Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave these remarks at the roundtable on water security at the UN on September 25, 2012.

Climatic conditions across the U.S. farm belt are triggering a rise in global food prices that threatens to fuel political unrest in developing countries, says CFR's Isobel Coleman.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) published this report on global water security in February 2012.

Peter Orszag looks at a dispute over water supplies in the southeastern United States to underscore the need for water policy reforms and greater infrastructure investment.

China's search for food and land in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa, reflects the country's pressing scarcity of water. China's approach has set off alarm bells in the region and the United States should work actively to address China's water security needs, argues Elizabeth Economy before the House U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

This American Society of Civil Engineers report examines the widening gap between water infrastructure requirements and investment.

Elizabeth Economy argues that the biggest challenge that China faces may be lack of access to clean water.

Peter Orszag shows how better water pricing could help China avoid an environmental crisis.

Amity Shlaes discusses the relationship between rainfall and regime type.

Three new books about water agree that the world is facing serious water crises but have very different ideas about how to address them, especially when it comes to deciding what roles the public and private sectors have to play.

The Asia Society's Task Force recommends a comprehensive strategy to combat the region's impending water crisis.

The primary objective of this report is to illustrate the most
menacing threats to the world’s great river basins, in order to
encourage dialogue, provoke debate, and urge governments
and other stakeholders to take action before it is too late.

Conscious of the increasing pressure on limited water resources, UN-Water has identified water scarcity as the theme for World Water Day 2007. This report reflects on the challenges posed by the unsustainable increase in water use and its degradation across the globe.

A policy brief based on the 2006 Joint International Conference: "Desertification and the International Policy Imperative." Desertification has emerged as an environmental crisis of global proportions. Recent evaluations clearly demonstrate there are no signs that it is abating on a global scale.

The World Bank looks at how climate change and water as a resource will drastically affect North Africa and the Middle East as Climate Change becomes a bigger issue on the world stage.

As concerns grow over the increasing scarcity of fresh water, some experts weigh trading it as a commodity.