This annual overview focusses on important reports highlighting the corruption issues related to the hydro and dam projects in India in 2024. The electoral bond case has revealed the deep nexus among ...
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“Funding a Water-Secure Future. Global Public Spending in the Water Sector”. The World Bank once again makes clear, why it is called a bank. Because it’s all about money, not human r...
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Mexico’s National Water Plan excludes the Libres Oriental Basin. Peasants demand a solution to the plundering of water by agro-industry.
The Movement in Defence of Water in the Libres Oriental ...
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Foreign multinational companies are extracting billions of litres of water from British aquifers to sell as bottled water, the Guardian can reveal. Coca-Cola extracts the largest amount of freshwater ...
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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...
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As the Swiss daily Tages-Anzeiger makes public, Nestlé is getting out of the water business: “U-turn by Swiss company. Bad image, too little profit: why Nestlé is pulling out of the drinking wat...
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“How big business is profiting from the growing water crisis” is the title of an 11-minute video report on Deutsche Welle’s English service from August 2024. And it introduces the re...
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The Swaziland Times from Eswatini, the landlocked country in Southern Africa formerly known as Swaziland, published an article on the commodification of water:
Water supply remains a pressing issue in...
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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...
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