Madani, Kaveh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0378-3170
Funding for this research was provided by:
Global Affairs Canada (Global Affairs Canada)
Article History
Received: 11 December 2025
Accepted: 29 December 2025
First Online: 19 January 2026
Declarations
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: This paper laid the theoretical foundation for the 2026 report by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), entitled ‘ Global Water Bankruptcy: Living Beyond Our Hydrological Means in the Post-Crisis Era ’—a critical resource for further study on water bankruptcy in human-water systems (available for download: ).
: The author has no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.