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Climate Resilience in the Urban Context: Sustainable Landscapes for Southern...

By Cora Kammeyer February 5, 2019 Today the Pacific Institute, in collaboration with the CEO Water Mandate, California Forward, and Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, released a new report,...

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The Private Sector as Part of the Solution to Address Water Security and...

By Giuliana Chaves Moreira January 2, 2019 A few months after the 8th World Water Forum (8th WWF) in Brasilia, between November 26th and 28th, the Brazilian Association of Sanitary and Environmental...

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The CEO Water Mandate launches a beta version of Water Action Hub 3.0 for...

By Peter Schulte This World Water Day, the CEO Water Mandate, a UN Global Compact initiative implemented in partnership with the Pacific Institute, will launch a beta version of Water Action Hub 3.0....

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Can California Shift to Proactive Drought Preparedness?

By Cora Kammeyer and Heather Cooley Precipitation in California is highly variable from year to year, and climate change is increasing this variability. We can expect to see more intense droughts and...

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Kilimanjaro, Home to a Great Example of Water Stewardship in Action. And the...

By Hannah Baleta In Tanzania, between Moshi and Arusha, you come across a small town called Usa River, which is situated on the banks of its namesake: the Usa River, a tributary of the Kikuletwa and...

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Water Risk Management for the Private Sector

By Peter Schulte The complexity and local nature of the global water crisis requires collaboration, from community-based organizations to governments to businesses and others. Knowledge of water risks...

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4 Reasons Why Urban Landscapes are a Linchpin for Climate Resilience

By Cora Kammeyer When it comes to water sustainability and climate resilience, urban outdoor landscapes represent a wealth of opportunity. Outdoor landscapes are a vital component of our cities....

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Comparing Apples to Apples: Towards Better Communication Using a Common...

By Karina de Souza Writing this as I return from my family summer holiday, I am reminded of a trip to Siena, Italy where I visited the Piazza del Campo, home to the famous Palio di Siena horse race. I...

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

By Peter Schulte Two weeks ago, I was delighted to launch Water Action Hub 3.0 at Stockholm World Water Week. You can see a video of the launch here. For those who don’t know, the Hub is an online...

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Salton Sea +20

By Michael Cohen 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...

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How to Set Meaningful Site Water Targets

By Tien Shiao Water Insecurity is Increasing Climate change is impacting all regions of the world, cutting across all sectors of society. It is closely connected to water resources, leading to more...

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Putting the Water Action Hub into Action in the Apparel Sector

By Sonali Abraham How often do you think about where that new jacket you just bought was made? Or how much water was used to make it? As consumers in this rapidly expanding and globalized world, it is...

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Managing Urban Flooding in the San Francisco Bay Area: From a Concrete Bowl...

By Cora Kammeyer The first fall storm is rolling through the San Francisco Bay Area this week, marking the beginning of the rainy season. While this may mean a reprieve from this season’s wildfires, it...

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Insights from COP25: The (Interconnected) Pillars of Water System Transformation

By Jason Morrison   At both major international climate events this year – COP25 in Madrid this month and the Climate Action Summit in New York City in September – there was a clear, resounding message...

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Taps, Toilets, and Good Hygiene: Critical Ingredients for Resilient Agriculture

By Mai-Lan Ha   2019 was a critical year for climate and water. Major events – from hurricanes to droughts and brushfires – highlight that climate’s impacts are being felt now and that the world needs...

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Pacific Institute Provides Comments on California Water Resilience Portfolio

Author: Sonali Abraham In January 2020, California state agencies released a draft document meant to signify a new chapter in California water: the Water Resilience Portfolio. The Portfolio was...

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Corporate Water Stewardship in the Colorado River Basin

By Cora Kammeyer The Colorado River Basin is the lifeblood of the West, providing water to more than 40 million people in seven U.S. states and two states in Mexico. Irrigation using Colorado River...

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Stormwater Capture is Undervalued in California

By Sarah Diringer The rain barrels at my house are full – 110 gallons of rain stored to water the garden when we enter the dry season. And, this is only a small fraction of the stormwater being stored...

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When Utilities Shut Off Water for the Poor, We Are All at Risk

By Laura Feinstein and Morgan Shimabuku of the Pacific Institute, and Greg Pierce of Luskin Center for Innovation at University of California, Los Angeles   When a household fails to pay its water bill...

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On Earth Day, Envisioning Our Shared Future

By Cora Kammeyer We don’t inherit the earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children. This saying, commonly attributed to American poet Wendell Berry, reminds us that we are stewards of the...

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