Robert is the Founder of Our Future Water, which is a:

• Knowledge Partner of the World Bank's Connect4Climate Program

• Knowledge Partner of the UNEP/OECD/World Bank's Green Growth Knowledge Platform

• Member of the UNFCCC's Paris Committee on Capacity-building Network

• Partner of the Global Water Partnership

• Supporter of the UNEP Decade on Ecosystem Restoration



Robert is the Editor-in-Chief of the Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies Major Reference Work (Springer Nature) and the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures Major Reference Work (Springer Nature)



He is the Associate Editor of Discover Water journal (Springer)



Robert is the author of:

* Urban Water Security (Wiley)

* The Green Economy and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus (Palgrave Macmillan)

* Blue and Green Cities: The Role of Blue-Green Infrastructure in Managing Urban Water Resources (Palgrave Macmillan)

* Natural Resource Management and the Circular Economy (Palgrave Macmillan)

* Climate Resilient Water Resources Management (Palgrave Macmillan)

* Developing the Circular Water Economy (Palgrave Macmillan)

* Nature-Based Solutions to 21st Century Challenges (Routledge)



He is the editor of the Palgrave Pivot 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

* Green Growth Knowledge Platform



He has published widely on water security, water resources management, and related issues, and has conducted field research around the world, including Antarctica.