Financialisation
China: Water Resource Fees Tax Reform
China expands pilot water resource fees into a tax reform. In an effort to provide greater water security to its people and economy, China created the Water Law in 1988 to better manage water resource...
Mexico: Rural Water Risks
Rural communities in Guanajuato at risk of running out of water – why? Inhabitants of Mexico’s Pénjamo and nearby municipalities manage their own wells, but debts and lack of resources thr...
Italy: Privatisation Against The People
Water privatisation: Public good or private enterprise? By Nicoletta Dammone Sessa* Water is one of the basic elements for life on earth, a vital resource that should be accessible to everyone. Howeve...
GWSP 2024 Annual Report published
The money-driven World Bank, which sees the water crisis mainly as a problem of financing and calls for private investments, privatisation and so-called ‘Public-Private Partnerships’, has ...
AI knows: Water as Commodity
What does artificial intelligence (AI) say? Part 2: Problematic Aspects of Water Financialisation Water financialisation refers to the process by which water is treated as a financial asset, leading t...
Will private money fix our water?
The world needs to mobilize up to $7 trillion by 2030 for global water infrastructure, if we are to meet our water-related SDG commitments and address decades of underinvestment. That’s what the...
The Promise and Peril of Water Markets
While the concept of water markets appears promising, Chile, Australia, the United States, and other countries’ experiences show that implementation can prove challenging. A balanced, carefully regula...
Water futures: little water – big money?
In the framework of the Themed Week on Water Between Extremes (see Blue News here), Blue Community Ambassadors Madelaine Moore and Andrea Muehlebach organized a three-days symposium on Water Futures d...
Markets, money, and moral. An essay.
or: Why private companies are not interested in solving problems by Roland Brunner Our planet and our civilization seem to be on the verge of collapse, doomed to darkness. Climate and water crises, te...
