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Water & Money: Drops of Inequality, As billions lack safe water a booming global industry and AI-driven demand are turning a basic human necessity into one

Water & Money: Drops of Inequality

As billions lack safe water, a booming global industry and AI-driven demand are turning a basic human necessity into one of the world’s fastest-growing commodities. By Dipankar Dey. The United Nations...
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The Water Crisis: Designed Scarcity

Designed scarcity: Why carrying your own water bottle is now a political act.  Right to safe water access is eroding with aggressive commodification of the resource for capital-intensive consumer sec...
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OECD as Authority in Water Governance

OECD’s methods of legitimation and self-authorisation in water governance.  By Farhad Mukhtarov, Assistant Professor of Governance and Public Policy, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), E...
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Water Privatisation: Thirst for Profit

For the German Heinrich Böll Foundation, Inka Dewitz wrote this text, published on their website: Water privatisation: thirst for profit. Access to clean water has been recognised as a human right sin...
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Commodification of Nature & Water

As part of the Climate Action Resources Network -Asia Pacific (CARN-AP) Webinar Series: “Advancing Climate Action, Community Resilience & Knowledge Collaboration in Asia Pacific”, the Blue Communi...
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Who Really Controls Our Water?

This JustWaterFutures Event explored the financialisation of water through water funds and their implications for community and public control. Speakers: Camila Perez Failach, Gyekye Tanoh, Javier Mar...
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Corporations Exploit Brazil’s Water Sector

Water down investment, top up returns – The pitfalls of financing Basic Sanitation in Brazil. The Brazilian people are subsidising the privatisation of water resources that, before Bolsonaro’s s...
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Bloomberg: US Water Grab

The Private Equity Firm Tapping America’s Spring Water.  BlueTriton Brands owns Poland Spring, Arrowhead and other bottled water brands. As it tries to grow, experts worry sensitive springs, creeks an...
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ChatGPT Assesses World Bank Water

The World Bank keeps promoting private investments into water and sanitation, blending in Public-Private Partnerships (PPP). I wondered what ChatGPT would summarize on this. Here my “chat”...
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