Our Future Water

What Our Future Water does

Our Future Water is a privately held intelligence, advisory, and publishing platform founded in 2018 by Robert C. Brears, operating as a solo-anchored expert brand at the intersection of water security, climate resilience, climate finance, the circular water economy, and nature-based solutions. The platform serves water utilities, government agencies, infrastructure investors, academics, and urban planners globally through an integrated ecosystem of intelligence products, strategic advisory services, and long-form publications distributed via major academic publishers and digital channels. Robert C. Brears is the sole identified team member; he is described as an internationally recognised water security, climate resilience, and sustainability expert, holds editorial positions at Palgrave (Editor-in-Chief on handbooks and Series Editor for Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies), and is affiliated with Oxford University Press as an author. No office address, incorporation jurisdiction, or external investors are disclosed.

The product portfolio is built around four commercial pillars. The Water Intelligence Brief is a subscription intelligence platform covering policy shifts, infrastructure investment signals, desalination trends, digital water, climate risk, and sector-specific water exposure. Our Future Water Intelligence offers premium deep-dive reports for utilities, investors, and decision-makers. Strategic Advisory delivers professional consulting on climate finance, governance, resilience strategy, and project structuring. The Books & Publications line encompasses 17+ titles distributed through Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, Wiley, and De Gruyter, with proprietary "Insights" eBooks and paperback editions sold through Gumroad, Amazon, and Google Play Books. Content is organised across five topic-led hubs (Water Security, Climate Resilience, Climate Finance, Circular Water Economy, Nature-Based Solutions) holding 243+ expert articles, and the firm's marketing footprint extends through nine LinkedIn professional communities and the Our Future Water Network platform. The technology stack is expertise- and content-led rather than software-native; the deliverable is structured expert knowledge, research frameworks, and editorial curation authored by the founder, with no proprietary AI infrastructure, APIs, or software products described.

The business model blends professional services (advisory engagements quoted on inquiry with multi-year contracts), recurring subscription revenue (intelligence briefs and premium reports), and one-time publication revenue (book sales, eBooks). Distribution is multi-channel: direct sales via the founder's LinkedIn outreach, self-serve web platforms (waterintelligencebrief.com, ourfuturewaterintelligence.com), academic and trade publisher retail channels, e-commerce storefronts, and a community network. Revenue figures, headcount beyond the founder, customer counts, and pricing for subscription and advisory tiers are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Our Future Water

Legal name

Our Future Water

Website

https://ourfuturewater.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Our Future Water is a solo-founded intelligence, advisory, and publishing platform delivering decision-grade water-security, climate-resilience, and sustainable-finance insights to utilities, governments, investors, and researchers worldwide through subscriptions, advisory engagements, and academic publications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Security and Climate Resilience Advisory Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Resources, WASH & Integrated Water Management (BPADALAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD), Climate Risk Reporting & Disclosure Analytics (TCFD/ISSB, EU Taxonomy, CSRD, NAIC) (EUABALAG)

Keywords

• Water security intelligence
• Climate resilience advisory
• Circular water economy
• Nature-based solutions
• Climate finance advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallinn

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Strategic Advisory Services: Climate finance, governance, resilience strategy, and project structuring advisory engagements delivered directly by Robert C. Brears to organisations across water governance, climate adaptation, infrastructure planning, and green growth. Clients engage via LinkedIn outreach or direct advisory request forms. Revenue is generated through professional consulting fees.
2. Premium Publications and Insights (Books): Long-form publications including authored books published through major academic presses (Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, Wiley, De Gruyter) and proprietary Insights/eBooks sold via Gumroad, Amazon, and Google Play Books. Titles include 'Financing Water Security and Green Growth' (OUP, 2023), 'Urban Water Security' (Wiley, 2017), 'Regional Water Security' (Wiley, 2021), 'The Circular Economy and Liveable Cities' (CUP, 2025), 'Nature-Based Solutions to 21st Century Challenges 2nd Ed.' (Routledge, 2025), and proprietary Insights on topics such as Wastewater Resource Recovery and Water-Smart Societies. Revenue is generated through book sales and digital publication purchases.
3. Water Intelligence Brief: Structured subscription intelligence covering policy, infrastructure investment, technology change, desalination trends, climate risk, and sector-specific water exposure. Delivered via a dedicated platform with global coverage. Access model is subscription-based.
4. Our Future Water Intelligence Premium Reports: Premium deep-dive reports for utilities, investors, and decision-makers covering water utilities, strategic themes, and infrastructure transformation across global markets. Sold via the Our Future Water Intelligence platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Our Future Water is an intelligence, advisory, and publishing platform founded and operated by Robert C. Brears. It delivers decision-grade market intelligence via the Water Intelligence Brief subscription platform, premium deep-dive reports via Our Future Water Intelligence, and strategic advisory engagements on water security, climate finance, governance, and resilience. It also publishes proprietary Insights (eBooks and paperbacks) plus academic books with major presses, organising its content across five thematic hubs covering Water Security, Climate Resilience, Climate Finance, Circular Water Economy, and Nature-Based Solutions.

Product overview

Our Future Water is an intelligence-led advisory and publishing platform providing decision-grade intelligence, strategic advisory services, and premium publications on water security, climate resilience, and sustainable water systems. The portfolio consists of the Water Intelligence Brief (primary intelligence platform tracking policy, infrastructure, investment, and climate risk), Our Future Water Intelligence (premium deep-dive reports), Strategic Advisory services, the Middle East Water Tech Brief (regional focus), and a comprehensive Books & Publications line. The Our Future Water Insights series includes specialized publications on circular water economy, digital water technologies, AI applications, smart water management, and climate-smart utilities. Together, these offerings form an integrated knowledge ecosystem serving utilities, investors, policymakers, and water sector professionals globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Water Intelligence Brief: Decision-grade intelligence platform on policy, infrastructure, investment, technology, climate risk, and sector water exposure.
• Our Future Water Intelligence

Products and services

• Water Intelligence Brief

Quantifiable outcome

• 243+ expert insights published across 5 thematic topic hubs (Water Security: 44, Climate Resilience: 50, Climate Finance: 9, Circular Water Economy: 51, Nature-Based Solutions: 89)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• EIT FoodcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOur Future Water partnered with EIT Food to develop the WATER-FOOD NEXUS Collection of Trainings — a four-part online training series building skills in systems thinking, design innovation, nature-based strategies, and sustainable financing for circular, resilient water-food systems. Robert C. Brears co-designed the curriculum with EIT Food, a European Institute of Innovation and Technology body focused on food system innovation.
• Middle East Water TechsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerOur Future Water cross-promotes the Middle East Water Tech Brief, a specialised intelligence newsletter covering desalination, AI innovations, mega-projects, and climate-resilient water investments in the Middle East. This is a co-distribution arrangement where both platforms cross-reference and promote each other's regional water intelligence content.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• GreenBiz Group: GreenBiz Group produces subscription intelligence, research reports, and events on sustainable business, including water stewardship content — a broader sustainability incumbent with overlapping intelligence and event products.
• Lux Research: Lux Research is a broader innovation intelligence subscription platform covering energy, sustainability, and emerging technologies with a significant water/digital-water practice — overlapping with Our Future Water's intelligence-and-advisory model at larger scale.
• World Resources Institute (WRI): WRI is a global research organization producing flagship water, climate, and finance research (e.g., Aqueduct) that informs investors, governments, and utilities — a research-and-advisory comparable with a non-profit funding model.
• Wood Mackenzie (Water Research): Wood Mackenzie provides subscription research and advisory across energy and natural resources, including a dedicated water practice serving utilities and infrastructure investors — directly overlapping with Our Future Water's investor and utility customer base.
• S&P Global Commodity Insights (Water): S&P Global Commodity Insights provides subscription market intelligence across water, energy, and commodities — a broad incumbent competing for the same infrastructure-investor and utility intelligence budgets that Our Future Water targets.

Regional players

• WaterAid: WaterAid is an international NGO working on water security, sanitation, and climate resilience in developing markets — thematically adjacent to Our Future Water's water-security and climate-resilience publishing, but with a non-profit humanitarian model rather than commercial advisory.

Others

• CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project): CDP runs the global water disclosure and rating system used by investors and corporates — an adjacent, data-and-ratings platform that overlaps with Our Future Water's investor-focused water-risk intelligence theme rather than competing directly.

Direct peers

• Bluefield Research: Bluefield Research is a water-focused market intelligence firm delivering subscription research and advisory to utilities, investors, and technology vendors globally — directly comparable to Our Future Water's Water Intelligence Brief and premium reports offerings.
• Global Water Intelligence: Global Water Intelligence (GWI) publishes subscription intelligence, reports, and market data on the global water industry — competing head-to-head with Our Future Water Intelligence on water-sector decision support and policy/infrastructure intelligence.

Emerging players

• International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD): IISD produces policy-oriented research and advisory on water governance, climate finance, and sustainable infrastructure — comparable in theme and output to Our Future Water's advisory and publications, on a non-profit basis.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/our-future-water

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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