Is #WaterBankruptcy just a new metaphor for the water crisis? 🚱

In a @forbes.com article, @unuinweh.bsky.social Director @kavehmadani.bsky.social debunks 13 misconceptions about water bankruptcy and explains why understanding the concept helps us take the right course of action.

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In a new article for Forbes by UNU-INWEH Director Kaveh Madani, he addresses 13 potential misconceptions about the concept of #WaterBankruptcy, what it means for policy, and why bankruptcy is not doom.

Read here: www.forbes.com/sites/kavehm...

During #ClimateWeekNYC, UNU-INWEH Director Prof. Kaveh Madani made the case that the world has entered an “era of water bankruptcy” — drawing on key findings from the "Global #WaterBankruptcy" report.
 
Read the report: collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:10...

During #ClimateWeekNYC, UNU-INWEH Director Prof. Kaveh Madani delivered the opening keynote at the "The Closed Budget: Who Draws From a Bankrupt Account" side event exploring the Global #WaterBankruptcy paradigm.
 
Read the full report: collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:10...

During #ClimateWeekNYC2026 and on the sideline of the #UNGA81 in New York, UNU-INWEH Director Prof. Kaveh Madani discussed the realities of Global #WaterBankruptcy and encouraging action for water sustainability for people, communities and future generations.

UNU-INWEH Director Prof. Kaveh Madani explains what #WaterBankruptcy means and what is causing irreversible damage to our water systems. Next week at #ClimateWeekNYC, Prof. Madani will explore the critical links between water, climate, people and the planet.
 
Learn more: www.climateweeknyc.org

UNU-INWEH Director Prof. Kaveh Madani will discuss #waterbankruptcy as a present-day reality affecting supply chains, operating costs and business resilience at the SDGS in Brazil event in New York.
 
Register now: sdgsinbrazil.vercel.app?sdgs2026

🚰 Over 1.8 billion people were living under drought conditions in 2022–2023.

Drought-related damages already amount to about US$307 billion per year globally — more than the annual GDP of almost 3/4 of UN Member States.

Read @unuinweh.bsky.social's Global #WaterBankruptcy report: buff.ly/S8VW1bq