Drawing on the experience of 30 international experts, Troubled Waters looks at the necessity of effective intergovernmental cooperation to ensure the global sustainability of this precious resource, using past successes and failures in ocean management as examples.
Historically, transboundary cooperation has been difficult but the hundreds of treaties signed between riparian states and the institutions created to manage and use transboundary waters in an equitable and sustainable manner around the world show that sharing a resource as precious as water can be a catalyst for cooperation rather than conflicts.