The counties that get water governance right will attract industry, urban growth and agricultural productivity. Those that do not will continue to firefighting droughts and rationing crises.

The United States is facing an existential crisis due to a lack of political imagination and a scarcity mindset, which has ...

The latest available data on the state of Europe's water network, recently published by Eurostat, has revealed worrying trends regarding the future resilience of the continent's water supplies. The ...

Water is essential for life, yet billions of people around the world still lack reliable access to clean, safe water. As climate change accelerates, populations grow, and infrastructure struggles to ...

Your correspondent moderated a panel discussion with global experts in desalination, international development, and water economics at the ceremony announcing the teams that had qualified for the ...

For much of the past three decades, carbon has been the main focus of climate policy. But as we head into 2026, a new crisis is tightening its grip: water scarcity. According to Ernst & Young's 2026 ...

California doesn't have a water scarcity problem. It has a distribution problem, according to Nícola Ulibarrí, whose new research is reshaping how policymakers think about one of the state's most ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sherzod Odilov covers organizational transformation and innovation. Nov 20, 2024, 08:25pm EST The power of scarcity is evident ...

An irrigation system is used to water a field because of drought, near Feldkirchen, Germany, April 25, 2020 (DPA photo by Frank Hoermann via AP Images). A second, more mundane challenge for Europe’s ...