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October 2019 Newsletter

The monthly newsletter features the Pacific Institute’s research, publications, news about past and upcoming Institute staff outreach efforts, and media coverage of its work and analysis.

Pacific to Co-Host Salton Sea Summit in Palm Desert October 17th and 18th

With the generous support of the Water Foundation and the Bureau of Reclamation, the Pacific Institute and the University of California, Riverside will host a Salton Sea Summit October 17th to 18th at the University of California, Riverside's Palm Desert campus.

Water Board Workshop Examines the Homelessness Crisis’s Relationship to Water

Rivers All Across the Globe Are Dropping

Dr. Feinstein of Pacific Institute to Speak on Water Quality and Homelessness in California

Senior Researcher Dr. Laura Feinstein of the Pacific Institute will speak at the California Central Coast Water Resources Control Board workshop on Water Quality and Homelessness on Thursday, October 3rd in Sacramento.

Pacific Institute to Assess to Risks and Solutions for California Drinking Water

California’s Human Right to Water, passed in 2012, calls for safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water for all citizens. Yet while this statute has served as the touchstone for drinking water and sanitation efforts in the state, the human right to water and sanitation remains unrealized in many California communities.

Op-Ed: Climate-Equitable Water

The failure to meet basic needs for safe water and sanitation worldwide is one of the great tragedies of our age, with billions of people paying the price in illness and poverty.

Pacific Institute Affirms Commitment to Action at Climate Action Summit in New York

September 23, 2019, New York, New York -- This morning at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, climate activist Greta Thunberg called out the failure of today’s leaders to act adequately to prevent the climate crisis.

Op-Ed: Protecting the Environment in Times of War

War is a miserable thing. It kills and maims soldiers and civilians. It destroys infrastructure, cultures, and communities. It worsens poverty and development challenges. And it damages and cripples vital ecological and environmental resources.

September 2019 Newsletter

The monthly newsletter features the Pacific Institute’s research, publications, news about past and upcoming Institute staff outreach efforts, and media coverage of its work and analysis.

Salton Sea +20

After decades of false starts and false hopes, progress might finally be within reach for California’s Salton Sea – the state’s largest and most maligned lake. California’s governor and natural resources secretary have demonstrated the commitment and political will needed to construct actual, on-the-ground habitat and dust control projects.

The EPA’s Roll Back of the Clean Water Act Could Impact Drinking Water for Millions of Americans

Unquenchable Thirst: Groundwater Bill Could Shift State’s Water Management Approach

World Water Week Sofa 8638 Part 1: Water Action Hub 3.0

World Water Week Sofa 8638 Part 1: Water Action Hub 3.0 - Online Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing

Three Thought-Provoking Analogies for Climate Change

World Water Conflict Chronology

In an ongoing effort to understand the connections between water resources, water systems, and international security and conflict, the Pacific Institute initiated a project in the late 1980s to track and categorize events related to water and conflict, which has been continuously updated since.

Water Action Hub

The Water Action Hub catalogs and facilitates water stewardship projects in river basins and regions around the world.

Current Information on the Salton Sea

This page is the go-to resource for up-to-date information on the Salton Sea, California’s largest lake. The page displays the current size and elevation of the sea, the status of habitat and dust-control projects, changes in bird populations, and more.

Find Your Partners for Water Sustainability with the Water Action Hub 3.0

For those who don’t know, the Hub is an online collaboration and knowledge sharing platform for water. Or, as we like to say sometimes, it’s a “dating” site for water sustainability partners.

August 2019 Newsletter

This months newsletter features New Publication: Setting Site Water Targets Informed by Catchment Context: A Guide for Companies,  Sanjeev Chadha and Gavin Power Join Pacific Institute Board, Blog Post: Comparing Apples to Apples: Towards Better Communication Using a Common Language for Water, and More.

Can We Survive Extreme Heat?

New Publication Launched at World Water Week Offers Guidance to Increase Water Security

The publication, Setting Site Water Targets Informed by Catchment Context: A Guide for Companies, was developed in collaboration between the United Nations Global Compact CEO Water Mandate, CDP, the Pacific Institute, The Nature Conservancy, UNEP-DHI Centre for Water and Environment, the World Resources Institute and WWF.

Setting Site Water Targets Informed by Catchment Context: A Guide for Companies

The world’s water resources are under growing pressure from rising water consumption, pollution, weak governance, and climate change, exposing businesses to increased water-related risks caused not only by their own water use and discharge, but also by the catchment context in which they operate.  

The Amazon rainforest fires are shaping the G7 summit, where world leaders like Trump and Macron are convening

How the plastic bottle went from miracle container to hated garbage