Governments and financial institutions must prioritize restoring and maintaining the Earth's life-support system. Advances in science and technology can help treat water as a shared, transnational asset.

<p>Governments and financial institutions urgently need to align on restoring and maintaining the planet's life-support system. By harnessing recent advances in science, monitoring technologies, and data availability, we can finally start treating water like the shared, transnational asset that it is.</p>