Arup, Rockefeller Foundation, The Resilience Shift and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) Where we want to get Policy and innovation advance in sync to enable the piloting, development and large-scale deployment of innovative solutions that promote water conservation, while preparing nations, regions and communities for water scarcity, flooding and pollution. Grounded in robust scientific evidence and the experience of local and international practitioners and experts, policy and regulations can be both robust and adaptable, evolving as innovations demonstrate their impact or as environmental conditions change. Innovators play a core role in driving water resilience by developing solutions to achieve policy goals. However, policy frameworks must enforce public health requirements and promote the adoption of relevant innovations. Global frameworks can inspire and drive local governments to develop innovative water management strategies by encouraging adaptable policies and fostering collaborations. Establishing agile, science-based frameworks to simultaneously protect public health and promote innovation can create the necessary environment to accelerate the urgent adoption of circular water economy principles and low water intensity solutions for emerging energy and data infrastructure.80 The aim of this pathway is to foster collaborative approaches to build better alignment so that policy is no longer a barrier to water innovation but an enabler of safe, affordable and equitable solutions. Collaborative policy-innovation nexus Innovators play a core role in driving water resilience by developing solutions to achieve policy goals. Pathway 5 Water Futures: Mobilizing Multi-Stakeholder Action for Resilience 28

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