Dr. Peter H. Gleick (born 1956) is a scientist working on issues related to the environment, economic development, and international security, with a focus on global freshwater challenges. He works at the Pacific Institute in Oakland, California, which he co-founded in 1987. In 2003 he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his work on water resources. Among the issues he has addressed are conflicts over water resources , the impacts of climate change on water resources, the human right to water, and the problems of the billions of people without safe, affordable, and reliable water and sanitation.
Gleick received a B.S. from Yale University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Energy and Resources from the University of California, Berkeley. Gleick is the author of the biennial series on the state of the world’s water, called The World’s Water, published by Island Press, Washington, D.C., regularly provides testimony to the United States Congress and state legislatures, and has published many scientific articles.
He serves as a major source of information on water issues for the media, and has been featured on CNBC, CNN, Fresh Air with Terry Gross , NPR, and in articles in The New Yorker, and many other publications. He has also been featured in a wide range of water-related documentary films, including “Running Dry” and “Flow: For Love of Water”, accepted for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
He is the brother of noted author James Gleick and editor Elizabeth Gleick.
Books in order of publication:
Water in Crisis: A Guide to the World’s Fresh Water Resources – 1993
The World’s Water 2000-2001: The Biennial Report On Freshwater Resources – 2000
The World’s Water 2004-2005: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources – 2004
The World’s Water 2006-2007: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources – 2006
The World’s Water 2008-2009: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources – 2008
Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water – 2010
The World’s Water Volume 7: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources – 2011
The World’s Water Volume 8: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources – 2014
The World’s Water, Volume 9: The Report on Freshwater Resources – 2018
The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future – 2023
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