Why we need a new economics of water as a common good

Author/s

Johan Rockström, Mariana Mazzucato, Lauren Seaby Andersen, Simon Felix Fahrländer & Dieter Gerten

Abstract

Anthropogenic pressures and climate change are altering water flows worldwide. Better understanding, new economic thinking and an international governance framework are needed to stave off catastrophe.

Citation

Rockström, J. et al. (2023), “Why we need a new economics of water as a common good,” Nature, Vol. 615/7954, pp. 794–797, https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00800-z.

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