Books & Reports
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Our Right to Water
The UN right to water resolutions present an incredible opportunity for communities and groups around the world. It is not often that a new right is recognized at the United Nations, especially around an issue that is as increasingly political and urgent as the global water crisis. The right to water and sanitation resolutions are…
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The Rights of Nature
In April 2010, Bolivia hosted a gathering for civil society in the wake of the failed December 2009 United Nations Copenhagen climate summit (COP 15). It was clear to millions of climate activists, scientists and environmentalists around the world that the UN process had been sidelined by a deal, the Copenhagen Accord, which represented a…
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Chilean Patagonia in the Balance
Dams, Mines and the Canadian Connection By Alex Latta and Kari Williams for The Council of Canadians Far away, on the southern cone of South America in Chilean Patagonia, exists one of the most beautiful, still-virgin territories on Earth. There, an intense struggle is taking place that most Canadians have never heard of, but that…
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A Review of Private Sector Influence on Water Policies and Programmes at the United Nations
This detailed report about the role of the private water sector at the UN serves to inform the public in the search for a more just and sustainable water future.
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Conflicts Over Water in Chile: Between Human Rights and Market Rules
Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow writes, “Chile has gone farther than any other country in the world in commodifiying water and creating a market economy based on private water rights…”
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Our Great Lakes Commons: A People’s Plan to Protect the Great Lakes Forever
This paper is intended to serve as a background, a call to understanding and a call to action on an exciting new proposal to designate the Great Lakes and its tributary waters as a lived Commons, to be shared, protected, carefully managed and enjoyed by all who live around them.
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All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons
All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons is a wake-up call that will inspire you to see the world in a new way.
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Local Control and Management of Our Water Commons: Stories of Rising to the Challenge
Lead author: Dr. Adam Davidson-Harden, Assistant Professor, Global Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University Executive Summary Read the full report
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Lake Naivasha: Withering Under the Assault of International Flower Vendors
Unless they are stopped, the flower agribusiness operations on Lake Naivasha will destroy the lake itself, the community dependent upon it, and the entire ecosystem of the watershed. It is time for consumers in Europe to understand that every time they buy a rose grown on Lake Naivasha, they help destroy – perhaps forever -…