The 2024 Aspen-Nicholas Water Forum focused on identifying innovative technologies, policy frameworks, business models, and institutional structures to enable decarbonization and adaptation within the water sector as well as the sector’s role in decarbonizing the broader economy. Forum participants explored key questions such as: How is innovation disrupting the water sector? How does water fit into broader decarbonization efforts? Is data an opportunity or challenge for water in decarbonization?

This report summarizes the findings of the Forum.