GWF Synthesis of Results and Outcomes

How are the research findings from the Global Water Futures program informing water management and practice across Canada?

GWF ended in 2025 and has undertaken an effort to compile and synthesize our findings in a comprehensive series of papers. 

The first paper examines how GWF was envisioned, formed, and operated:

• DeBeer, C., Pomeroy, J., Wheater, H., & Adapa, P. (2026). The Canadian Global Water Futures programme – creation, foundation, and operation. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue Canadienne Des Ressources Hydriques, 51(1), 23–35. https://doi.org/10.1080/07011784.2025.2559600 

Subsequent papers will examine thematic and topical aspects of GWF's science. Advancements and findings will be pulled together into a framework focused on policy and management, practitioner, community-level, and other users' questions and needs, covering:

• changing climate and meteorological extremes;
• changing forests and land cover;
• changing groundwater;
• changing water quality and ecology;
• changing agricultural water;
• changing surface flows of Canadian river basins;
• human dimensions of water;
• changing international waters;
• changing cryosphere;
• GWF toolbox.