Robert C. Brears is Founder of Mitidaption, Mark and Focus, and Our Future Water. He has published widely on water security, water resources management, and related issues, and has conducted field research around the world, including Antarctica. He is the editor of the Climate Resilient Societies book series with Palgrave Macmillan. Robert is a contributing author for the World Bank's Water Blog, Asian Development Bank's Blog, United Nations Industrial Development Organization's Making It Magazine, and Green Growth Knowledge Platform. He is also the author of several books.