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Confronting Water Insecurity
Global Institutions and the Transformation of Water Science, Policy, and Practice
Roberto L. Lenton (Author)
9781496233448, University of Nebraska Press
Hardback, published 1 May 2026
278 pages, Index
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.562 kg
"In this important, timely, and readable book that holds many lessons for environmental action, Roberto Lenton lucidly narrates how global institutions helped water management science and policy become more global, multidisciplinary, and multistakeholder, calling for holistic approaches and an appropriate global institutional architecture."—Julia Marton-Lefèvre, former director general of the International Union for Conservation of Nature "By understanding our past, provoking the status quo, and crafting the future, Roberto Lenton takes us on an inspiring journey toward a world where water is prioritized as an organizing principle, and where the water cycle is valued and governed as a global common good."—Henk Ovink, executive director and founding commissioner for the Global Commission on the Economics of Water
Confronting Water Insecurity provides an account of the role of multilateral cooperation and global institutions in transforming science, policy, and practice for water security from 1945 to 2024, a period characterized by significant disparities in water security between low- and high-income countries, ever-rising water use, and growing concerns about the harms of climate change and other disturbances on the global water cycle. Roberto L. Lenton tells how the scientific and policy response to these new challenges has become more global and integrated, and describes the role of global institutions in addressing fundamental global water issues with long-term implications for sustainability. Following the quest for water security as it transformed from an issue driven primarily by local or national interests into one of global concern, Lenton offers lessons from the successes and failures from 1945 to 2024 that will help us imagine the new approaches we need to ensure that the world can meet the next generation of water challenges. Beyond the world of water, he provides insights into how we can better address the global challenges that arise from humanity's complex relationships with the natural world.
Preface Introduction: Transformational Change in the Quest for Water Security Part 1. The International Development Stage: From the Mid-1940s to the Early 1970s Part 2. The Sustainability Stage: From the Early 1970s Through the 1990s Part 3.The Global Goals Stage: From 2000 to 2024 Conclusions: Imagining a New Approach Notes
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Decolonization, Development, and the Creation of an International Institutional Architecture
2. Water Management in the Development Era
3. Reconciling Environment and Development Perspectives
4. The 1977 UN Water Conference and the 1980s
5. The 1992 Earth Summit and Water Systems Thinking
6. Shifting Directions: Water After the Earth Summit
7. Ambitious Global Goals amid Waning Multilateral Cooperation
8. Water Science, Policy, and Practice for the Millennium Development Goals
9. Water Science, Policy, and Practice for the Sustainable Development Goals
Bibliography
Index