5:30 - 6:30
In a new era of globalized drought, who controls the world’s scarce water resources carries high stakes. In 2023, investigative reporter Peter Waldman led a yearlong series called Water Grab for Bloomberg News, documenting how investors are commandeering water for profit in California's Central Valley, Arizona, China, Senegal and Australia. Find out who loses out when a price is put on the essence of life. Peter will also discuss his current global reporting project on the dire impacts of agricultural nitrogen emissions in Iowa, Africa and beyond.
Peter Waldman has spent 22 years as a reporter and editor for The Wall Street Journal in the U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Southern Asia. Since 2009, he's worked as a senior investigative reporter for Bloomberg in San Francisco and was a Finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for the Water Grab series. Water Grab also won the 2024 Prince Albert II United Nations Gold Prize for Climate Change Reporting