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Global Water Futures: A Roadmap for Future U.S. Engagement

Following on the recommendations from the first Global Water Futures White Paper of 2005, GSI convened a working group of individuals representing diverse institutions and perspectives over the course of 17 months to examine ideas on how to reform the structure and procedures of the U.S. government to address the global water crisis. This report and its recommendations were inspired by the working group and build on many of the valuable comments and reactions that were part of the group’s deliberations. Click here for a PDF of the full report.

Water and Energy Futures in an Urbanized Asia: Sustaining the Tiger

The CSIS Global Strategy Institute sought out experts from nongovernmental organizations and academia to examine the complex simultaneous phenomena of rapid urbanization, resource management, and the broader public policy challenges and opportunities in Pacific Asia. Expert contributors considered the following questions: What are the most promising technological innovations to promote environmentally sustainable economic growth? What factors are most significant in driving change? How are priorities assigned, and how are those priorities changing? How are the players changing? What kinds of policies, regulations, and other governance tools help identify trajectories that at once promote economic development and address environmental degradation? Click here for a PDF of the full report.

CSIS TV - Erik Peterson talks about water scarcity

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CSIS Commentary: Below the Surface: U.S. International Water Policy

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Future Watch, July 2006: Taking Stock of Global Water Challenges and U.S. Foreign Policy

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Addressing Our Global Water Future

The Center for Strategic and International Studies and Sandia National Laboratories released a White Paper outlining the major conclusions of the Global Water Futures project. The goal of the project was to generate fresh thinking and concrete policy recommendations on how the United States can (1) better address future global water challenges and (2) more efficiently leverage and deploy available technologies. The White Paper, "Addressing Our Global Water Future," meets these goals by exploring four themes supported by fourteen main "Findings" that together highlight the core tenets of an integrated, comprehensive U.S. foreign policy toward global water challenges. Click here for a complete, in-depth analysis of the four themes and fourteen findings.

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