11 August 2025
ICID Events
76th IEC Meeting & 4th World Irrigation Forum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7-13 September 2025
77th IEC Meeting & 26th ICID Congress, Marseille, France, 12-18 October 2026
Theme: “Agriculture and climate change: stakes and levers for irrigation and drainage.”
78th IEC Meeting & 5th World Irrigation Forum (WIF5), at Guoce International Conference & Exhibition Center, Beijing, China, 2027
Other Events
7th Eurasian Conference on “Risk-oriented Design and Operation of Infrastructure Systems: Sustainability Paradigm” (RİSK-2025) under the umbrella of ICID. The conference is scheduled to be held at Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University, on 21-23 October 2025. https://www.eurasianrisk2025.com/
7th Conference of the Pan African Society for Agricultural Engineering ANAFIDE-PASAE (Afro-AgEng), Oct 22, 2025 - Oct 24, 2025; Marriott Hotel, FES, Morocco
Theme - Water Management for a Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture in Africa
Email : anafide.ma@gmail.com; Website : https://www.7pasae.ma/en
Invitation to Join ICID Membership
The Commission thrives on its worldwide network of experts from multifarious disciplines from 70 countries, who came together in the interest of global water management. All are members contribute to this higher cause by offering their voluntary services.
Currently, there are two different kinds of membership categories; National Committees and Direct Members. National Committees (NC) represent their countries mostly through their government departments responsible for irrigation, drainage or agricultural water management.
Companies, institutions, and individuals can also participate in ICID activities through their respective NCs or as Direct Members (DM). Professionals, individuals and officers of a government or of an institution or institutions - government and non-government; and companies, effectively representing interests within the scope of the objects of the Commission can participate in ICID activities through Direct Membership, to further the objects of the Commission in their countries or sovereign areas.
In the course of our activities and events conducted throughout the world, we associate with many different kinds of NGOs, national governments, researchers, corporate sectors, civil society organizations, and individuals. They are not necessarily members of ICID network but our associates and an important part of ICID fraternity. For more details, please visit: https://icid-ciid.org/view_page/2
Healthy Soils Cultivate Sustainable Floriculture, Biodiversity, and a Greener Planet
6 August 2025
Soil is one of the most biodiverse habitats on Earth. Just a single gram of healthy soil can contain billions of microorganisms: bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, all working together to break down organic matter, fix nitrogen, regulate pH, and suppress disease.
King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award 2025: Call for applications is open! Deadline: 01 September 2025
5 August 2025
The award, sponsored by the Kingdom of Thailand, is named after King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand for his lifelong commitment to raising awareness of the importance of sustainable soil management and rehabilitation for food security, poverty alleviation and more.
Global soil antibiotic resistance genes are associated with increasing risk and connectivity to human resistome
4 August 2025
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a growing threat to global health1. According to estimates from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, bacterial AMR was directly responsible for over 1.27 million human deaths.
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Assessing climate ambition through policy outputs: a comparative measure of 35 major emitters
10 August 2025
This makes policy outputs an appropriate basis for assessing climate ambition. Namely, an output-based perspective highlights specific policies and targets the government aims to adopt, whereas an outcome-based approach focuses on the extent to which such actions mitigate climate issues.
How young activists won a climate fight for the world
9 August 2025
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s estimates, large portions of Tuvalu’s main island could get completely flooded and become totally uninhabitable by 2050.
Global warming reaches Earth’s edge: Heard Island glaciers retreat by 23%
4 August 2025
Stephenson Glacier on the eastern slope of the island has seen the most dramatic changes, with a retreat of approximately 5.8 kilometres, and the formation of a new lagoon where the glacier once met the sea.
'Heat island' effect: Will European cities become unliveable?
8 August 2025
Surface temperatures in cities were sometimes up to 10-15°C higher than in their rural surroundings during summer, data from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre shows.
Copernicus: Third-warmest July marks slight respite from record global temperatures
7 August 2025
Most of the reported findings are based on the ERA5 reanalysis dataset, using billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the world.
The world’s longest marine heat wave upended ocean life across the Pacific
6 August 2025
In our newly published systematic review, we synthesized the findings from 331 scientific studies documenting the ecological impacts of this marine heat wave across ecosystems, all the way from Alaska to Baja California.
Pakistan’s deadly monsoon floods were worsened by global warming, study finds
7 August 2025
Heavy monsoon rains have resulted in a series of disasters that have battered South Asia, especially the Himalayan mountains, which span across five countries, in the last few months.
What is a cloudburst? The rare and intense weather event blamed for deadly India flash flood
6 August 2025
Meteorologists in India define a cloudburst as an event over a concentrated area of 30sqkm or less with rain falling at a rate of 100mm or more per hour. But there are complex processes that can go into these events.
The flood warnings that save lives
4 August 2025
Texan communities have long had to live with the threat of flooding, which is becoming worse with climate change. When fatal flash flooding hit the state in 2025, questions were raised about whether adequate flood warnings had been provided.
World Food Safety Day 2025 – a constantly evolving success
7 August 2025
This theme acknowledged the role of the FAO/WHO Food Safety Scientific Advice Programme in informing the knowledge and guidance that underpins the food safety and quality standards set by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, and the advice imparted to countries by the two facilitating organizations, FAO and WHO.
Why food finance must be on the table in the face of rising climate risks
6 August 2025
Food systems worldwide are under increasing pressure amid rising prices, erratic weather patterns and mounting supply chain disruptions
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SOFI 2025: FAO calls for urgent, coordinated and inclusive action to end global hunger
28 July 2025
The 2025 SOFI report reveals a modest improvement in global hunger levels, with the share of people facing hunger declining from 8.5 percent in 2023 to 8.2 percent in 2024.
Malaysia to host 4th World Irrigation Forum on climate, irrigation and sustainability
2 August 2025
The forum will bring together global leaders, technical experts and policymakers from 24 countries to address pressing issues in climate change impacts and water resource management in agriculture.
Global soil organic and inorganic carbon vulnerability in response to irrigation
28 July 2025
However, global patterns of soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil inorganic carbon (SIC) responses to irrigation remain insufficiently characterized. Here, we synthesized 223,593 observations to derive 2217 representative soil profile measurements and estimated the differential effects of irrigation on SOC and SIC.
The world needs a new economics of water
11 August 2025
Over half the world’s food production now comes from areas experiencing declining freshwater supplies. Two-thirds of the global population faces water scarcity at least one month per year. More than 1,000 children under five die every day, on average, from water-related diseases.
Glaciers in US, Europe melt at ‘unprecedented rate, study says
11 August 2025
Ice fields across the world are melting at a record pace, losing twice as much ice from 2021 to 2024 as in the previous decade due to extreme heat and low snowfall, according to new data.
Rainwater Harvesting: A Sustainable Approach to Water Management
1 August 2025
Human developmental needs have placed an enormous strain on the quality and quantity of both underground and surface water. Changing weather and hydrologic cycles are impacting water security, access and quality.
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2025, Mountains and glaciers: water towers - The United Nations World Water Development Report 2025 – Mountains and glaciers: Water towers calls attention to the essential services and benefits mountain waters and alpine glaciers provide to societies, economies and the environment. With a focus on the technical and policy responses required to improve water management in mountains, the report covers critical issues such as water supply and sanitation, climate change mitigation and adaptation, food and energy security, industry, disaster risk reduction and ecosystem protection. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000393070
Water Insecurity in Central Asia: The 2021 Central Asia drought, the loss of the Aral Sea, the evaporation of glaciers in the Tian Shan mountains, and the alarming shrinking of the Caspian Sea are reminders of how natural and man-made disasters have destructive consequences on Central Asia’s strained water resources. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/central-asia-needs-regional-and-international-cooperation-to-bolster-water-security/
The Role of Digital and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Climate Change Mitigation: A Systematic Mapping Protocol for South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Climate-smart agriculture is a key global policy priority due to its potential to support climate change adaptation, mitigation, and food security through innovative practices and technologies. Recent advancements in digital agriculture technologies, such as precision agriculture and data analytics, are enabling its implementation. https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/9c71917c-35db-4501-aaeb-6b0b58567b54
Emissions Gap Report 2024: The report looks at how much nations must promise to cut off greenhouse gases, and deliver, in the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), due for submission in early 2025 ahead of COP30. Cuts of 42 per cent are needed by 2030 and 57 per cent by 2035 to get on track for 1.5°C. https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2024
ICID Publication - Historical Water Sustainability, 2023
The latest data from WRI’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas (August 2023) show that 25 countries housing one-quarter of the global population face extremely high water stress each year, regularly using up almost their entire available water supply. And at least 50% of the world’s population around 4 billion people live under highly water-stressed conditions for at least one month of the year. https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/HWS-ePublication.pdf
ICID Publication - Compendium World Heritage Irrigation Structures (2014-2022)
Since the dawn of human civilization water has been an enabler of societal development so much so that we started believing “Water is Life,” a common phrase in most languages. And, life is multi-dimensional involving not only a physical aspect but also economic, social, cultural, political, religious, and spiritual concepts.
https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/WHISCompendium-ePublication.pdf
ICID Publication - Water-Saving in Agriculture - A Roadmap to ICID Vision 2030
This publication is in a way to celebrate the 7-decade existence and relevance of ICID which started with a handful of members and has grown to represent more than 90% of the world irrigated area.
https://www.icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/Watsave_eBook2022_comp.pdf
Climate Crossroads: Fiscal Policies in a Warming World - The report takes stock of mitigation policies across countries and presents the trilemma facing policymakers of balancing between achieving climate goals, debt sustainability, and political feasibility. https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/FM/Issues/2023/10/10/fiscal-monitor-october-2023
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