Managing Rainwater Where It Lands Forum

Managing Rainwater Where It Lands Forum

Date: Tuesday, 6 October 2026

This forum is by registration only and capacity will be limited – we strongly encourage early registration of your interest.

Successful registrants will be notified by 31 August 2026.

Whilst it is common to us all, rainfall patterns are rapidly changing worldwide. With the existential threat and impact of climate change, this forum will hear from representatives from nations who have successfully implemented progressive policy approaches to valuing this precious resource better where it lands – simultaneously addressing water scarcity and water excess issues (such as flooding and overflows), and lowering carbon footprints. Recommendations to deliver success at scale will be discussed, documented and fed back as part of the drive for action to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Description

Through two sessions, delegates will collaborate to develop recommendations around rainwater management for large-scale success, which will discussed, documented and fed back as part of the drive for action to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The forum will provide delegates with the opportunity to share how their country’s policies fare with other nations and hear from leaders from nations whose policy approaches manage rain well where it lands. Speakers will be sharing the multi-layered benefits that source-control principles and policies can bring to rainwater, but also, how obstacles to better approaches were overcome, enabling implementation at scale.

Delegates should attend to learn what has worked where and help define the next steps for better rainwater management policies globally. Delegates will be able to collaborate with policy makers, experts from water, industry, and academia to help turn rainwater source-control principles into real, measurable policy change and implementation. This forum is by registration only and capacity will be limited – we strongly encourage early registration.

Objectives

• Learn about other nations rainwater management policy approaches.
• Hear how obstacles were overcome and what measurable benefits have been achieved.
• Create a shared commitment to challenge and endeavour to change current policies where rainwater management is currently focused on high carbon centralised and siloed solutions.
• Drive action via collaborative and impactful projects across two or three priority areas

Forum Session Schedule