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The CEO Water Mandate: Fourth Working Conference

In July 2007, the UN Secretary-General in partnership with international business leaders and under the auspices of the UN Global Compact launched the CEO Water Mandate – an initiative established to better understand and advance water stewardship in the private sector.

Sustaining California Agriculture in an Uncertain Future

Agriculture is an essential economic and cultural force in California. But with increasing pressures on water supply such as severe drought brought on by climate change and population growth, the future of the agricultural sector is uncertain.

Water‐Related Public Policy Annotated Outline

The preface of the Guide will include a summary of current societal and water resource trends affecting business operations...

Truth Drought: California’s Real Shortfall

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar came to California on Sunday to hear firsthand about California's drought. Unfortunately, some of what he heard was misleading or false.

Testimony on Global Warming’s Effects on Agriculture and Forestry

Testimony of Heather S. Cooley and Dr. Juliet Christian-Smith1 to the United States Congress Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming For the Hearing on Global Warming Effects on Agriculture and Forestry. 

Measuring What Matters: Neighborhood Research for Economic and Environmental Health and Justice in Richmond, North Richmond, and San Pablo

The West County Indicators Project was launched in 2006 to work with local residents and organizations to create healthy communities in West Contra Costa County, California.

Climate Change and the Global Water Crisis: What Businesses Need to Know and Do

This report, jointly released by the Pacific Institute and the United Nations Global Compact, explores the connections between climate change and water, from both a scientific and a corporate management perspective.

Water Disclosure 2.0 Assessment of Current and Emerging Practice in Corporate Water Reporting

The CEO Water Mandate report, Water Disclosure 2.0 – Assessment of Current and Emerging Practice in Corporate Water Reporting, examines and analyzes corporate reporting on water sustainability for 110 companies across 11 water-intensive sectors.

The CEO Water Mandate 3rd Working Conference

In July 2007, the UN Secretary-General, in partnership with international business leaders and under the auspices of the UN Global Compact, launched The CEO Water Mandate – an initiative established to better understand and advance water stewardship in the private sector.

The Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on the California Coast

California’s iconic coastline and the vast ecological, cultural, and economic resources tied to it are deeply threatened by sea-level rise.

CEO Water Mandate: Footprint to Public Policy

In response to growing concerns of water scarcity and unchecked water consumption, the concept of “water footprint” has been drawing attention among businesses, policy makers, and the public over the last few years.

Water Integration Act of 2009

Mr. Chairman, Senators: thank you for inviting me to offer comments on the critical connections between energy and water in the United States. Water use and energy use are closely linked.

The Need for Integrated National Water Actions

Mr. Chairman, Representatives: I would like to thank the Committee for inviting me to offer comments on the critical issue of 21st century water planning in the United States...

Energy Implications of Bottled Water

Bottled water is a popular commodity around the world.

Water Scarcity and Climate Change: Growing Risks for Businesses and Investors

Climate change threatens to undermine the basic functioning of societies around the globe, and large multinational companies are not immune to these risks.

Op-Ed: Peripheral Canal Idea Still Thin on Details

The governor's Delta Vision Committee recently announced its recommendations for addressing the decades-old challenges facing California's water system...

Let’s Start Overcoming Obstacles: Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency

The Pacific Institute released a report several months ago on the potential for greater agricultural water conservation and efficiency in areas that depend on water either flowing into or being exported out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Each of the four scenarios we analyzed offers the potential to reduce agricultural water withdrawals in the region by 5 to 13 percent.

Water and Climate Change: Managing Unavoidable Impacts – Avoiding Unmanageable Impacts

On January 9, 2009, Dr. Peter H. Gleick, addressed legislators and staff from the House of Representatives and the Senate on “Climate Change: Intersections of Science and Policy” in two briefings sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Water Climate Change Brief

Water and Climate Change: Managing Unavoidable Impacts; Avoiding Unmanageable Impacts. Dr Peter Gleick...

The World’s Water, Volume 6

Pacific Institute President and series editor Peter Gleick, with Institute coauthors Heather Cooley, Michael Cohen, Mari Morikawa, Jason Morrison, and Meena Palaniappan addresses the ever-more-pressing issues of our use and misuse of the world’s freshwater resources.

National Water Priorities Budget

Following up on the “Water: Threats and Opportunities – Recommendations to the Next President” released in October 2008, the Pacific Institute offers a set of priority budget suggestions...

Peak Water

To judge from recent media attention, the finite supply of freshwater on Earth has been nearly tapped dry, leading to a natural resource calamity on par with, or even worse than, running out of accessible, affordable oil...

EPA Drinking Water Preliminary Regulatory Determination on Perchlorate

The Pacific Institute would like to formally submit the following comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Drinking Water Preliminary Regulatory Determination on Perchlorate...

Time to Tap into Water-Wise Farmers’ Well of Ideas

Water supply constraints have reduced the amount of water available for California this year, causing economic losses and midseason fallowing for many farmers. Independent of what we might want, it is very likely that there will continue to be serious constraints on water available to all California users, including agriculture.