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Pacific Institute’s president at the first Global Water Stewardship Forum

National Geographic ScienceBlogs: From Scientists to Policymakers: Communicating on Climate, Scientific Integrity, and More

Among the different professional categories, scientists and engineers remain very highly respected by the public, at least compared to politicians, business leaders, the media, and even religious authorities.

Water Strategies for the Next Administration: New Major U.S. Water Policy Recommendations

This document identifies major water-related challenges facing the United States and offers explicit recommendations for strategies the next administration and Congress should pursue, domestically and internationally.

National Geographic Presents: Water Scarcity

The Cost of Alternative Water Supply and Efficiency Options in California

This report is the first comparative analysis of water supply and demand management strategies for localities in the State of California.

Meeting Sustainability Goals: Voluntary Sustainability Standards and the Role of the Government

Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) have emerged in the past two decades as standards specifying requirements relating to a wide range of sustainability metrics, including respect for human rights, workers’ health and safety, decent income, environmental degradation, and others.

Water Risk Hotspots for Agriculture: The Case of the Southwest United States

Despite being the United States’ most arid region, the US Southwest – Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah – is one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world. Yet nearly 75% of total cropland in the region, and an even higher percentage of total agricultural productivity, depends on supplemental irrigation.

21st Century Water Demand Forecasting

A Community Guide for Evaluating Future Urban Water Demand

A Community Guide for Evaluating Future Urban Water Demand provides communities, environmental groups, ratepayer advocates, and anyone interested in sustainable water supply planning with the knowledge and tools they need to understand water demand forecasts.

U.S. Bottled Water Consumption is on the Rise: What Does It Mean?

ERW Opinion: On Methods for Assessing Water-Resource Risks and Vulnerabilities

As populations and economies continue to expand and as anthropogenic climate change accelerates, pressures on regional freshwater resources are also growing.

National Geographic ScienceBlogs: Diablo Canyon, Climate Change, Drought, and Energy Policy

Drought and Equity in the San Francisco Bay Area

The most severe drought in California on the instrumental record stretched from 2012-2016. The drought was highly publicized, with particular attention paid towards impacts on agriculture, urban areas, and ecosystems. Little attention, however, was paid to the drought’s impacts on California’s low-income communities.

Is California Still in the Midst of a Drought ClimateOne

Fits and Starts at the Salton Sea

National Geographic ScienceBlogs: Global Droughts: A Bad Year

Huffpost Green: An Open Letter From Peter Gleick: My Transition at the Pacific Institute

Where We Agree: Building Consensus on Solutions to California’s Urban Water Challenges

California has a long list of unresolved and difficult water challenges, made more urgent by periods of severe drought that are exacerbated by climate change.

Managing Drought: Learning from Australia

A new report released today shows that strategies developed and mistakes made during Australia’s decade-long Millennium Drought provide a powerful resource for California, as the state enters its fifth year of severe drought.

LIÇÕES APRENDIDAS COM A CRISE HÍDRICA NA AUSTRÁLIA

Realizado pela Alliance for Water Efficiency (Chicago, EUA), pelo Institute for Sustainable Futures, da Universidade de Tecnologia de Sidney (Sidney, AUS) e pelo think tank Pacific Institute, ”Managing the Drought” busca identificar as estratégias que as companhias de águas urbanas e agências de águas da Austrália adotaram para sobreviver à pior seca já registrada em sua história – a ”Seca do Milênio”, que durou de 1997 até seu término oficial, em 2012.

National Geographic ScienceBlogs: Water, Security, and Conflict: Violence over Water in 2015

Since its founding in 1987, the Pacific Institute has worked to understand the links between water resources, environmental issues, and international security and conflict.

Impacts of California’s Ongoing Drought: Hydroelectricity Generation 2015 Update

Hydropower and natural gas are the principal sources of electricity for California’s millions of users.

Moving from Theory to Practice: A Synthesis of Lessons about Incentive-Based Instruments for Freshwater Management

There has been growing interest in applying incentive-based instruments, such as pollution charges and tradeable permits, to address the twin challenges of accessing enough freshwater to meet our needs while also preserving the well-being of freshwater ecosystems.

Incentive-Based Instruments for Freshwater Management

Freshwater is perhaps the single most precious resource for human health and development.

Huffington Post: The Most Important Water Stories of 2015

In early 2015, participants at the World Economic Forum, a who's who of the political and business elite, ranked water crises as the top global risk. Water was also a key factor in the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a blueprint for international development over the next 15 years.