The commission was launched at the 9th World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal. The forum takes place every three years and brings together global key decision makers to collaborate on worldwide water challenges such as floods, pollution or droughts.
The commission will conduct an in-depth, independent global review; ‘The Economics of Water and Beyond’ will feed into the UN 2023 Water Conference, taking a systems-level approach to water governance. It will pay particular attention to the challenges around valuing water as a common good and a natural asset, which is an area of particular focus for Professor Mazzucato.
