摘要：Global water problems are likely to increase in severity, rendering existing governance approaches unable to copewith the resulting problems. We inquire into the relationship between global water governance structures, particularly thoseinvolving the United Nations, and look at how those structures are likely to respond to and shape projected water futures. Buildingon story lines of possible water futures taken from existing scenarios, we discuss the functions to be performed by global watergovernance. We aim to open a discussion about four global water governance options and to introduce the constraints andpossibilities for each option. We argue that the nature of the water problem calls for structural changes. However unfeasiblethese may appear today, such transitions do occur, and, if the narrative is sufficiently sound, it can be used by social movementsand networks to mobilize policy entrepreneurs and directional leaders to work for such changes
关键词：framework treaties; global organization; markets; regulatory options; water governance
