CoAct Database

Megacities Alliance for Water and Climate (MAWaC)

The Megacities Alliance for Water and Climate (MAWaC) aims to provide an international cooperation forum for dialogue on water to help megacities adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change. It will involve all stakeholders in the water sector, national and local governance leaders, civil society representatives, researchers, urban planners, decision makers, utility operators and service providers, providing a forum in which they can learn from each other’s experience, exchange best practices, collaborate with technical, academic and financial institutions, and design and implement individual responses to the challenges of climate change and urban growth.

Summit/ Mobilisation process: Eaumega2015 Conference

Activity period	2015–present
Last CoAct update	2023
Web URL	https://en.unesco.org/mawac
Output effectiveness	0.45
Accountability Index	0.21
Inclusiveness Index	0.61
Num. actors	16
Functions	Knowledge production, Knowledge dissemination, Participatory management, Funding, Policy planning
SDGs
Themes	water, human settlements
Policy focus	Mainly adaptation
Sectors	Water supply; sewerage, waste managment and remediation activities
Implementation countries	Argentina, Congo (the Democratic Republic of the), France, India, Japan, Korea (the Republic of), Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines (the), Türkiye, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland (the), United States of America (the), Viet Nam