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Kaveh Madani

@kavehmadani.bsky.social
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Director of UNU-INWEH

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Kaveh Madani @kavehmadani.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Water bankruptcy is more than a metaphor or another term for water scarcity or crisis. In my new Forbes article, I address 13 potential misconceptions about the concept, what it means for policy, and why bankruptcy is not doom. Read here: www.forbes.com/sites/kavehm...
Water bankruptcy article cover image showing a girl drinking water from a broken pipe in Africa
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Kaveh Madani @kavehmadani.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Climate and clean air action is not just an environmental obligation. It is an economic investment. My latest for Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/kavehm...
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Why Climate and Clean Air Action Makes Economic Sense
A new UN report finds climate and clean air action can return $15 for every $1 invested, cutting air pollution while delivering major health and economic benefits.
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Kaveh Madani @kavehmadani.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Water has no political affiliation. Securing it is a shared responsibility. In a fragmented world, water can still unite us across political divides, between the Global North and South, and among nations that disagree on many other issues. #WaterBankruptcy #SDG6
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UNU-INWEH @unuinweh.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
@kavehmadani.bsky.social talks about the hidden environmental costs of artificial intelligence.
 Read the full report that helped inform the UN Secretary-General's new AI initiative: go.unu.edu/hG5PL
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UNU-INWEH @unuinweh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Our recent report examining AI's environmental footprint, informing the launch of the UN Secretary-General's AI Environmental Transparency Initiative.   "The cleanest form of AI use is no use. So when you could avoid using AI, don't use it." @kavehmadani.bsky.social   #ArtificialIntelligence
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Kaveh Madani @kavehmadani.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Critical Minerals Are The New Oil, With A Hidden Water Cost How much do you know about the impacts of your EV, AI tools, and solar panels on local communities in Africa and South America? My latest in Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/kavehm...
Forbes article about featuring a kid working in a cobalt mine in the DRC
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 01/04/2026
Iranian environmental scientist Kaveh Madani explains that the world is in an era of water bankruptcy, “an era in which [water] systems lose their ability to restore their historical condition.”
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