Water at a Tipping Point

Agenda Dialogues

Water systems are reaching a tipping point, with increasing floods and droughts affecting multiple regions globally. In five years, it is estimated that half the world will face water stress, jeopardizing productivity, public health and food security, and threatening $1.6 trillion in assets.

How can we leverage technology, governance and finance innovations to avoid or manage water tipping points?

This is the full audio from a session at the Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos.

Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2025/sessions/water-at-a-tipping-point/

Speakers:

Fajer Mushtaq, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Oxyle Christophe Beck, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ecolab Sherry Madera, Chief Executive Officer, CDP Fabrizio Palermo, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager, Acea Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, European Commission

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