Executive Summary

Governing water globally transforms crisis into opportunity through equity and sustainability.
Chapter 01

Introduction: Transforming the world’s understanding of the economics of water
Chapter 02

The hydrological cycle as a global common good
Chapter 03

Towards a new economics of water
Chapter 04

Pushing the economics: The case for shaping markets
Chapter 05

Innovations to tackle water’s critical mission areas
Chapter 06

Partnerships, property rights, and contracts for more water justice
Chapter 07

Finance for a just and sustainable water future
Chapter 08

The governance of water utilities
Chapter 09

Harnessing data as a foundation for action
Chapter 10

Opportunities for Just Global Water Governance
Conclusions

Acknowledgements

Former Commissioners
  1. LaToya Cantrell (Mayor of New Orleans)
  2. Kathleen Dominique (OECD)
  3. Quentin Grafton (Australian National University)
  4. Juan Carlos Jintiach
  5. Inge Kaul († 2023)
  1. Lauren Seaby Andersen (PIK)
  2. Yuvan Aunuth Beejadhur (WTO)
  3. Luca Kühn von Burgsdorff (University College London)
  4. Julius Lim (Istana)
  1. Tamma Carleton (University of California at Berkeley and Santa Barbara)
  2. Simon Fahrländer (PIK)
  3. Ram Fishman (Tel Aviv University)
  4. Lucio Scandizzo (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
  5. Alain Vidal (Consulting Professor at AgroParisTech)
  6. Dale Whittington (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
  1. Nitin Bassi (CEEW)
  2. Aaron Baum (IIPP)
  3. Amir Bazaz (IIHS)
  4. Prajna Beleyur (IIHS)
  5. Hilmer Bosch (University van Amsterdam)
  6. Miguel Cardenas Rodriguez (OECD)
  7. Daniele Cufari (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
  8. Lylah Davies (OECD)
  9. Safa Fanaian (Australian National University)
  10. Ketaki Ghoghe (IIHS)
  11. Andrea Guerrini (WAREG)
  12. Saiba Gupta (CEEW)
  13. Ivan Hascic (OECD)
  14. Ulla Kask (WTO)
  15. Suparana Katyaini (CEEW)
  16. Ekansha Khanduja (CEEW)
  17. Marijn Korndewal (OECD)
  18. Jagdish Krishnaswamy (IIHS)
  19. Maren Ludwig (University of California at Santa Barbara)
  20. Celine Nauges (INRAE)
  21. Kangkanika Neog (CEEW)
  22. KV Santhosh Ragavan (IIHS)
  23. Claudia Ringler (IFPRI)
  24. Neha Sami (IIHS)
  25. Sandra Schoof (Water as Leverage)
  26. Sandy Sum (University of California at Santa Barbara)
  27. Poojil Tiwari (CEEW)
  28. Sophie Tremolet (OECD)
  29. Mahima Vijendra (IIHS)
  30. Luc van Vliet (University van Amsterdam)
  31. Kavita Wankhade (IIHS)
  32. Ankai Xu (WTO)
  33. Mariam Zaqout (IIPP)
  1. Shabana Abbas (Aqua for All)
  2. Guy Alerts (IHE Delft)
  3. Pedro Arrojo-Agudo (UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation)
  4. Soumya Balaubramanya (World Bank)
  5. Don Blackmore (Australian Water School)
  6. Scott Bryan (ImagineH2O)
  7. Albert Cho (Xylem)
  8. David Craig (TNFD)
  9. Helge Daebel (Emerald Global Water Impact Fund)
  10. Jasper Dalhuisen (Dutch Ministry of Economy)
  11. Reem Bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy (UAE)
  12. Ang Eng Seng (GIC)
  13. Bridget Fawcett (Citi)
  14. Eliza Foo (Temasek)
  15. Christopher Gasson (Global Water Intelligence)
  16. Erica Gies (writer)
  17. Mark Gough (Capitals Coalition)
  18. David Grant (PepsiCo)
  19. Guillaume Gruère (OECD)
  20. David Hebart-Coleman (SIWI)
  21. Petra Hellegers (University of Wageningen)
  22. Jud Hill (Isquared Capital)
  23. Torgny Holmgren (SIWI)
  24. Leo Horn Phathanothai (WRI)
  25. Anuj Kedia (Temasek)
  26. Saroj Kumar Jha (World Bank)
  27. Cate Lamb (CDP)
  28. Thorjorn Larssen (Norwegian Institute for Water Research)
  29. John Lienhard (MIT)
  30. Anuj Maheshwari (Temasek)
  31. Wanjira Mathai (WRI)
  32. Rachael McDonnell (IWMI)
  33. Amina Mohammed (DSG UN)
  34. Alex Money (Watermarq)
  35. Alexis Morgan (WWF International)
  36. Dean Muruven (BCG)
  37. Nolita Thina Mvunelo (The Club of Rome)
  38. David Nabarro (4SD foundation)
  39. Gim Huay Neo (WEF)
  40. Paul O’Callaghan (BlueTech Research)
  41. Stuart Orr (WWF International)
  42. Noémie Plumier (Secrétariat international de l’eau)
  43. Barbara Pompili (One Water Summit)
  44. Ismahane Remonnay (Veolia)
  45. Yonatan Rabinovitch (Asterra)
  46. Will Sarni (The Water Foundry)
  47. Michel Scholte (Impact Institute)
  48. Nicola Shaw (Kelda Water)
  49. Saud Siddique (Odyssey Capital)
  50. Prof. Lord Nicholas Stern
  51. Tania Straus (WEF)
  52. Tim Wainwright (Water Aid)
  53. Dominic Waughray (WBCSD)
  54. Mike Webster (2030 WRG)
  55. Simon Zadek (Nature Finance)
  1. Fatmata Hannah Conteh
  2. Mare de Wit
  3. Megi Marku
  4. Anita Sangalo
  5. Srishti Singh
  6. Leticia Tanchella Niehues
  7. Mona Wolf
  8. Rosa Aurora Mija Yangua
  9. Marta Zaragoza
  1. David Cooper (CBD)
  2. Joakim Harlin (UNEP)
  3. Sonja Koeppel (UNECE)
  4. Alvaro Lario (UN Water, IFAD)
  5. Lifeng Li (FAO)
  6. Mary Mathews (UNDP)
  7. Federico Properzi (UN Water)
  8. Ibrahim Thiaw (UNCCD)
  9. Stefan Uhlenbrook (WMO)
  1. Brinda Adhikari (Media Strategist)
  2. Bill Balaskas (Artist)
  3. Carter Brandon (WRI)
  4. Joachim Declerck (Architecture Workroom Brussels)
  5. Rada Dogandjieva (Dalberg Catalyst)
  6. Shahnoor Hasan (Deltares)
  7. Morten Højer (City of Copenhagen)
  8. Kuku (Musician)
  9. Adrian Lahoud (Royal College of Art)
  10. Cate Lamb (UNEP FI, CDP)
  11. Musonda Mumba (Ramsar Convention)
  12. Philip Rode (LSE Cities)
  13. Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi (Food System Economics Commission)
  14. Lisa Scholten (Delft University of Technology)
  15. Eliza Swedenborg (WRI)
  1. Steven Collet
  2. Meike van Ginneken
  3. Maarten Gischler
  4. René van Hell
  5. Wampie Libon
  6. Omer van Renterghem
  7. Eva Schreuder
  8. Niels Vlaanderen
  1. Nicolas Floc’h (The colors of water)
  1. Samuel Stacey, Holly Holmes, Kimberly Viloria, Monica Evans, Isabel Wilson, Samurdhi Ranasinghe, Nini Fernandez- Concha (Cultivate Communications)
  2. Denise Young and Johannes Mengel (Young & Mengel)
  3. Will Yeates – Communications
  4. Marion Davis, Sarah Wild – Writers
  5. Misha Pinkhasov – Editor
  6. Wanda Bleckmann, David von Buseck, Sascha Collet, Aitana Gräbs Santiago, Steffen Hänsch, Tim Hönig (Figures GmbH)
  1. Elin Adolfsson
  2. Juan-Diego Avila
  3. Martha Baxter
  4. Anna Dupont
  5. Ekaterina Gosh
  6. Xavier Leflaive
  7. Mariana Portal
  8. Charlotte Raoult
  9. Ines Reale
  10. Preston Thatcher
  11. Jennifer Timmins
  12. Lucy Watkinson

Disclaimer

The Global Commission on the Economics of Water is an independent commission. The co-chairs and the Commissioners each contributed in their personal capacities. The co-chairs took final responsibility for the contents of the Report, while Commissioners contributed actively with substantive inputs and comments. The outputs of the Global Commission (reports, executive summary, infographics, other communication materials) do not necessarily reflect in their entirety the views of the respective Commissioners or those of their respective institutions.

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