Community Resilience to Climate Change
By Pacific Institute Staff Those who have historically contributed the least to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions warming our planet …
By Pacific Institute Staff Those who have historically contributed the least to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions warming our planet …
By Pacific Institute Staff Maps are powerful tools for analyzing and communicating how environmental hazards and resources are distributed in …
By Pacific Institute Staff The science of climate change is compelling and strong, and has been for over two decades, …
By Pacific Institute Staff Thousands of cities in the developing world are facing rising pressures on institutions and infrastructure due …
By Pacific Institute Staff Since its founding, the Pacific Institute has been at the forefront of research on the impacts …
By Pacific Institute Staff The UN CEO Water Mandate is a unique public-private initiative – established by the UN Global …
By Pacific Institute Staff Many water-related business risks stem from ineffective or non-existent public water policy and management. These risks …
By Pacific Institute Staff Emerging corporate practice and research suggest that the environmental, political, and social realities of the 21st …
By Pacific Institute Staff Water resources have rarely, if ever, been the sole source of violent conflict or war. But …
By Pacific Institute Staff Popular education is an approach to building leadership that draws upon the everyday experiences of the …
By Pacific Institute Staff Sales and consumption of bottled water have skyrocketed in recent years. From 1988 to 2002, the …
By Pacific Institute Staff Over the past two decades, there has been a rapid increase in the number of people …
By Pacific Institute Staff The “soft path for water” defines a new approach to managing water resources. The soft path …
March 2013 By Pacific Institute Staff California’s Salton Sea is a fertile oasis in the hostile desert of southeastern California, …
By Pacific Institute Staff Nearly a billion people in the developing world lack safe drinking water – a necessity most …
By Pacific Institute Staff Freshwater resources are fundamental for maintaining human health, agricultural production, and economic activity as well as …
By Pacific Institute Staff Traditionally, freshwater has come from rivers, lakes, streams, and groundwater aquifers. As demand increases and climate …
By Pacific Institute Staff Expectations for businesses to respect and in some cases help fulfill internationally recognized human rights have …
By Pacific Institute Staff Surface water and groundwater are not always static in their natural reservoirs. The water particles are …
By Pacific Institute Staff In the past two decades, water privatization — turning over some or all of the assets …
By Pacific Institute Staff Companies around the world increasingly recognize the risk that water scarcity, pollution, and weak water governance …
By Pacific Institute Staff It is everyone’s wish to be able to wake up each day and turn on a …
By Pacific Institute Staff Throughout the 20th century, the connections between water and energy were largely ignored. Water systems were …
By Pacific Institute Staff Who profits from our use of environmental resources? Who suffers the consequences of pollution and environmental …
By Pacific Institute Staff Fundamental needs for environmental health, including safe water and sanitation, justice, and sustainability in poor and …
By Pacific Institute Staff The human right to water is the fundamental right to life, health, and livelihood. The imperatives …
Imagine a lake half as large as Lake Tahoe, containing 17 million to 34 million acre-feet of water. That is …
Ruskin’s AB 1365 Updates State Planning Priorities With the threat of climate change growing worse by the day, a historic …
The Pacific Institute released a report several months ago on the potential for greater agricultural water conservation and efficiency in areas that …
Let’s Start Overcoming Obstacles: Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency MORE
Water supply constraints have reduced the amount of water available for California this year, causing economic losses and midseason fallowing …
Ignoring a problem tends to make it worse. A worsening problem tends to lead to panic. Panic tends to make …
On February 15, 2007, the Pacific Institute joined several other NGOs in submitting comments (PDF) on the Bureau of Reclamation’s proposed Drop …
Lower Colorado River: Proposed Drop 2 Storage Reservoir Project MORE
On Friday February 25th, the Sacramento Bee published an opinion essay by Pacific Institute President Dr. Peter H. Gleick on the pending …
Pacific Institute Responds to Misleading Commentary by Wayne Lusvardi MORE