Lords of Water

They call it blue gold Around the world demand for water is exploding By 2050 at least one in four will live in a country suffering from water shortages creating ideal conditions for a new market Goldman Sachs HSBC UBS Allianz Deutsche Bank BNP Banks investment funds and hedge funds are all rushing to invest billions of euros in anything related to water A real monopoly of water has begun From California to Australia from New York to London via Marseille we investigate the financialization of water New power relations are being established and access to water is being threatened Its a battle taking place on many fronts ideological political environmental and of course economic The fate of nearly 10 billion inhabitants around the world depends on its outcome