Thirst: Solving the Global Water Crisis, with Filippo Menga, Naho Mirumachi, and Julie Froud

What would you say if you had 5 minutes to talk to Matt Damon about the “global water crisis”? On 18 October, TTiN hosted Filippo Menga for a conversation about this and other questions addressed in his book, Thirst: The Quest to Solve the Global Water Crisis (Verso 2025). With responses from Naho Mirumachi, Professor in Environmental Politics at King's College London, and Julie Froud, Professor of Financial Innovation at the University of Manchester, this session explored Filippo’s groundbreaking account of the global water crisis and the failure of corporations and non-profits to address its worsening effects.