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This briefing from the World Resources Institute poses a central policy question for the 2010 World Resources Report: whether the additional stress of climate change requires a fundamentally different approach to ecosystem conservation or if existing practices, pursued with greater urgency, are sufficient.

This briefing by Friends of the Earth International, produced for the 3rd World Water Forum in Kyoto, argues that water should be treated as a fundamental human right and a public trust rather than a commodity. It critiques the privatization of water services and the influence of international financial institutions in imposing market-based models on developing nations, advocating instead for sustainable, participatory, and public management that prioritizes basic human needs and ecosystem health.