Explore - Introduction
EXPLORE
This section contains an array of maps of current and future water risks, country profiles information and methodology documentation
FEATURES
SCENARIOS MAPS
Explore how different water risks will evolve by 2030 and 2050 under different climate and socio-economic pathway-based scenarios
COUNTRY PROFILES
View, download and compare national and sub-national level water risks at global level
NEED SOME HELP?
Please make sure to first check our Tutorial page, all FAQs and the Data & Methods. If you still need help, don’t hesitate to contact us.
WANT TO PARTNER WITH WWF?
We at WWF are happy to partner with companies and financial institutions willing to engage in market transformation. If you are interested to work with us, please get in touch.
FAQs
Yes, the WWF Risk Filter Team can provide support, ranging from advice on the use of the tool to more tailored expert support for partners.
By partnering with WWF, we can support your organization in better understanding your water risks, provide guidance for your water stewardship strategy and targets and help you implement on-the-ground actions. If you are interested in our tailored expert support, please get in touch.
For basic support, please make sure to first check our tutorial page. If you still need help, don’t hesitate to contact us.
Where does the underlying data for the basin risk maps come from?
The WWF Water Risk Filter framework follows a four-level hierarchy:
- 3 risk types: Physical, Regulatory Deficiency and Reputation Risk types.
- 17 risk categories: each risk type is informed by risk categories.
- 67 indicators: multiple indicators inform the different risk categories.
- Metrics: Each indicator is informed by one or more raw, global datasets measuring different aspects of water-risk in a specific location. These raw datasets cannot be accessed directly through the WWF WRF. However, all source data is referenced in the WWF WRF Indicator Overview.
The data in the WWF WRF is reviewed and updated (either with new data or with a new indicator) biennially, drawing upon the latest research and best available data.
For more information, please check the latest methodology documentation available on the Data & Methods page.
The WWF Water Risk Filter scenarios are based on the combination of the most relevant climate scenarios (IPCC Representative Concentration Pathways – RCP) and socio-economic scenarios (IIASA Shared Socioeconomic Pathways – SSP). Accordingly, WWF Water Risk Filter scenarios for 2030 and 2050 contain three different pathways:
- Optimistic: RCP2.6 - 4.5 & SSP1
- Current trend: RCP4.5 - 6.0 & SSP2
- Pessimistic: RCP6.0 - 8.5 & SSP3
To develop scenarios of water risks, WWF collaborated with multiple research groups to integrate the best available projected datasets on different water risk aspects. Each scenario is derived from the WWF Water Risk Filter basin risk data in the year 2020 (baseline), added with projected changes from the best available projected dataset.
For more information, please check the latest methodology documentation available on the Data & Methods page.
Please note: the water scenarios functionality in the Water Risk Filter is being phased out as it no longer reflects the latest scientific developments or recent updates to the tools’ risk frameworks.
You can download in excel format the WWF Water Risk Filter basin risk scores and ranking at a national and sub-national level on the Country Profiles page.
We are currently in the process of exploring the development of API services to be able to share our data directly with other web platforms. If you are interested in getting access to our future API service, please get in touch.
