Lester Brown

Peak oil has generated headlines in recent years, but the real threat to our future is peak water. There are substitutes for oil, but not for water. We can produce food without oil, but not without water.

John Parnell

Ban Ki-moon has warned the world is on course to run out of freshwater unless greater efforts are made to improve water security.

Andrew Burger

Equitable, broad-based public access to sustainable, sanitary supplies of water is increasingly being seen as a security issue.

Lisa Schlein

GENEVA — Two leading U.N. agencies are calling for greater action to provide safe drinking water and basic sanitation to more than three billion people. A joint report by the World Health Organization and U.N.

The importance of water in San Diego, and how climate will affect water supplies.

Danielle Nierenberg

This Saturday, March 22nd, the world celebrates World Water Day. Water and agriculture are inextricably interlinked and interdependent. Agriculture is a major user of both ground and surface water for irrigation—accounting for about 70 percent of water withdrawal worldwide.

European Geosciences Union - See Abstract

Abstract. There is growing concern in Europe about the possible rise in the severity and frequency of extreme drought events as a manifestation of climate change.

Diego J. Rodriguez

Thirsty Energy – World Bank launches global initiative on Energy and Water

Dear colleagues and friends,