Robert Brears is the author of “Urban Water Security: Challenges in Water Management Series.” He is the founder of Mitidaption, a management consulting firm, and Mark and Focus, a publishing group, both of which focus on climate change. He is a director on the International Board of the Indo Global Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture. He is a visiting scholar (non-resident) at the Center for Conflict Studies at MIIS, Monterey, United States. He is a contributing author for the Johns Hopkins University’s Global Water Magazine, China Water Risk and RepRisk.