Peter H Gleick
Biographic Data
| ID | 1752564 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter H Gleick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter H |
| FAMILY NAME | Gleick |
| SIGNATURE | GLEICK P H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7232-9284 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 96 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
More US scientists must speak out
Peak water in an era of climate change
Humanity faces a wide range of freshwater challenges and threats, from the failure to provide safe water and sanitation to all, to ecological disruptions and degradation, increasing violence over water resources, accelerating climate change, and failing institutions and infrastructure. In recent years, crises around minerals, energy, food, and water have stimulated new debates over definitions and concepts of sustainability—including whether the …
Critical hydrologic impacts from climate change
Water-related conflicts
Violence associated with freshwater resources has occurred throughout recorded history, with water triggering violence and armed conflict, water or water systems being used as weapons, and water or water systems becoming casualties during conflicts. Understanding the causes of water-related violence and regional and temporal trends is critical for identifying priority areas for conflict resolution and strategies to reduce the risk of future confl…
Impact of the Russia–Ukraine armed conflict on water resources and water infrastructure
The armed conflict between Ukraine and Russia that began in late February 2022 has far-reaching environmental consequences, especially regarding water resources and management. Here we analysed the multifaceted impacts of the military actions on freshwater resources and water infrastructure during the first three months of the conflict. We identified the nature of the impacts, the kind of pressures imposed on the water sector and the negative con…
An urgent need for COP27
The last 12 months have provided further evidence of the potential for cascading ecological and socio-political crises that were warned of 12 months ago. Then a consensus statement from the Regional Action on Climate Change Symposium warned: "the Earth's climatic, ecological, and human systems are converging towards a crisis that threatens to engulf global civilization within the lifetimes of children now living." Since then, the consequences of …
Water recommendation for the new administration
The author lays out four key water-related priorities for the new Biden administration
Addressing our planetary crisis
Beyond 2020
Nexus approaches to global sustainable development
Reframing climate change assessments around risk
Climate change is a risk management challenge for society, with uncertain but potentially severe outcomes affecting natural and human systems, across generations. Managing climate-related risks will be more difficult without a base of knowledge and practice aimed at identifying and evaluating specific risks, and their likelihood and consequences, as well as potential actions to promote resilience in the face of these risks. We suggest three impro…
Systems integration for global sustainability
Seeking systems-based solutions Without sustainable solutions, the world's most pressing environmental concerns will continue to persist or worsen. Achieving the goal of sustainability involves so many factors—from economics to ecology—that investigating one or even a handful of variables at a time often overlooks major parts of the problem. Liu et al. review systems-based approaches that are beginning to provide tenable ways to assess sustainabi…
On methods for assessing water-resource risks and vulnerabilities
Because of the critical role that freshwater plays in maintaining ecosystem health and supporting human development through agricultural and industrial production there have been numerous efforts over the past few decades to develop indicators and indices of water vulnerability. Each of these efforts has tried to identify key factors that both offer insights into water-related risks and strategies that might be useful for reducing those risks. Th…
The World’s Water
The Pacific Institute is one of the world's leading research and policy nonprofits working to create a healthier planet and sustainable communities. Based in Oakland, California, we conduct interdisciplinary research and partner with stakeholders to produce solutions that advance environmental protection, economic development, international security, and social equity-nationally and internationally. Since the Institute's founding in 1987, we have…
Water, Drought, Climate Change, and Conflict in Syria
The devastating civil war that began in Syria in March 2011 is the result of complex interrelated factors. The focus of the conflict is regime change, but the triggers include a broad set of religious and sociopolitical factors, the erosion of the economic health of the country, a wave of political reform sweeping over the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Levant region, and challenges associated with climate variability and change and the …
Maladaptation to drought
The World's Water 2006-2007
Planetary Opportunities
The global change research community needs to renew its social contract with society by moving beyond a focus on biophysical limits and toward solution-oriented research to provide realistic, context-specific pathways to a sustainable future. A focus on planetary opportunities is based on the premise that societies adapt to change and have historically implemented solutions—for example, to protect watersheds, improve food security, and reduce har…
The World’s Water
The Pacific Institute is one of the world's leading research and policy nonprofits working to create a healthier planet and sustainable communities. Based in Oakland, California, we conduct interdisciplinary research and partner with stakeholders to produce solutions that advance environmental protection, economic development, international security, and social equity-nationally and internationally. Since the Institute's founding in 1987, we have…
Energy implications of bottled water
As bottled water use continues to expand around the world, there is growing interest in the environmental, economical, and social implications of that use, including concerns about waste generation, proper use of groundwater, hydrologic effects on local surface and groundwater, economic costs, and more. A key concern is how much energy is required to produce and use bottled water. This paper estimates the energy footprint required for various pha…
A Look at Twenty-first Century Water Resources Development
Water resources management approaches around the world are changing dramatically. This “changing water paradigm” has many components, including a shift away from sole, or even primary, reliance on finding new sources of supply to address perceived new demands, a growing emphasis on incorporating ecological values into water policy, a re-emphasis on meeting basic human needs for water services, and a conscious breaking of the ties between economic…
The human right to water
Basic Water Requirements for Human Activities
(1996). Basic Water Requirements for Human Activities: Meeting Basic Needs. Water International: Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 83-92.
Water and Energy
Water and Conflict
Water and Conflict
Nexus approaches to global sustainable development
Impact of the Russia–Ukraine armed conflict on water resources and water infrastructure
The armed conflict between Ukraine and Russia that began in late February 2022 has far-reaching environmental consequences, especially regarding water resources and management. Here we analysed the multifaceted impacts of the military actions on freshwater resources and water infrastructure during the first three months of the conflict. We identified the nature of the impacts, the kind of pressures imposed on the water sector and the negative con…
Maladaptation to drought
The effects of future climatic changes on international water resources
Addressing our planetary crisis
Critical hydrologic impacts from climate change
Assessing environmental risks of energy
Assessing environmental risks of energy. P H Gleick, and J P HoldrenCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.71.9.1046 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Assessing environmental risks of energy
Assessing environmental risks of energy. P H Gleick, and J P HoldrenCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.71.9.1046 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Dr. Gleick's Response
Readers familiar with the contro- versy surrounding Dr. Inhaber's work' know that the mistake we mention was only one of dozens of substantial errors pervading every facet of his analysis. Inhaber's errors included major con- ceptual blunders, misreading or mis- quoting primary references, confusion of units, and arithmetic mistakes, as well as instances of every other pitfall mentioned in our article. These errors have been documented extensivel…
The effects of future climatic changes on international water resources
Water and Conflict
Water and Energy
Basic Water Requirements for Human Activities
(1996). Basic Water Requirements for Human Activities: Meeting Basic Needs. Water International: Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 83-92.
The human right to water
A Look at Twenty-first Century Water Resources Development
Water resources management approaches around the world are changing dramatically. This “changing water paradigm” has many components, including a shift away from sole, or even primary, reliance on finding new sources of supply to address perceived new demands, a growing emphasis on incorporating ecological values into water policy, a re-emphasis on meeting basic human needs for water services, and a conscious breaking of the ties between economic…
Energy implications of bottled water
As bottled water use continues to expand around the world, there is growing interest in the environmental, economical, and social implications of that use, including concerns about waste generation, proper use of groundwater, hydrologic effects on local surface and groundwater, economic costs, and more. A key concern is how much energy is required to produce and use bottled water. This paper estimates the energy footprint required for various pha…
The World’s Water
The Pacific Institute is one of the world's leading research and policy nonprofits working to create a healthier planet and sustainable communities. Based in Oakland, California, we conduct interdisciplinary research and partner with stakeholders to produce solutions that advance environmental protection, economic development, international security, and social equity-nationally and internationally. Since the Institute's founding in 1987, we have…
Planetary Opportunities
The global change research community needs to renew its social contract with society by moving beyond a focus on biophysical limits and toward solution-oriented research to provide realistic, context-specific pathways to a sustainable future. A focus on planetary opportunities is based on the premise that societies adapt to change and have historically implemented solutions—for example, to protect watersheds, improve food security, and reduce har…
The World's Water 2006-2007
The World’s Water
The Pacific Institute is one of the world's leading research and policy nonprofits working to create a healthier planet and sustainable communities. Based in Oakland, California, we conduct interdisciplinary research and partner with stakeholders to produce solutions that advance environmental protection, economic development, international security, and social equity-nationally and internationally. Since the Institute's founding in 1987, we have…
Water, Drought, Climate Change, and Conflict in Syria
The devastating civil war that began in Syria in March 2011 is the result of complex interrelated factors. The focus of the conflict is regime change, but the triggers include a broad set of religious and sociopolitical factors, the erosion of the economic health of the country, a wave of political reform sweeping over the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Levant region, and challenges associated with climate variability and change and the …
Maladaptation to drought
Systems integration for global sustainability
Seeking systems-based solutions Without sustainable solutions, the world's most pressing environmental concerns will continue to persist or worsen. Achieving the goal of sustainability involves so many factors—from economics to ecology—that investigating one or even a handful of variables at a time often overlooks major parts of the problem. Liu et al. review systems-based approaches that are beginning to provide tenable ways to assess sustainabi…
On methods for assessing water-resource risks and vulnerabilities
Because of the critical role that freshwater plays in maintaining ecosystem health and supporting human development through agricultural and industrial production there have been numerous efforts over the past few decades to develop indicators and indices of water vulnerability. Each of these efforts has tried to identify key factors that both offer insights into water-related risks and strategies that might be useful for reducing those risks. Th…
Reframing climate change assessments around risk
Climate change is a risk management challenge for society, with uncertain but potentially severe outcomes affecting natural and human systems, across generations. Managing climate-related risks will be more difficult without a base of knowledge and practice aimed at identifying and evaluating specific risks, and their likelihood and consequences, as well as potential actions to promote resilience in the face of these risks. We suggest three impro…
Nexus approaches to global sustainable development
Beyond 2020
Water recommendation for the new administration
The author lays out four key water-related priorities for the new Biden administration
Addressing our planetary crisis
An urgent need for COP27
The last 12 months have provided further evidence of the potential for cascading ecological and socio-political crises that were warned of 12 months ago. Then a consensus statement from the Regional Action on Climate Change Symposium warned: "the Earth's climatic, ecological, and human systems are converging towards a crisis that threatens to engulf global civilization within the lifetimes of children now living." Since then, the consequences of …
Water-related conflicts
Violence associated with freshwater resources has occurred throughout recorded history, with water triggering violence and armed conflict, water or water systems being used as weapons, and water or water systems becoming casualties during conflicts. Understanding the causes of water-related violence and regional and temporal trends is critical for identifying priority areas for conflict resolution and strategies to reduce the risk of future confl…
Impact of the Russia–Ukraine armed conflict on water resources and water infrastructure
The armed conflict between Ukraine and Russia that began in late February 2022 has far-reaching environmental consequences, especially regarding water resources and management. Here we analysed the multifaceted impacts of the military actions on freshwater resources and water infrastructure during the first three months of the conflict. We identified the nature of the impacts, the kind of pressures imposed on the water sector and the negative con…
Environmental Science (15 works) · Environmental planning (14 works) · Political science (14 works) · Economics (12 works) · Geography (12 works) · Business (11 works) · Ecology (11 works) · Environmental resource management (11 works) · Transboundary Water Resource Management (11 works) · Climate change (9 works)