IAHS News
Re-cap of IAHS 2024
I hope this message finds you well as we start the beginning of a new year and appreciate the end of another remarkable year. It's been a journey filled with hard work, dedication, and significant accomplishments. As we bid farewell to 2024 and embrace the opportunities of the year ahead, let's take a moment to reflect on some of the remarkable successes we've achieved together.
January:
IAHS is associated with the 4th International Conference on Snow Hydrology in Grenoble, France.
HSJ calls for manuscript submissions for Karst hydrology, Emerging hydro-climatic dynamics and human–water interactions in a changing world, and Twenty-first century hydrological challenges and opportunities in Africa.
HSJ, Vol 69, Issue 1 is published.
February:
HSJ, Vol 69, Issue 2 is published.
History of Hydrology Working Group launches History of Hydrology Interviews on YouTube.
March:
IAHS organises a side-event on HELPING and participated in Roorkee Water Conclave, India.
IAHS celebrates World Water Day 2024: 'Leveraging Water for Peace', in collaboration with the Birmingham Water Research Centre online events such as presenting the HELPING decade.
HSJ, Vol 69, Issues 3 and 4 are published.
The IAHS Digital Water Globe editorial team is created.
April:
IAHS organises splinter meetings on the IAHS Digital Water Globe at EGU 2024.
HSJ, Vol 69, Issues 5 and 6 are published.
IAHS organises sessions and splinter meetings on HELPING at EGU 2024.
ICT and ICHWF host splinter meetings at EGU 2024.
Africa Regional Committee, Early Career Committee (ECC) and History of Hydrology Working Group host splinter meetings at EGU 2024.
May:
HSJ, Vol 69, Issues 7 and 8 are published.
PIAHS, Vol 385, IAHS2022 – Hydrological sciences in the Anthropocene is published.
Early Career Committee (ECC) introduces a blog series.
June:
IAHS is represented in AOGS 2024 in Gangwon-do, Korea.
Early Career Committee (ECC) hosts splinter meetings at AOGS 2024 in Gangwon-do, Korea.
HSJ, Vol 69, Issue 9 is published.
IAHS President, Berit Arheimer, and other IAHS members attend the 26th Session of the Intergovernmental Council of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme in UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France.
July:
The IAHS Digital Water Globe is quoted in UNESCO Open Hydrology.
IAHS co-organised Summer School: Runoff Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB) in Vienna, Austria.
ICCE host Symposium 2024 in Eichstatt-Ingolstadt, Germany.
IAHS SYSTA travel awards were made for the ICCE Symposium 2024 in Eichstatt-Ingolstadt, Germany.
HSJ, Vol 69, Issue 10 is published.
August:
HELPING Opinion Paper is published in HSJ.
HSJ, Vol 69, Issues 11 and 12 are published.
PIAHS, Vol 386, ICFM9 – River Basin Disaster Resilience and Sustainability by All is published.
September:
Martin Addi of Ghana wins the IAHS Tison Award for an outstanding paper published by IAHS in the HSJ.
IAHS co-organises the 15th Annual Catchment Science Summer School in Birmingham, England.
IAHS presents the HELPING initiative at the Penman lecture of the British Hydrological Society in Oxford, England.
HSJ, Vol 69, Issues 13 and 14 are published.
ICT establishes the Tracer Application on Noble Gas Nuclides, TANGR meeting as an IAHS-ICT series meeting.
ICWRS publishes a paper "Historical synthesis of the International Commission on Water Resources Systems" in HSJ.
ICHWF hosts Topical workshop on Drought by DitA group in Geneva, and publishes a paper on “Drought as a Continuum” in NHESS in the Drought, society & ecosystem special issue.
October:
Archana Sarkar, IAHS Vice-President, is appointed as Chair for the IAHS EDI Task Force.
IAHS takes part in 25th WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium Maseru, Lesotho.
HELPING Working Group "REHYDRATE" hosts online workshops.
HSJ, Vol 69, Issues 15 and 16 are published.
HELPING Working Group "Drought in the Anthropocene" organises the scientific contribution to the Drought Resilience meeting on national drought policy, and co created recommendations for drought action for the upcoming decade.
HELPING Working "Group Acceptance of Nature-based solutions" organises the 2024 Yellow River Ecohydrology Forum.
November:
Joint conference between IAHS International Commissions and IAHS Latin America Committee at the 9th IWRM / 14th STAHY / 1st EBHE Conference in Florianópolis, Brazil.
The following awards and medals were presented at the official ceremony in Florianópolis, Brazil, in November: Dooge Medal is awarded to Prof. Lena Merete Tallaksen, the Volker Medal is awarded to Dr. Heidi Kreibich, and the 2024 IAHS Falkenmark Award is awarded to Dr Djim Diongue.
IAHS SYSTA travel awards were made for the 9th IWRM / 14th STAHY / 1st EBHE conference in Florianópolis, Brazil.
6th ICWQ Workshop 2024 in Guangzhou, China.
IAHS members attended the Irish National Hydrology Conference 2024 in Athlone, Ireland.
HELPING Online Conference 2024.
ICSW publishes a paper "Seven strategies to leverage water for peace and foster sustainable and just water management for all" in Nature Water.
PIAHS, Vol 387, Mountain Hydrology and Cryosphere is published.
December:
Introducing the new HELPING Chair: Prof Thom Bogaard.
The IAHS Frances Watkins Memorial Award for 2024 is awarded to John R. Nimmo for his HSJ article entitled New insights on the origin of the Richardson-Richards equation.
HELPING Working Group "Acceptance of Nature-based solutions" organises the 7th International EcoSummit with the theme "Eco-civilization for a Sustainable and Desirable Future." This is one of the premier conferences in the field of ecology, held every four years.
HELPING Working Group "Stepwise Ecological Restoration of Watersheds" organises the Global Partnership for Ecosystem Services (ESP) Asia Training Series: Integrated Ecosystem Services Assessment, and authored a monograph entitled "Theory and Application of Ecological Restoration" (in Chinese), constructed a theoretical framework of stepwise ecological restoration and promoted it.
HELPING Working Group "Hydrologic Design: Solutions and Communications" publishes paper in HSJ.
The past year has been nothing short of extraordinary for IAHS, and it's all thanks to your unwavering commitment. Looking ahead, 2025 promises new challenges and opportunities. I am confident that, with your enthusiasm and expertise, we will achieve even greater heights.
As we bid farewell to 2024 and look forward to the opportunities that await us in the coming year, I want to convey a simple yet profound message to each and every one of you. Your passion, expertise, and collaborative spirit are the driving forces behind our success.
Warm regards
Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema
IAHS Secretary General