Externally Contributed Articles

Substantive, knowledge-oriented reports on key issues, produced by SIWI or where SIWI collaborates.


Elaborating on the Nexus Between Energy and Water Elaborating on the Nexus Between Energy and Water. Jakob Granit, for Journal of Energy Security, IAGS, 23 March 2010

Charting Our Water Future - Economic frameworks to inform decision making. Anders Berntell and Jakob Granit served as members on the advisory board for this report, published in 2009 by the 2030 Water Resources Group.

An overview of the content and historical context of the international freshwater agreements that South Africa has entered into with neighbouring countries,  Mr. Anton Earle co-authored a publication on international treaties signed between South Africa and neighbouring states on water, which was published in November 2008.

Dr.Jägerskog Writes Prologue for Water Policy Special Issue on Hydro-Hedgemony in August 2008.

Prof. Malin Falkenmark, together with David Molden, IWMI, have edited a publication, "Close Basins - a Blind Spot" which was published in the June 2008 issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.

Water and Conflict in the Middle East, Dr. Jägerskog Contributes to Middle East Institute Publication Viewpoints  in June 2008.

Building resilience to drought in desertification-prone savannas in Sub-Saharan Africa: The water perspective, Prof. Malin Falkenmark co-authored an article to the May 2008 issue of Natural Resources Forum.

Saving Water: From Field to Fork - Curbing Losses in the Food Chain - Report Draft Launched at the 16th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16) together with FAO and IWMI on May 14, 2008.


Water and Sustainability: A Reappraisal - Contribution by Prof. Malin Falkenmark to the March/April 2008 issue of Environment Magazine.

Water: A Long Dry Summer - Contribution by Prof. Malin Falkenmark to the March 2008 issue of Nature journal.

2.6 Billion Lack Access to a Toilet (in Swedish) was the title of an opinion-editorial signed by SIWI Director Anders Berntell and Swedish Water House Project Director Karin Lexén and published in the March 22 issue of the Gothenburg Post.

Stationarity Is Dead: Whither Water Management? Contribution by Malin Falkenmark et al to February 2008 issue of Science magazine.

Wake Up To Realities of River Basin Closure. Contribution by Malin Falkenmark to the March 2008 issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.

Climate Change 2.0 and Water Management – Some Simple Thoughts on a Complex Issue! Contribution by Johan Kuylenstierna to the October 2007 issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.

Hydrosolidarity Through Catchment Based Balancing of Human Security and Ecological Security. Contribution to the Virtual World Water Forum, Kyoto, March 2003. Stockholm International Water Institute for further publication in April 2007 in UNESCO’s Co-Operation and Prevention of Conflicts in the Management of Transboundary Waters in South East Europe - Reader General.

Scenarios on Economic Growth and Resource Demand. Background report prepared by Jan Lundqvist, Malin Falkenmark and Anders Berntell to the Swedish Environmental Advisory Council in February 2007.

Shifting the View on Water. Contribution by David Trouba to the March 2007 issue of The Courier, the magazine of Bayer CropScience.

Governance Chapter in the 2006 United Nations World Water Development Report contributed by Håkan Tropp and the UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI.

Water Governance Challenges: Managing Competition and Scarcity for Hunger and Poverty Reduction and Environmental Sustainability - Human Development Report 2006, by SIWI, Håkan Tropp, Malin Falkenmark, and Jan Lundqvist.

Managing Trans-boundary Waters for Human Development - Human Development Report Office, Occasional Paper, 2006, by Anders Jägerskog and David Phillips.

Water Scarcity Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) - Human Development Report Office, Occasional Paper, 2006, by Håkan Tropp and Anders Jägerskog, Stockholm International Water Institute, SIWI.

Vattenresurserna en källa till konflikt? Article by Anders Jägerskog in the April 2006 issue of the magazine Alba.

Vatten för våra liv! Och livet för vårt vatten? Article by Jan Lundqvist in the January 2006 issue of Infektionsläkaren.