In the United States the idea that household water for drinking and basic hygiene is a constitutional right has seldom … been embraced. The U.S. Constitution does not directly mention water. The United States even abstained from the United … Nations vote to recognize an international human right to water in 2010.With the COVID-19 pandemic as a backdrop, this article …

Recent analyses of the evolution and structure of trade in virtual water revealed that the number of trade connections … and volume of virtual water trade have more than doubled over the past two decades, and that developed countries … increasingly draw on the rest of the world to alleviate the pressure on their domestic water resources. Our work builds on these …

Water is a multidimensional issue, involving water availability, access to freshwater, spatial and temporal … other aspects. The water security approach manages such complexity and proposes a comprehensive view of human security in … relation to the water-related issues. Consequently, the solutions developed in order to face this multi-faceted concept should …

Global warming, while increasing human demand for water, is reducing water availability by reducing runoff flows and … the effective amount of water between seasons, making water scarcity a growing problem globally. Water management plays an … important role in mitigating global warming, improving the water cycle, reducing carbon emissions, and providing clean energy …

This special issue of the Journal of Water Law presents a collection of articles derived from research currently being … undertaken at our Dundee UNESCO Centre. The works examine a range of water-related problems at various scales - from global to … more integrated approach, combining water law, policy and science in constructive ways, will promote innovative …