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The article discusses the highlights of the scientific workshop at the Australian National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) in Queensland on June 23, 2011. Topics include the impact of climate change on riparian ecosystems, the ecological options for such ecosystems and how climate change adaptation strategies can capitalize on the role of riparian ecosystems. The event featured scientists including Samantha Capon of NCCARF and University of Washington professor Bob Naiman.

The article discusses the highlights of the Managing water-related energy use in cities workshop held in California in April 2011. Speakers emphasized how the interrelationship among water, energy and greenhouse gas emissions affect urban water management. The event also highlighted urban water management in California.

The article discusses the highlights of a workshop hosted by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology held in Brussels, Belgium on June 2009. Topics covered include advanced assessments of projects that tried to establish the linkages between energy and water in the face of climate change. Among the presenters included Dr. Andre Howe from the Environment Agency in Great Britain, Dr. Adriana Hulsman from the KWR Research Institute in the Netherlands, and Dr. Carey W. King at the University of Texas in Austin.

The article discusses the highlights of the 5th World Water Forum that was held in Istanbul, Turkey. Participants showed renewed interest and commitment to the 1997 United Nations (UN) Convention on the law of the non-navigational uses of international watercourses. A framework for common and cooperative management for the rivers, lakes, wetlands and aquifers is provided by the UN Watercourses Convention. Several countries agreed that the treaty is important for promoting sustainable management of water resources.

The article discusses the highlights of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January 2008. Issues that have been tackled in the forum included how water stress poses a risk to economic growth, human rights, health of people and the environment, safety and national security. Brian Richter of the Global FreshwaterTeam of The Nature Conservancy discussed the need to protect environmental flows. He also cites The Conservancy's work on determining flow regime recommendations for the Savannah river in Georgia.