Advancing water security, climate resilience, and sustainable water systems.
Our Future Water is the platform founded by Robert C. Brears to provide strategic insight, publications, and advisory expertise on water security, climate resilience, climate finance, and sustainable water management.
Our Purpose
Building knowledge for a water-secure future.
Our Future Water connects expertise, analysis, and practical insight to support decision-makers working across water security, climate resilience, governance, infrastructure, and sustainable finance.
The platform bridges research, policy, advisory, and public communication, helping organisations understand water-related risks, identify strategic opportunities, and strengthen long-term resilience.
What We Do
Advisory, intelligence, and publications.
Strategic Advisory
Support on water governance, climate finance, GCF proposal review, resilience strategy, and sustainable infrastructure.
Water Intelligence
Structured insight through Water Intelligence Brief and Our Future Water Intelligence reports.
Books & Publications
Books, edited volumes, policy papers, and analysis on water security, climate resilience, and sustainable futures.
Founder
Robert C. Brears
Author of Financing Water Security and Green Growth with Oxford University Press, Editor of The Circular Economy and Liveable Cities with Cambridge University Press, UNFCCC Green Climate Fund expert, and Founder of Our Future Water.
Robert C. Brears is an internationally recognised water security, climate resilience, and sustainability expert. He works across strategic advisory, publishing, intelligence, and thought leadership, with expertise spanning water governance, climate finance, nature-based solutions, blue-green infrastructure, circular water systems, and sustainable urban resilience.
Recently, Robert was brought in at the final and most critical stage of a USD 391.4 million UNFCCC Green Climate Fund Full Proposal spanning Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Suriname. Recommended by the GCF, his role was to conduct a final review before submission for iTAP and Board consideration, provide key responses to iTAP, and ensure the proposal met high standards for climate resilience, water security, and financial viability, ultimately supporting its approval.
Global Contributions
Selected experience and contributions.
Advisory & Climate Finance
- Strategic reviewer of Green Climate Fund Full Proposals.
- UNFCCC Green Climate Fund expert.
- Support on climate resilience, water security, and financial viability.
- Advisory focus across governance, resilience, and sustainable infrastructure.
International Engagement
- Hosted an Urban Water Security side event at the COP29 Danish Pavilion, Blue Zone.
- Moderated a European Investment Bank event on climate resilience and infrastructure at COP29.
- Delivered a keynote at Sydney Water's Thought Leadership Day.
- Delivered a keynote for the UN FAO Investment Centre's Investment Days on the water-food nexus.
Knowledge Partnerships
- World Bank publication on urban water security and demand management.
- Co-hosted Stockholm World Water Week session with the World Bank.
- Partnered with Denmark's State of Green on urban water management.
- Training with Tokyo Development Learning Center-World Bank on urban water resilience.
Networks & Affiliations
- UNFCCC Paris Committee on Capacity-building Network.
- World Bank Connect4Climate Initiative.
- Green Growth Knowledge Platform Knowledge Partner.
- Knowledge Partner of AIM Congress, Abu Dhabi.
Publishing & Thought Leadership
Books, major reference works, and global communication.
Robert C. Brears is Series Editor-in-Chief of the Palgrave Major Reference Works on Sustainable Futures series with Springer Nature and Editor of The Circular Economy and Liveable Cities with Cambridge University Press.
His published and forthcoming work spans water security, climate resilience, circular economy, blue-green infrastructure, sustainable finance, nature-based solutions, the blue economy, and the water-food nexus.
Through Our Future Water and related platforms, Robert publishes weekly across a professional network of more than 300,000, reaching tens of thousands of readers each week and more than one million annually, shaping global dialogue on water, climate, and resilience.
Global Research
Field experience and climate research.
Robert has conducted fieldwork worldwide, including Antarctica, where he spent 12 days on ice undertaking geological mapping, survival training, and climate research.
People
Dominique Georgia
Chief Strategist, Consultant, Marketing
Dominique serves as Chief Strategist, Consultant, and Marketing Expert at Our Future Water. With a background as a Registered Nurse specialising in Operating Theatre, Recovery, and Anaesthetics, Dominique also brings valuable experience from the real estate and insurance sectors. She is currently pursuing a law degree part-time, further expanding her diverse skill set.
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